Urban Giraffe Support » Topic: Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification

Urban Giraffe Support » Topic: Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ Urban Giraffe Support » Topic: Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:47:13 +0000 Nik Cree on "Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification" http://urbangiraffe.com/support/topic/google-webmaster-new-name#post-3866 Sat, 15 May 2010 21:25:22 +0000 Nik Cree 3866@http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ @Gil Yes you are right. I did have the back slashes in and they were stripped out. Gil on "Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification" http://urbangiraffe.com/support/topic/google-webmaster-new-name#post-3859 Tue, 11 May 2010 19:27:03 +0000 Gil 3859@http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ Nick Cree, I added the line of code you show under line 47 but there is an error. At the very end instead of: "rn"; it should have a backslash before the r and another backslash between the r and the n. What happened in my case is that after I placed the code the way you show, the letters 'rn' appeared above the Logo Area of my WP theme. I only found out why those letters were appearing 6 weeks later. Whats strange is that my website lost 60% of its indexed pages during this period. Now that I fixed the problem, I'm beginning to gain indexed pages again. Coincidence? EDIT: For some strange reason this post area does not show backslashes, meaning that Nick Cree's line of code probably had the 2 backslashes, but after we click on "Edit Post" they (backslashes) disappear. Urban Giraffe Support should look into this problem, as it made me waste almost quite a bit of my time as well as hundreds of backlinks. Nik Cree on "Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification" http://urbangiraffe.com/support/topic/google-webmaster-new-name#post-3439 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:11:06 +0000 Nik Cree 3439@http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ Thankyou. I added the extra line: <pre class="brush: html; light: true">echo '<meta name="google-site-verification" content="'.htmlspecialchars ($this->code).'"/>'."rn";</pre> under line 47 and it worked a treat. remorhaz on "Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification" http://urbangiraffe.com/support/topic/google-webmaster-new-name#post-3088 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:00:32 +0000 remorhaz 3088@http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ When I discovered this problem I patched google_webmaster.php quickly to implement selectable meta tag name. <code> class HSS_GoogleWebmaster extends HS_SiteModule { ... var $metaname = 'verify-v1'; ... function wp_head () { // Only need to put this on the home page if ($this->code && is_front_page ()) echo '<meta name="'.htmlspecialchars($this->metaname).'" content="'.htmlspecialchars ($this->code).'"/>'."rn"; } function load ($data) { if (isset ($data['code'])) $this->code = $data['code']; if (isset ($data['metaname'])) $this->metaname = $data['metaname']; } ... function save_options ($data) { return array ( 'code' => $data['code'], 'metaname' => $data['metaname'], ); } function edit () { ?> <tr> ... </tr> <tr> <th width="150"><?php _e ('Meta tag name', 'headspace'); ?>:</th> <td> <select name="metaname"> <?php foreach (array( 'verify-v1', 'google-site-verification', ) as $metaname) { ?><option<?php if ($metaname == $this->metaname) { ?> selected="selected"<?php } ?>><?php echo htmlspecialchars ($metaname); ?></option><?php } ?> </select> <?php _e ('Select meta tag name.', 'headspace'); ?> </td> </tr> <?php } } </code> elescondite on "Google Webmaster - New META tag name for verification" http://urbangiraffe.com/support/topic/google-webmaster-new-name#post-3041 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:06:55 +0000 elescondite 3041@http://urbangiraffe.com/support/ It appears that google has changed the name of the tag for verifying a site in Webmaster Tools. The current code in google_webmaster.php sends: <pre class="brush: html; light: true"><meta name="verify-v1" content="your_code_here" /></pre> but google now wants: <pre class="brush: html; light: true"><meta name="google-site-verification" content="your_code_here" /></pre> The quick fix is to find the appropriate line (47) in wp-content/plugins/headspace2/modules/site/google_webmaster.php and add a new line under it with the new tag format. Having both versions will not hurt anything and will ensure that the plugin will work across old and new sites.