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RVoodoo thanks for hanging with me. I would have probably just given up without your help, but finally got it resolved like this:
In the theme editor, I opened the header-default.php template NOT the header.php. then about 3/4 down the page I entered it here:
<?php
wp_head();
?>
<meta name=”google-site-verification”
</head>
and now everything is wonderful. Thanks for your help though. I think the problem came from the weird layout of the theme I am using, Underwater 2.1. Maybe you can share this with someone else if you run into it again.Thanks again.

Thanks Skylar, but by the time you got back I had resolved it like this:
In the theme editor, I opened the header-default.php template NOT the header.php. then about 3/4 down the page I entered it here:
<?php
wp_head();
?>
<meta name=”google-site-verification”
</head>
and now everything is wonderful. Thanks for your help though. I think the problem came from the weird layout of the theme I am using, Underwater 2.1. Maybe you can share this with someone else if you run into it again.Thanks again.

RVoodoo…. New issue. Google directs insertion in head, before body and shows HTML example. I am somewhat familiar with basic HTML but know nothing about php. Can you translate? I see no “Head” or “Body” just “cfct_header();” near the bottom of the page and google can’t find it. Where on the page should it go?

Wait! I went back and double checked and now have an EDITOR! I’ll make the insert, reactivate the plugin, and hopefully am good to go. Thank you so very, very much!

Will do. Only plugin is shopping cart . ………..the appearance tab opens fine and I’ve downloaded themes etc. Disabled cart plugin – no change. Still just retuns immediately to original screen. No editor, files, code etc.

I see no editor link on the dashboard page.

I updated through tools-upgrade and nothing changed. I watched the bar at the bottom and it is simply a circular reload to the same admin page I was looking at in the first place. I get nothing indicating editor, files, or code.

I’ll have at it and see if it fixes the problem. Thanks for your help.

Rest of admin seems great. My url is coastalcopperart.com

Is there a way to salvage weeks of work on my site and reload WP. There is something obviously very wrong. I have spent the last 4 days reading the codex and nothing there seems to work.

yes ..and it shows php in bar at page bottom ,then done and nothing happens.

or appearance-> editor ? I hover, right click and everything else I can think of on appearance and find zilch.

How do I get to my theme’s header.php? that’s where I’m stuck.

As in Themes under appearance on dashboard?