Difference between revisions of "Verify your website"
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| − | You must [https://www.mywot.com/user/register register an account] to associate your websites with. | + | You must [https://www.mywot.com/user/register register an account] to associate your websites with.= |
Go to [http://www.mywot.com/user/ your profile] | Go to [http://www.mywot.com/user/ your profile] | ||
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*# Once the file is viewable, return to your profile and click the <span style="color:green;">'''Verify'''</span> submit button | *# Once the file is viewable, return to your profile and click the <span style="color:green;">'''Verify'''</span> submit button | ||
<blockquote>''note'':<br />Usually if our servers cannot access the verification file, the problem is with an incorrectly configured web server on the other end. Sometimes web servers refuse to serve clients who don't send some specific headers in the request, for example. Please send us a [http://www.mywot.com/support/feedback support request] and we'll see why it's failing for your site.</blockquote> | <blockquote>''note'':<br />Usually if our servers cannot access the verification file, the problem is with an incorrectly configured web server on the other end. Sometimes web servers refuse to serve clients who don't send some specific headers in the request, for example. Please send us a [http://www.mywot.com/support/feedback support request] and we'll see why it's failing for your site.</blockquote> | ||
| + | This requires having FTP access | ||
* Meta tag | * Meta tag | ||
*# Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page.<br />It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.<br /><code><meta name="wot-verification" content="mywot_generated_code"/></code> | *# Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page.<br />It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.<br /><code><meta name="wot-verification" content="mywot_generated_code"/></code> | ||
*# Return to your profile and click the <span style="color:green;">'''Verify'''</span> submit button | *# Return to your profile and click the <span style="color:green;">'''Verify'''</span> submit button | ||
| + | You can use your CMS control panel to edit your page and insert the META tag | ||
| + | or you can FTP your modified page. | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 22 September 2011
You must register an account to associate your websites with.=
Go to your profile
Click on the My Sites menu tab.
Enter your site's domain name in the text input box Click Add You'll see WOT added the domain to your sites list.
Click on the [verify] link You are presented with a drop-down select menu with the following choices:
- HTML file
- Download the .html file and upload it to http://YOUR_DOMAIN.COM. Do not edit the filename or contents.
- Make sure that you can view http://YOUR_DOMAIN.COM/mywot_uploaded_file.html in your browser before verifying your site.
- Once the file is viewable, return to your profile and click the Verify submit button
note:
Usually if our servers cannot access the verification file, the problem is with an incorrectly configured web server on the other end. Sometimes web servers refuse to serve clients who don't send some specific headers in the request, for example. Please send us a support request and we'll see why it's failing for your site.
This requires having FTP access
- Meta tag
- Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page.
It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.<meta name="wot-verification" content="mywot_generated_code"/> - Return to your profile and click the Verify submit button
- Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page.
You can use your CMS control panel to edit your page and insert the META tag or you can FTP your modified page.
