Thanks, Trish. It looks like I still need both forms. I need to figure out how to get the GDPR form to appear on the front page again without messing up Google Ads!

Can you use a button for the GDPR form to appear once the button is clicked on, maybe?

I've asked Chat GPT, and because I have a link at the bottom of every page of my website, ' Privacy and Cookies settings,' which leads to my GDPR form, it complies.

Yeaaaaah; gotta' love it when a resolve is that simple... huh!

Absolutely! I feel mentally drained this week because I have had so many issues to deal with.

Could I ask you a question?

Site support created a staging site earlier this week. Will I need them to ensure everything is synced before I press the 'move' button?
They've made a few changes this week regarding adding and deleting codes.
I'm anxious about clicking the move button until everything is in place.

What do you mean by "synced"?

If you mean checking for links being active, you can do that manually within minutes, online, here: https://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/

What changes were made to your codes?

A replica of my current live site. They have removed codes from the header PHP file, code snippets and added elsewhere to an ad inserter plugin.

I've not seen this but if all looks great... I'd go ahead and click on the 'move' option and worry about changes once it's live... but the final decision to do this MUST be yours.

Thanks for your help, Trish.

I'm currently testing Generate Press. I'm not sure if I like it yet, but I'm definitely not going to rush the process after the stressful week I've had!
Enjoy your day 😊

I’ve added the code correctly with the help of ChatGPT. still waiting to hear back from site support to see if there is a duplicate or if they can suggest anything else.

Cheers Robert, I’ll give this a try tomorrow.
Thank you

Thanks Maxine, yes I’ve got loads of ads currently although I have blocked a few from showing. I’ve excluded pages too but everything I’ve tried is still showing ads on the top of every page.
Fingers crossed it gets sorted.
It’s very stressful when things are not working as they should.
Louise :-)

No worries, Louise. We will definitely get this sorted out. I want to know why they are placing ads in the header, body, and footer of all pages. Let's do some research and get back to each other.

Maxine :)

Sounds like a plan :-)

👍

Hi Dave,
I done all that too. Excluded my front page and still have auto adds on.
I’ve asked site support if I have a duplicate code as I asked them to update my previous one.

Well, I did something else, and I'm not recommending it. I got mad and went into ad inserter and deleted any Google script I didn't recognize. YIKES! Then, I started over with my current settings.

Site support added my code in the header section, not the plugin so I’ve asked them to check if there is one there too.
Some things I just don’t feel safe doing.
I’m already in the process of creating a different theme due to my current one causing huge problems.
Once I get this ad stuff sorted, I can move my site.

Sounds good. You'll get it fixed, and it is a relief when you do.

Hope so. It’s been a frustrating weekend and my brain is tired now 😴
I appreciate your help Dave ☺️

Hi Maxine, thank you. I’m just waiting for Site Support to sync my staging site with my current one and then I can start looking into changing it over. Ashe theme has given me so many issues.
All the best for you too,
Louise :-)

No problem, my dear. I took a look at your website. It loaded very well. However, I didn't see a privacy policy.

Maxine :)

Thanks Maxine. It’s a working process.
I do have a privacy policy and GDPR on my website so I’m not sure why it hasn’t shown for you ?
When I test incognito it shows up.

No worries. It's probably there! My device in Chrome browser acts up now and then.

All the best,
Maxine :)

Thanks for the reassurance :-)
You too!
Louise

Thank you for your feedback Diane.
Much appreciated.

My pleasure. 😉

Cheers!

Cheers!
Very safe, fast and easy, should give no problems

Cheers Richard. Simple and fast is what I’m looking for :-)

Many thanks Trisha.
I’m definitely going to consider Generate Press. Just need to be prepared for the work it involves.

Thank you. It seems to be a popular one.

I am the opposite of techy lol, its light and easy to use. And a bonus, its what they use in training and classes ( I haven't seen any not using it)

I’m very tempted to switch over to this one. I’m going to have a play about with the theme in my staging website just to see what it’s all about. I’m just worried about transferring everything over to a new theme because of a different layout, etc and the amount of work that could potentially be needed to get it on track.

Hi Eric, thankfully, I have a staging site already, so I will look and see what themes will work and play around with the new layout. Either way, I know it's going to take time if I change themes, and at the same time, the issues that my current one is causing are also taking a lot of time!

A question.
Can I use my staging site just to see what a particular theme works and looks like and then go to my live website back office and activate the new theme from there?

Or do I have to use the staging site and move it over with the new theme?

Just use the move function and with one button click your work is live instead of having to go to the other site to make changes. 👍🏼

Ok thank you. I think I need to get site support to sync my live website with my current staging site as I’ve had it for a few years and it’s not a mirror -image, so plugins and codes will be missing.Then I can play about with a new theme.

Your staging site doesn’t continue to mirror the live website. It’s a copy at the time of creation. Just have them create a new one for you so you know it’s an exact copy and you can delete the old staging site 👍🏼

Thanks Eric. I now have a synced staging site so I’m currently trying out the generate press theme.

Hi Mary, sorry, no, I didn't. I'm currently using Ashe. Have you used them from a previous theme? And if so, did you have any issues with transferring? I'm very concerned about codes being broken.

Hi, yes - I've have switched from other themes to both Generate Press and Kadence.

FYI, however, there will most likely be a few things that you need to adjust when changing from one theme to another. Sometimes the featured image sizes aren't the same, things like that. Also, any customization that you did in Ashe won't transfer over.

Yes, I've read here that sizing and customisation can be altered. I don't have a featured image, as this was lagging my website, so if I have made any customisations, I will need to transfer those over to the new theme.

I've just been tweaking the signup form, and I'm testing the page speed to see how well it responds to being delayed by a minute, for example.

I know the GDPR and privacy box need to be activated fairly quickly before anybody sees the content, so I'm hoping that delaying the signup form will allow the reader to see the content before taking further action. I think it's just a case of trial and error.

Precisely, I always leave a website if I have to click too many consent boxes, so this is what I am desperately trying to avoid.

My GDPR form is added through a plug-in, and my privacy form is added through Google AdSense.

Hi Trish,
I'm using the eBay partner network. I don't use plug-ins such as e-commerce. I copy the link and then use the link generator option to shorten the link. I copy the photo of the item and add the link to the image.
I'll take a look at broken link checker plug-in as well. Many thanks.

What link generator are you using, Louise - Pretty Links?

If so, Broken Link Checkers keeps me posted on those links too.

That's the plugin I use for all of my affiliate links EXCEPT Amazon ...because their rules tell you NOT to use anything other than the link Amazon supplies affiliates to use --- which, I'm sure you're already aware of.

if you're in a hurry to discover broken links, you can always have this site: https://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/ check for broken links and you'll have your report with details pretty quickly.

I like using that one whenever I've made massive changes to my site(s).

The link generator is just on the drop-down menu of the eBay partner network.

It’s part of their tools so it’s just called Link generator and I copy and paste the link into the eBay address bar, click on ‘generate link’ and it gives me a shorter version.

I’ve attempted Amazon affiliate programs twice now and have had no joy and been booted off but yes, was aware of their rules on photographs and links etc.

Oooh... okay... Amazon offers a shorter link option too.

You're not missin' a thing having been booted off Amazon, 'cause their payout percentage is not nearly as good as it used to be.

And... I was kicked off my own country's Amazon... Canada... due to too few clicks. Same thing happened with the France's Amazon.

Yes, I've heard that their payout is really bad now, so I'm not missing much. It was a shame when they got rid of their Stripe option, too. I've joined different affiliate marketing companies now so I won't be going back to Amazon.

I've just installed this one but it doesn't appear to give me an insight into any links that are broken. It simply tells me what links internally and externally I have on my website.

I think the Link Whisper has a reporting feature that flags broken external links. However, you may find this helpful.

https://www.mageplaza.com/insights/fix-broken-links.html

Abie

Thanks Abie, I’ll take a look at this :-)

No problem, Louise! :) And keep us posted.
Abie

So, I've added the broken link checker, and I'm slowly going through all the affiliate links that have been on my website for some time and are now broken. It could take a while, but I know it needs to be done.
:-)