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bandydai · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 60 Location: South Wales

Hi Nick, How are you keeping?
I now have a website and I want to activate Google search engine and Adsense.
I get HTML codes from Google to put into my site but I aint got a clue how.
I try using Front Page but I seem unable to edit anything on the URL.
Google says to Copy/Paste the code between Head and Meta,
I do this but I am afraid to save and publish in case the site is completely blxd up!
I log into the Admin side to get the URL.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Laymans terms would also be appreciated
Thanks in anticipation. Dai Shocked

NickAskew · Moderator Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Thirsk

Hi Dai,
I'm fine thanks (and busy with work!)
If you right click this page and choose to 'view source' you can see the following two lines near the top of the page:

bandydai · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 60 Location: South Wales

HI Nick, thank you for the reply. when you say 'View source' what page should I be on, the website in general or admin, because if its the website page in general, then that would mean that anyone can edit the page and damage a lot of websites if they are that way inclined.
Also. how do I get the URL into Front page to edit. To top it all , I now have two websites, Can I mention them on here? and I would like Google and Adsense on both. [just to get a bit of lolly indabank]
The reason for the sites is retirement, Me and Sue need an income when we sell up, so if we can get these two sites up and running while we have an income, then we know we can retire with no worries.
sudacs-emporium.net sudacs-emporium.com

take a look. see what you think....Cheers mate....Dai Rolling Eyes

AlanE · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:46 am Post subject:

Good looking sites.

At the moment they work ok but you are thinking of adding extra code to pages. Probably the best tip anyone can give is to compleatly download a copy of you site to local computer so that you have a copy.

Modify a page at a time but BEFORE uploading this modified page RENAME the original on the server. (I simply add an '#' to the start of the filename on my sites.) Now upload your modified page and TEST IT fully. If it works ok then fine delete the old, renamed, version. If however there are problems delete the new file and rename back the original. Site is back working as before with the minimum of disruption.

This is how I work with themanualslibrary.co.uk because with paid members it is continually being updated but I cannot afford any downtime due to any silly coding errors. Incidently apart from the actual login script the entire site has been written by me.

'View Source' option is available on the majority of sites written in html, php (which mine is) etc, if you right click on the page and select 'View Source' from the options. This then displays the page in notepad. You can change the code in anyway you like in notepad but you CANNOT alter the actual web page with this method.

Looking at the actual source code on your page it certainly doesn't appear to be written using Frontpage and therefore I would suggest you leave the site modifications well away from Frontpage. Web pages constructed using Frontpage produce code that is 'different'. Same as those produced using Word. The html is considered 'dirty'

You would be better downloading a proper web page program, I currently use Dreamweaver or even plain text programs, but there are several available. Just avoid Frontpage.

Another reason for avoiding Frontpage is for sites using it to work properly the server needs 'Frontpage Extensions' switched on. Turn them off at a later date and MAJOR problems can result to .htaccess etc, files that your shopping cart might rely on!!