Also Google webmaster will not recognize the file it gives you to provide ownership verification. e.g. mysite.co/googleedj893hd8nhd.html would be a 404 even though the file is there.
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Leader Keelan
Oct 18 '11
So i noticed something, the 404 that the software puts out causes some problems, i know this has been discussed before with 404 headers. Because i had a problem verifying my site with siteadvisor due to this.
Leader FaceTester
Oct 18 '11
for the google verify make a RewriteRule in the .htaccess
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/ow_updates/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/googleedj893hd8nhd.html
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now the Rewrite restriction give positiv to the http-request of this html file
greets
FaceT
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/ow_updates/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/googleedj893hd8nhd.html
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now the Rewrite restriction give positiv to the http-request of this html file
greets
FaceT
Leader Keelan
Oct 18 '11
Ye i did something similar to work around it, i just know we shouldn't really have to do this.
Team
Leader Keelan
Oct 19 '11
Ye i guess you can verify through analytics with webmaster tools, i didn't do that so not sure if it works with oxwall but don't see why not. Good call
Team Den
Oct 20 '11
You can use google analytics plugin to install analytics code and verify your site. In this way, you don't need to make any changes in templates and .htaccess file.
