Thanks again I missed the link you posted the first time.
I spent hours going through all my files, but you (and Krishna)were quite right. I had completely forgotten that I had tried the verification plugin a few weeks ago. It didn't work and forgot to delete it. I deleted it and the problem is solved! On Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:54:01 PM UTC-6, Ray Fauteux wrote: > > I've struggled for years trying to verify my site with Google. > > How on earth can they make something so complicated as many people who are > not computer experts struggle with this issue. > > They do say to paste the meta tag into the home page head section before > the body, but finding that code on my wordpress site has been an epic > journey as I'm not very computer or html savvy. > > I had someone else build the site for me a few years ago and I have > struggled every time technical issues come up. > > Anyway, I came across Firefly and I thought I finally had the answer. > > While I was on my home page I clicked on the firefly bug and there was the > code for the home page......... > > The very first line above the home page code said *Paste your Google > Webmaster Tools verification code here* and I thought I'd hit the > jackpot. There was the spot my verification code was supposed to go after > looking for it for several years and I was even being told exactly where to > put it. > > So I did what it said and copied and pasted my google generated meta tag > code into the spot. > > I can't believe what happened next. > > If you go to my site www.Ironstruck.com you will see near the top of > the page(and the rest of my visitors from around the world I guess) in very > bold black and white the words.................*Paste your Google > Webmaster Tools verification code here* > > What the!!!! > > Now my website is screwed up because of this and I have absolutely no > idea how to get that text off my home page. > > The worst part is, the meta code I copied in the spot I was directed to is > no longer there when I checked back with firebug. > > The same words are back again..........*Paste your Google Webmaster Tools > verification code here* > > So although I copied the correct meta code into the right spot there seems > to be no way to save the change and it just reverts back to the same *Paste > your Google Webmaster Tools verification code here* and the meta code has > disappeared. > > So I have two questions...... > > 1)How do I fix my homepage and get *Paste your Google Webmaster Tools > verification code here* text out of there? > > 2)If that is indeed the correct place to put my verification code, how do > I get it to stay there? How do you save the change you make to the code > when you use Firebug? > > I really need help with this, because I should not have that printing on > top of my home page. > > I'm afraid someone will see it and take it as an invitation of some sort > and screw around with my website. > > I tried Wordpress and they don't have any support for their customers. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to firebug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to firebug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/firebug/5963ad5e-56c7-4e8c-a050-74b25295493f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
