All, Excuse the question. I have a web site I am trying to sell on Flippa. Basically they want me to put a line of code on the first page so they can see that I own it. The web site was made for me so I have no idea how to do this. ANy helpers or ideas please- all I have is the www address of the site,if I download a web editing software can I enter the www address and then edit it to add the line of text required? Bob
If it's made up of static pages edit the file named index.html with notepad.exe and copy-paste the code in between the opening and closing head tags. Example (index.html): <html> <head> Copy paste the code somewhere in this area. </head> <body></body> </html> Code (markup): If you're using wordpress edit the file named header.php and do the same thing above.
Thanks for the speedy reply, I have no experience or an editor to try this- www.ukwhiteboard.com is this site- is there a way to edit this online ?? Th
No. You'll need access to the CPanel or admin page of the website. You need to download the files on the website through a process known as FTP, edit the pages and then reupload them. First, you'll need the "FTP details" and a FTP client. FTP details include the host, user, password and port. You can find them in the email the hosting company will have sent you when you signed up there. Keep these in a safe place, you'll use them in this next bit. In order to connect to the server to download a file, you'll have to have a FTP client. An example of this is the Filezilla client (https://filezilla-project.org/). In order to use Filezilla, download and install the package for your operating system. Run the installer and open the program. Then, in the "Quick Connect" bar at the top, input the details that you saved from the email earlier on. Now, on the right panel, you can see all the files that make up your website. Look for a file named "index.html" (Usually within a folder called "public_html") and download it onto your computer by dragging the file across to a folder on the left panel. Then, open the file using a text editor by locating it in the default file browser. Open it by right clicking on it, and select Open With>Notepad. Then, perform the modifications bizfox has suggested and add the code in between the <head> and </head> tags. Save the file and reopen Filezilla. Drag the modified file on the left into the directory the index file was in originally. Select "overwrite". You have successfully modified your webpage, and the site show now be able to authenticate with Flippa!
Next time also keep in mind that if you do get that FTP info, you can just throw a text file that Flippa provides into the main directory of the site. Might be a little easier and quicker.