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Thanks for the reply. I was wondering also about the XML Sitemap Generator, because I have it installed also. It’s so hard to get answers about this type of thing. I deleted all of the ping sites except pingomatic in my list.

About the fact that I had edited several times in one day, someone over in the Digital Point Forum told me not to worry about it — said that you would only have problems if you’re having excessive pinging on a regular basis.

I made a new blog post yesterday and it was indexed in Google within one minute, so do you think maybe that’s an indication that everything is still okay?

I guess I’m having a little trouble understanding the difference between pinging using a service like pingomatic and submitting to Google with the XML Sitemap Generator. Is it the same thing?

I tried to do that and for the life of me, I can’t seem to get it to verify my site. I’m really new at this and maybe I just don’t know what I’m doing. This is my first WP blog. To this point I’ve only designed websites with Homestead Sitebuilder, so I know very little about web design.

The instructions for the meta tag verification looked a little scary to me, so I tried the html following some instructions I found online. Just set up a new page in WP and pasted the code into the page. Didn’t work. Do you know where I might find some detailed instructions on the html verification?

Thanks everyone. I understand now.

Thanks for all the help. I’m going to go back to Artisteer and see what I can do there.

Okay. I’m not sure what’s going on. When I paste the code in, it changes a little after the message gets posted. Maybe I need to be doing this a different way. You said something about the pastebin?

I just looked at your last post. Maybe I did the wrong thing. Here is what I think you might be talking about.

single.php
PHP script text
——————————————————————————–

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class=”art-contentLayout”>
<div class=”art-content”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$prev_link = get_previous_post_link(‘« %link’);
$next_link = get_next_post_link(‘%link »’);
?>
<?php if ($prev_link || $next_link): ?>
<div class=”art-Post”>
<div class=”art-Post-body”>
<div class=”art-Post-inner art-article”>

<div class=”art-PostContent”>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
</div>

</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

</div>

<div class=”cleared”></div>
</div>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”art-Post”>
<div class=”art-Post-body”>
<div class=”art-Post-inner art-article”>
<h2 class=”art-PostHeader”>
” rel=”bookmark” title=”<?php printf(__(‘Permanent Link to %s’, ‘kubrick’), the_title_attribute(‘echo=0’)); ?>”>
<?php the_title(); ?>

</h2>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php the_time(__(‘F jS, Y’, ‘kubrick’)) ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php _e(‘Author’, ‘kubrick’); ?>: <?php the_author_posts_link() ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (current_user_can(‘edit_post’, $post->ID)): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit’, ‘kubrick’), ”); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class=”art-PostHeaderIcons art-metadata-icons”>
<?php echo implode(‘ | ‘, $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”art-PostContent”>

<?php if (is_search()) the_excerpt(); else the_content(__(‘Read the rest of this entry »’, ‘kubrick’)); ?>
<?php if (is_page() or is_single()) wp_link_pages(array(‘before’ => ‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>

</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php printf(__(‘Posted in %s’, ‘kubrick’), get_the_category_list(‘, ‘)); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page() && get_the_tags()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php the_tags(__(‘Tags:’, ‘kubrick’) . ‘ ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘ ‘); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page() && !is_single()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php comments_popup_link(__(‘No Comments »’, ‘kubrick’), __(‘1 Comment »’, ‘kubrick’), __(‘% Comments »’, ‘kubrick’), ”, __(‘Comments Closed’, ‘kubrick’) ); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class=”art-PostFooterIcons art-metadata-icons”>
<?php echo implode(‘ | ‘, $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<div class=”cleared”></div>
</div>
</div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<h2 class=”center”><?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’, ‘kubrick’); ?></h2>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/sidebar1.php’); ?>
</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Is this what you would need?

single.php
PHP script text
——————————————————————————–

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class=”art-contentLayout”>
<div class=”art-content”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$prev_link = get_previous_post_link(‘« %link’);
$next_link = get_next_post_link(‘%link »’);
?>
<?php if ($prev_link || $next_link): ?>
<div class=”art-Post”>
<div class=”art-Post-body”>
<div class=”art-Post-inner art-article”>

<div class=”art-PostContent”>

<div class=”navigation”>
<div class=”alignleft”><?php echo $prev_link; ?></div>
<div class=”alignright”><?php echo $next_link; ?></div>
</div>

</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

</div>

<div class=”cleared”></div>
</div>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”art-Post”>
<div class=”art-Post-body”>
<div class=”art-Post-inner art-article”>
<h2 class=”art-PostHeader”>
” rel=”bookmark” title=”<?php printf(__(‘Permanent Link to %s’, ‘kubrick’), the_title_attribute(‘echo=0’)); ?>”>
<?php the_title(); ?>

</h2>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php the_time(__(‘F jS, Y’, ‘kubrick’)) ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php _e(‘Author’, ‘kubrick’); ?>: <?php the_author_posts_link() ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (current_user_can(‘edit_post’, $post->ID)): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit’, ‘kubrick’), ”); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class=”art-PostHeaderIcons art-metadata-icons”>
<?php echo implode(‘ | ‘, $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”art-PostContent”>

<?php if (is_search()) the_excerpt(); else the_content(__(‘Read the rest of this entry »’, ‘kubrick’)); ?>
<?php if (is_page() or is_single()) wp_link_pages(array(‘before’ => ‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>

</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>
<?php $icons = array(); ?>
<?php if (!is_page()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php printf(__(‘Posted in %s’, ‘kubrick’), get_the_category_list(‘, ‘)); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page() && get_the_tags()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php the_tags(__(‘Tags:’, ‘kubrick’) . ‘ ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘ ‘); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (!is_page() && !is_single()): ?><?php ob_start(); ?><?php comments_popup_link(__(‘No Comments »’, ‘kubrick’), __(‘1 Comment »’, ‘kubrick’), __(‘% Comments »’, ‘kubrick’), ”, __(‘Comments Closed’, ‘kubrick’) ); ?>
<?php $icons[] = ob_get_clean(); ?><?php endif; ?><?php if (0 != count($icons)): ?>
<div class=”art-PostFooterIcons art-metadata-icons”>
<?php echo implode(‘ | ‘, $icons); ?>

</div>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>

<div class=”cleared”></div>
</div>
</div>

<?php comments_template(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<h2 class=”center”><?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’, ‘kubrick’); ?></h2>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/sidebar1.php’); ?>
</div>
<div class=”cleared”></div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Yes, I think I can access the files through HostGator. I’ll go in and if I can find what you’re talking about.

Thanks.

I appreciate your help SOOO much, but I’m afraid I’m going to have to show my ignorance here. I have no idea what you’re referring to with pasting the code and so forth. All I’ve done to this point is build sites using Homestead’s Sitebuilder, so I’m not a web designer by any stretch of the imagination. And I’m starting to think maybe WordPress is a little out of my league.

The link to a post on my blog (please don’t laugh, it’s my first) is here:

https://ovarian-cysts-treatments.com/naturaltreatmentforovariancysts

I really hate that ugly link being at the top. I found this plugin online that looks like it might be able to at least shorten it. Do you think there would be any danger in giving it a try?

https://www.filmtraveler.com/2008/11/18/wordpress-plugin-shorten-link-text/

Again, thank you so much.

No. I’m using a theme from Artisteer. I’ll be honest, I don’t even know how to go in and change files like you were referring to. I’m very much a beginner with WordPress. I’d probably really mess something up. Sounds like it’s something I should have changed in Artisteer before I downloaded it.

Thank you. That’s a relief. So my settings should still remain as they are, with both the WP addres and the blog address being the same?

This file stuff really confuses me. I applied for a Yahoo API key or whatever it’s called to use with the XML Sitemap. When it asked for my blog address, I put in mysite.com/blog. Was that the wrong thing to do? Should I have just put mysite.com?

Maybe I took some bad advice. I was advised to make my home page a static page with the review of the product I am promoting. They then said I should add a new page to my blog called “blog” and change the settings so that all of the blog posts are under that page. So to get to my blog site, the url is MYSITE.COM. What shows up is just my static home page. I have a “blog” link at the top that takes them to the actual blog posts. If you go to MYSITE.COM/BLOG, it shows the last several blog posts. Have I already totally screwed things up?

Thank you!!

Thanks for the help.

To clarify, when I did a search for my site (site: “ovarian-cysts-treatments.com” — using the quotes just as I’ve indicated), it shows my site https://ovarian-cysts-treatments.com in the search results, but all it shows is the url for my site with the little icons below it like I described above. Maybe I’m not using the correct search feature or something. I tried using site:https://ovarian-cysts-treatments.com and I’m not seeing my site indexed at all when I search it in that manner. I was following some instructions I saw in another forum for finding out whether Google has even indexed your site. Just wasn’t sure what I was seeing when the search results came up as they did with the little icons rather than having the normal text that you get in a search result. Wanted to make sure that I hadn’t screwed something up in my settings that was making my site display that way in the search results.