viennawoodworks Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 I have this issue and my website auditor keeps saying that it's a problem because http instead of https is making my site look unsecure. How did the below get on top of every page on my site and more importantly, how do I get rid of it? <html xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" lang="en-US" class="touch-styles"> <head> Link to comment
Ziggy Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Typically if you are seeing something at the top of every page, it'll be found in the site Header Code Injection. Can you share your website URL? Please like and upvote if my comments were helpful to you. Cheers! Zygmunt Spray Squarespace Website Designer Contact me: https://squarefortytwo.com Hire me on Upwork! 🔌 Ghost Squarespace Plugins (Referral link) 📈 SEO Space (Referral link) ⬛ SquareWebsites Plugins (Referral link) 🔲 SQSP Themes (Referral link) ✨ Spark Plugin (Referral link) 🖼️ Gallery Lightbox Plugin (Referral link) ☕ Did I help? Buy me a coffee? Link to comment
viennawoodworks Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 http://viennawoodworks.com Good morning. I have looked in the site header code a couple of times and I have not been able to find it there. I haven't worked ton my site much in the past few years, and noticed I can't go to "settings, advanced,,,,, and I found the options to add code at the bottom of my website pages list now. I was able to remove some bad code i injected into my footer last night but I don't see this code in the header or footer sections. I looked at the index home page advanced setting and it isn't there either. Is there a way to figure out exactly where it is without going to developer mode? That's far too advanced for me and I need to be able to still use the back end of SS to add new products, etc. (The stuff we amateurs can actually do!) I was thinking I might need to hire a professional level to help me get rid of that code, maybe with a website editor but I don't even know how it would be possible to get rid of this. Link to comment
Ziggy Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, viennawoodworks said: without going to developer mode Do not use developer mode, it's not designed for most users, and it won't help with solving this. I'm not exactly aware of what that line of HTML does, but it is on every Squarespace website I have just checked, it's normal and I wouldn't worry about it, you won't be able to remove it and it's not causing you any problems. If you are having security issues then it will be coming from somewhere else. Please like and upvote if my comments were helpful to you. Cheers! Zygmunt Spray Squarespace Website Designer Contact me: https://squarefortytwo.com Hire me on Upwork! 🔌 Ghost Squarespace Plugins (Referral link) 📈 SEO Space (Referral link) ⬛ SquareWebsites Plugins (Referral link) 🔲 SQSP Themes (Referral link) ✨ Spark Plugin (Referral link) 🖼️ Gallery Lightbox Plugin (Referral link) ☕ Did I help? Buy me a coffee? Link to comment
Ziggy Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Your site loads securely in my browser, and I don't see any issues (though I haven't been extensively thorough). Is your website set as securely as possible HSTS as well as SSL Secure? https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815898-Understanding-SSL-certificates#toc-hsts-secure Please like and upvote if my comments were helpful to you. Cheers! Zygmunt Spray Squarespace Website Designer Contact me: https://squarefortytwo.com Hire me on Upwork! 🔌 Ghost Squarespace Plugins (Referral link) 📈 SEO Space (Referral link) ⬛ SquareWebsites Plugins (Referral link) 🔲 SQSP Themes (Referral link) ✨ Spark Plugin (Referral link) 🖼️ Gallery Lightbox Plugin (Referral link) ☕ Did I help? Buy me a coffee? Link to comment
viennawoodworks Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 The line was flagged for having a link to an http instead of an https. So that code hasn't been updated in quite a while. The website SEO auditor looks for potential issues that harm sites as far as placing them in a higher (or lower in this case) rank. Any time code appears old or has the http instead of https, apparently it hurts SEO because not only is it outdated, it creates a level of Mixed security instead of being deemed a secure site. Obviously not a good thing. I don't know why Squarespace can't add an s and help everyone out here. This might actually cause me to go elsewhere even though I love SS and have had them for a VERY long time. If the very first line of your code is outdated, it's kind of working against good SEO. That's not a good look! Link to comment
paul2009 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, viennawoodworks said: <html xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" lang="en-US" class="touch-styles"> The line was flagged for having a link to an http instead of an https. So that code hasn't been updated in quite a while. The website SEO auditor looks for potential issues that harm sites as far as placing them in a higher (or lower in this case) rank. Any time code appears old or has the http instead of https, apparently it hurts SEO because not only is it outdated, it creates a level of Mixed security instead of being deemed a secure site. This is a namespace URI that is being used in a declaration. To be clear, it is not a URL and isn't used to load content, so it will not cause mixed content to load and will not cause security issues for the user or the site. If the auditor is reporting a security problem with this namespace declaration, it is inaccurate. Did this help? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ Ziggy 1 Me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for >18 yrs & Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL. We provide high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji. Buying a coffee is generous but optional. Would you like your customers to be able to mark their favourite products in your Squarespace store? Link to comment
viennawoodworks Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) I think I understand that the way it is coded it's namespace and is not truly a link however I'm not convinced that my website auditor is wrong for flagging it, because Google is now flagging any http code automatically. It doesn't matter if its a url or a declaration. I'm still not comfortable with risking my SEO because of some passive code that generates red flags. I really hope they get rid of this!!!! Is this on 7 and 7.1 sites? I have a lot of work to do on my site and I was trying to eliminate all of the red flag errors first. Edited November 3, 2023 by viennawoodworks Link to comment
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