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by Paull Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 14:07

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3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading

by Paull Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 14:07

Hi,

Firstly my apologies but I'm not a web developer/techie, I just administer a forum: http://ukengineforum.forumotion.com/

I've been reading through your tutorial on moving to HTTPS and when I got to section 3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading I followed the link to Google Search console.
I copied http://ukengineforum.forumotion.com to the url prefix box and clicked Continue.
I was then asked to 'Upload an HTML file to your website'.
I can easily download the file to my PC but how do I upload to my forum and where do I store it?

Thanks in advance

Paul

Last edited by Paull on Sat 11 Jan 2020 - 17:19; edited 1 time in total

by Guest Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 14:57

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Re: 3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading

by Guest Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 14:57

Google wants you to upload that html file to the forum to check that it is indeed yours. On forumotion, that's not possible since it is a hosted forum. There are other ways to verify ownership though. Scrolling down the popup, you should see something similar to this:

Copy the meta tag code, then go to the Admin Panel->Display->General->the overall_header template. In that template, look for

Code:: <body

, paste the code from google there, save and publish.

After this, press the Verify button in the google search console. This should do it Smile

by jucarese Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 20:38

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Re: 3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading

by jucarese Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 20:38

For that you must use the option other methods of verification,

https://help.forumotion.com/t138643-how-to-set-up-google-webmaster-tools-for-your-forum

by **SLGray** Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 21:04

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Re: 3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading

by SLGray Fri 10 Jan 2020 - 21:04

So you are trying to convert to https? If yes, are you sure that you followed the instructions correctly?

When your topic has been solved, ensure you mark the topic solved.

Never post your email in public.

by **Ape** Sat 11 Jan 2020 - 3:24

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Re: 3.4. Webmaster tools upgrading

by Ape Sat 11 Jan 2020 - 3:24

You can also add the meta tag to the following part of your forum.

 Admin Control panel settings:
ACP >> General tab >> Forum promotion >> Search engines >>

scroll to >> Additional tags then Press the green + you will get the following box and settings.

Now you will see:

in box 1 you need to put
This part of your code

Code:: google-site-verification

in box 2 you will have to find a code that looks something like this

Code:: M5TAS85i0eNGgaMPrhyGYqik2VlJ0sQqZn19IKYYpMI

You will need to type that or copy and paste it 100% the same as google gives you.

Then save refresh your page and then try and validate your site with google.

if you still have a problem please let me know.