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toastedone · April 16, 2013, 01:54:46 AM

Every page on my forum is showing " /> in the top left corner, how can i fix this please?

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 04:07:48 AM

I have found the source of the issue, it is duplicated at the end of the google verification meta. When I go to my cpanel and try to edit index.php I can not see any code there. Is it somewhere else?

kat · April 16, 2013, 05:47:11 AM

If it's everywhere, one would suspect index.template.php...

Have a look at the line right after the <body> tag. Looks like there's a line, there, that's just:

" />

which shouldn't be there.

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 05:58:57 AM

I have looked in all the . Php files there is no code just text

kat · April 16, 2013, 06:02:14 AM

Can you attach that theme's index.template.php file, to your next post?

We can have a gander at it, then.

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 06:05:13 AM

I will when I get home, I am at work right now

kat · April 16, 2013, 06:15:16 AM

ziycon · April 16, 2013, 06:20:27 AM

Try looking in your language files if you've no luck in the other locations.

Kindred · April 16, 2013, 07:35:01 AM

how are you "looking" at the php files?

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 08:22:17 AM

Clicking on it within cpanel and clicking edit

Kindred · April 16, 2013, 09:25:57 AM

Depending on how your cpanel is set up, that could be a recipe for trouble...

And when you say "I can not see any code there" and "just text" what do you mean?

The google stuff gets added to your theme's index.template.php, so that is the file in which you probably have the extra closing />

MrPhil · April 16, 2013, 09:31:57 AM

Quote from: toastedone on April 16, 2013, 08:22:17 AM
Clicking on it within cpanel and clicking edit

You are probably choosing the WRONG cpanel editor. You want an actual text editor, not a WYSIWYG page editor. If this is actually "cPanel", I recall there being several "editors" available, but I don't recall exactly what they're labeled. Try the other one.

hcfwesker · April 16, 2013, 09:41:17 AM

If itis on every page, and at the top of the forum, I'd check both index.template.php and languages/modifications.english.php , and look for something that got randomly added at the very bottom after the ?> closing of the file

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 02:45:09 PM

Hi I'm back, I have found out why I could not see any code in cpanel, it was because I was clicking on edit rather than code editor, now i have 4 themes installed I Have looked at all the of the index.template.php I guess they are all the same? but I can not see the error

hcfwesker · April 16, 2013, 03:14:44 PM

time for some process of elimination. slect each theme on your forum, and see which one's it appears for, if all then it could be in a Sources file, like Load.php

did you check under the languages folder for modifications.english.php & index.english.php

Quote from: toastedone on April 16, 2013, 02:45:09 PMbecause I was clicking on edit rather than code editor

You can alos just click "Show File" since you're only looking, not editing, then select the edit option when you're ready to actually edit out the excess code

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 03:35:59 PM

I thought I may have something to do with this

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="<meta name="google-site-verification" content="lSVXRjSw_I7fntNSmLCyNNGfc1QCouMkJwviPN4PZ9Q" />" />

But i can not find that line in any of the files.

hcfwesker · April 16, 2013, 03:37:30 PM

yeah, that's definitely the issue. did you install a google verification MOD? http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1527

Goto index.template.php

hit Ctrl+F to bring up the search bar in the file, then search for this phrase and see if it pulls anything up

Code Select

<meta name="google-site-verification"

toastedone · April 16, 2013, 03:40:36 PM

Yes i did $:-\$

hcfwesker · April 16, 2013, 03:41:51 PM

read my edit, that code gets added to index.template.php. what other MODs do you have installed, because i checked the parser and the MOD doesn't add that phrase

Kindred · April 16, 2013, 03:46:27 PM

and no... it won't have that exact string, because the acutla CODE is done inside the admin tool and then referenced by a variable in the actual php file.

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