Google Search Console setup problems

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I tried to verify my google search console. I followed this guide: How to set up Google Webmaster Tools validation in Discourse?:

Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. Here’s what I tried:

  1. Created a new theme component
  2. Added the html tag to the theme components
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  3. Then I added the theme component to each available theme
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Now here’s the problem. When I click “Preview”, then I find the google-site-verification tag.

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But as soon as I leave the preview mode, it’s gone. Also Google Search Console can’t find it :sob:
My forum is here: https://forum.5upermakers.com

To make sure it’s not an issue that’s already fixed, I updated discourse about 10 minutes ago. Still the same problem.

Am I missing something here?

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If you can’t figure it out, why don’t you use DNS verification instead?

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I’m not an expert here :yum:
But, I think DNS verification is not available for google search console. Here’s a screen shot of the different options I can choose from:
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Seems like DNS is not available yet.

Do you have an idea what could be wrong here? Was my approach correct?

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Did you add this to the default theme are you running latest?

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I added the theme component that I called “Google Verification” to all three default themes.

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Here is some additional info:

  • I haven’t checked the “Theme is enabled by default” for any theme.
  • Before I added “GoogleVerificaton” to “Theme Components” there was a little checkbox, I didn’t check that. Now it’s gone. It only reappears if I remove the “GoogleVerification” component
  • I already tried a different Theme component to add some menu links back to my homepage with CSS and HTML. Is it possible that I broke something there?

I did perform an update this morning. I didn’t work before and also doesn’t work after the update.

For me it feels like it removes any theme component that I add there. Because the component I created for the custom html and CSS header, worked for a while but then stopped working - so I removed it a couple days ago.

Is it possible that I permanently broke something by adding custom CSS, even if I removed all custom CSS afterwards?

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You need to have one of your themes set as enabled by default

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Hey awesome, that solved it :heart_eyes:. Thank you very much.
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Sry if I might have missed that somewhere in the instructions.

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