Google - Verify site ownership

[hubert]

No I'm not trying to resolve anything for now, I was just wondering if the file was a only one line file, or if the line was to be added to a meta_tags.php file duplicated from another directory.

Thanks

Hubert

[DrByte]

Just a question about adding to meta_tags.php.

Try putting the code into the file includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

do you just add this line or do you duplicate a meta_tags.php file then add the line ?

No I'm not trying to resolve anything for now, I was just wondering if the file was a only one line file, or if the line was to be added to a meta_tags.php file duplicated from another directory.

I'm not sure I understand.
Is your question related to the google issues discussed in this thread, or related to making edits of override files?
Have you already created an override file from a copy of the original?
Which "line" are you wanting to add/edit?
What problem are you trying to solve?

[hubert]

Thanks for following my foggy question DrByte :-)

Pierre said

Try putting the code into the file includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

Scrat replied that it works for him, but I haven't got any meta_tags.php file in includes/languages/english/MY_TEMPLATE/

So I was wondering if I had to make a brand new blank file with only one line, or do I first have to take the content of another meta_tags.php file and then add the line to this file.

No problem to solve just want to be a bit more precise.

Thanks a lot
Hubert

[DrByte]

...but I haven't got any meta_tags.php file in includes/languages/english/MY_TEMPLATE/

So I was wondering if I had to make a brand new blank file with only one line, or do I first have to take the content of another meta_tags.php file and then add the line to this file.

No problem.

Yes ... standard override procedure is ... you need to make a copy of the original file, and then apply to it the changes you want (edits or adds), saving the newly modified file in your override folder.

[hubert]

No problem.

Yes ... standard override procedure is ... you need to make a copy of the original file, and then apply to it the changes you want (edits or adds), saving the newly modified file in your override folder.

Thank you Dr

Hubert

[poolprorich]

i am having the same problem, i put in the mata tag files and got an error i am not very good with php so could anyone tell me how to add it to metatags,
it looks to me that all in matatags are called from another portion of the site and how would i define my tag.

any help would be great
thanks rich

[Rylynn]

Hey I've been having the same trouble and it's been driving me up the wall.

I've tried putting the code in /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php but apparently I'm doing it wrong because google still doesn't see it. The instruction were apparently a little to vague for me..

Do I just put the google meta tag line into the file as is? : <meta name="verify-v1" content="blahblahblah"/>

Because obviously if I do the php is going to have an error.. if I put it in before or after the php as is then it makes all the fonts on my site huge for some reason. If I put it in the form of the rest of the things in the meta_tags php: (define('blahblah', 'blah ');

then everything works fine but google doesn't see it still.

How is this so easily put in to make everything work fine and google see it?

Thanks,
Rylynn

[DrByte]

Rylynn, the combination of a couple different topics above makes things a bit confusing. In those cases, the right file to edit would be the html_header.php file.

HOWEVER ... there's an easier way that doesn't require editing any of your site core files !!

1. Create a new file named jscript_googleverify.php
2. Put this into it ... just the code you need for Google (likely just the ONE line) ... (do NOT use any <?php or ?> tags in this file):

<meta name="verify-v1" content="blahblahblah"/>

3. Upload this new file into your custom template folder's jscript folder, like so:
/includes/template/YOURTEMPLATE/jscript/jscript_googleverify.php

This will cause that file's contents to be displayed inside the <head> tag of your site ... and you won't have to touch the default html_header.php file, making upgrades simpler !


NOTE: This will make the verification code show on every page of your site. However, since you only need the code in place for Google to read it ONCE, you can delete the new file again after Google has read it to verify your site once.

[Rylynn]

Well now why couldn't somebody have had a simple answer like that from the get-go? lol

Thanks a ton doc! That worked perfectly and took about 5 seconds. heh.

Rylynn

[jeking]

Edit: never mind. Thanks DrByte