Dahl99 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Hi,I’m new to PS, which I think is an excellent bit of software, but having problems with Google indexing the site I’ve created, http://www.funkyfashionjewellery.comI have the latest version of PS so in theory all the modules are up to date and any bugs etc mentioned in earlier threads fixed.When I search for the site in Google the site does not appear, even if I put in the full address, http://www.funkyfashionjewellery.com I’ve been to Google Analytics and been in to the webmaster tools but still no joy.Any help would be much appreciated.Regards to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomerg3 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Did you create a sitemap?Did you submit it in the webmaster tools (on Google), and Yahoo?It may take a few days for your site to show up, you can see what pages (if any) google has indexed in the webmaster tools and by doing a search for site:www.your-website.com (no spaces) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl99 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Hi,thanks for the reply. I did create a sitemap using the Module in the Back Office but when I went to the Google Webmaster site it said it needed either a meta name added to my homepage or a Google HTML file added to the site to verify the site. I created the HTML file within Google Webmaster as I couldn't workout how to add the meta name (I can do it in Frontpage but php, css etc etc is all new to me).Once I added the HTML file to my site I tried to verify www.funkyfashionjewellery.com within Google Webmaster but it could not find the site. Entering the complete website address, www.funkyfashionjewellery.com, into Google search does not find the site but it does say "did you mean www.funkyfashionjewellery.co.uk" but even clicking on that does not bring anything up.What's a little strange is that I have Awstats on my host server and it shows that Googlebot visited the site on the 17 Nov 09.Little baffled so any ideas.RegardsMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomerg3 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I was never able to get the site verification to work with a file.Use the meta tag verification, place the code somewhere in the <head> tag in /themes/prestashop/header.phpmake sure it's not inside an {if} tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl99 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm sort of glad that someone else had the same problem with the Google HTML verification. I thought I was going mad. I've added a new theme to the site so I guess I add the meta name in that header. I also guess you are talking about the header.tpl fileThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomerg3 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yes, header.tpl and do it in the theme you're using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl99 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm getting there.......Below are the first few lines of the header.tpl file Where abouts does the Google meta name code go as there is already some meta names in there <html > <head> <title>{$meta_title|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</title>{if isset($meta_description) AND $meta_description} <meta name="description" content="{$meta_description|escape:htmlall:'UTF-8'}" />{/if}{if isset($meta_keywords) AND $meta_keywords} <meta name="keywords" content="{$meta_keywords|escape:htmlall:'UTF-8'}" />{/if} <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="generator" content="PrestaShop" /> <meta name="robots" content="{if isset($nobots)}no{/if}index,follow" /> <link rel="icon" Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomerg3 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Anywhere will do, I would put it under the robots tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl99 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 All done. I've only been using PS just over a week now and getting more confident with it thanks to the help of people like yourself. I'll be writing modules next week....lol......I think not.Thanks alot. Much appreciated.Cheers,Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhnstcks Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 You have been using Prestashop for a week.......how long did it take to create your site, then add all your products then submit it to google?Sites do not show up in google instantly. It can take anyway from a fews to a couple of weeks to be listed anywhere on google.Have patience if your worrying about showing on google after a few days whats going to happen if you dont get many visitors straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahl99 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 Hi,the site I created didn't take long at all because I found PS to be such a realatively easy piece of software to work with. I'm learning more and more each time I do something. Entering the products took about 1 1/2 days. I admit I was being a bit hasty with inclusion on Google but I think that was because I was so pleased with what I had achieved so quickly and just wanted the site to be out there. Also the site had been crawled on the 17th Nov 09 by Google so just assumed that it would appear a few days later. I should realise from previous websites I've created to be more patient.The main problem I had was getting Google to verify the site. This has been resolved thanks to help from the forum.Thanks to all for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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