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The thing is – I can’t login to my ADMIN panel – that’s where I get the ERROR message. My website loads just fine but I can’t EDIT it through ADMIN. I get that error. I have submitted my request through the contact form. Thank you!!
Hi there! Thanks for getting back to me on this and for the details. I did what you said and submitted my sitemap to Google through the Google Console. They all say ‘Pending’ now. I suspect in a few days or a week maybe I’ll see some change on the console? I’ll keep checking on it.
Thanks for the tip re: site:lightcenterlove.com – interesting!
I am so used to my old/original website coming up on the first page all the time (http://www.astrodreamadvisor.com) I doubt this new one will compete even though I am making lots of new, original pages. Curezone.com points at astrodreamadvisor which I think gives it a high rating. Annnnnyway, in case someone else has the same question as me I’ll outline below exactly what I did based on your advice so that it’s all really clear. There were a few roadblocks that I eventually got over
This is a good page telling you how to setup your Google Console (the new name for google webmaster tools): http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/set-up-google-search-console/
Login/setup your Google Console account: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en
I had a hard time getting verified – I tried every method and failed several times. THEN, I found that I was uploading the html file to the wrong place. SO, if you choose the ‘recommended’ option which is to download the html file they give you and then upload it to your website THIS is how you do it. Click on the link to download it – save the file somewhere on your computer. Then, go to your cPanel and click on: FILE MANAGER and then Public_html – then click UPLOAD and upload that google html file to your public_html file. Then follow the rest of the instructions to verify your account. Voila!
Next you need to submit your sitemaps to google. Follow these instructions exactly and you’ll be on your way! https://www.wix.com/support/html5/article/submitting-your-sitemap-directly-to-google
Hope that helps!
OK, I figured it out – wooo!
In case anyone searches this same topic.
If you get this message in green on your Permalinks page: You should update your .htaccess now – then you need to:
copy and paste that last piece of code in my last post into a notebook file and save it as: x.htaccess – save as ALL FILES or it won’t save properly with no ending.
Then go to your cPanel or your File Manager and click on the public_html file then UPLOAD your x.htaccess file and then CHANGE FILE NAME to .htaccess (I think this must be important because it wouldn’t upload a plain old .htaccess file – it would only upload the x.htaccess file and then I was able to change the name to the correct one) and then right click on that and either go to Properties or Change Permissions and change them to be 6 6 6 (instead of 6 4 4) – It was denying me but then I just adjusted the MODE’s and the numbers changed. I saved that and then, voila, my pages are saving in the format I like now! Woooooweeee!
Then, you have to go back in and right click on the .htaccess file to change the numbers back to 6 4 4 for security purposes.
Hope that helps someone else!
Which piece of code is correct? I found this one on a help page
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPressHi there! Hmmm after doing several searches on how to do your 1, 2 and 3 (it’s all greek to me) I’m just not sure…
I have successfully gotten the “Permalink Structure updated” messages when I change it to PLAIN.
When I change it to the one I want I get a message that says: If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
So then I found a video showing me how to make that code into a .htaccess file and upload it to my File Manager – but it will NOT upload
Do you think I’m on the right track? I have no idea how to do what you’re telling me
Also – I had successful permalinks/urls for the couple of weeks I’ve been creating pages (although not in the format I want) so would that not say that everything is fine in the 1,2 and 3 realm you ask me to check? Or could those things have gotten deleted or unwritable disabled by me trying to get another url format??
