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This is about my problem with my site not showing up in a Google search. I noticed about a month ago that my site (of which I am a moderator) did show up in Google, but didn't provide a description. Instead it said "A description of this site is unavailable because of this site's robots.txt file," or something along those lines. Now my site is unreachable by Google. I looked up why a site may not be crawled by Google, and one of the reasons was the site's robots.txt file disallowed "crawlers." Is there any way to tell if it's the robots, and if it is, how can I remove it (keep in mind that I'm a moderator, not an administrator).
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RE: Robots.txt Problem...
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Today, 8:38 AM EDT
Hey rennatnave101, It turns out that the automatic IP banning system has gone haywire. Wetpaint implemented this system in order to prevent certain spammers from filling a site with spam. The problem is that the system is recognizing search crawlers, such as Microsoft's Bingbot, as spambots. The system automatically IP bans these crawlers, which prevents them from scanning our websites and indexing them on search engines. That is why your site's description is "A description of this site is unavailable because of this site's robots.txt file." As explained above, the automatic IP banning system is banning Google's crawlers and preventing them from accessing your site's true description. Until this issue is remedied by Wetpaint, there isn't anything you can do. Until Wetpaint recognizes that there is a problem, there will be no solution. With that being said, I will do everything in my power to pass this issue along to the development team, but that's all that I can do for now. Unfortunately, all that the community can do is wait until we receive an update from Wetpaint. Read the following thread for more information on this issue. http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread/5120389/Bing+search+enhineIf you have anymore questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to reply with a post that explains them. -Matt
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How do I create a wiki???
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May 8 2013, 2:15 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 8 2013, 1:44 PM EDT
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I have looked at the help and support but I cannot find a button to make my site. Please Help!!!!
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RE: How do I create a wiki???
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May 8 2013, 2:15 PM EDT
Well then Riley, let me try to clear up the confusion. Wetpaint had apparently been receiving multiple complaints about Terms of Service violations due to wikis breaking the Terms of Service. On January 17, 2013 AlexWeinstein, the Head of Technology at Wetpaint posted the thread below explaining what had been going on: http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread/5073989/Update+from+WetpaintHe says that they will be blocking wikis that violate ToS and cease creation of new Wetpaint Wikis until they can deploy stricter ways to enforce the Terms of Service. The problem is that we haven't had the server upgrades, and the Wiki Creator hasn't been restored, as it is still redirecting here to Wetpaint Central. Until they decide to restore it, no one can create new wikis. Educators who want to create new wikis will need to be using old sites by banning old members, deleting content, and starting fresh. The rest of the community will just have to wait and see when and if they restore the Wiki Creator.
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GIFS
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May 7 2013, 10:04 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 7 2013, 9:44 PM EDT
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How do i add a GIF to my profile? Ive tried adding them by link and upload but they are always frozen
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RE: GIFS
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May 7 2013, 10:04 PM EDT
Hello Anonymous,
There are two pages on Splats2 that can help you with dealing with Animated Pictures: http://splats2.wetpaint.com/page/Animated+Avatars and http://splats2.wetpaint.com/page/Resizing+Animated+Gifs
If this doesn't help, be sure to reply and we will help you further.
-Clay
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Help
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May 7 2013, 5:37 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 7 2013, 5:29 PM EDT
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I'm trying to create a new site, but whenever I press the 'free website' link at the bottom of the page, it takes me here. It's never done that in the past.
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RE: Help
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May 7 2013, 5:37 PM EDT
Please read the homepage. You are taken to the homepage, and in red bold letters says to read the message below about creating new wikis before posting a thread. http://www.wetpaintcentral.comThread locked. -Clay
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The Fall of Wetpaint
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May 5 2013, 9:20 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Dec 28 2012, 11:17 AM EST
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I joined Wetpaint back in 2008 under a different name. Back then everything was fast, websites were active, and it was really fun. I remember staying up until 3:00am working on sites. I remember talking to people from all around the world about different topics. Wetpaint used to be really fun, and now it's ruined. Is Wetpaint ever going to be fixed? And if not, is there a similar website builder out there? I love the layout of Wetpaint.
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RE: The Fall of Wetpaint
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May 5 2013, 9:20 AM EDT
It's also simply better that you don't bring up old threads to complain about Google Chrome not being supported when it hasn't been from day one.
Locked down.
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Avatar resizing help.
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May 4 2013, 11:14 AM EDT by
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Thread started: May 4 2013, 1:58 AM EDT
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I am trying to make a new avatar that is fairly small, its shape is vertical rectangular, but it is not working. It resizes to be extremely large and pixelated, but if I change back to an old avatar (one made before this glitch appeared) with the exact same dimensions, it is perfect and everything. :/
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RE: Avatar resizing help.
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May 4 2013, 11:14 AM EDT
Avatars appear in 5 different places, with different dimensions. (width x height) 1. Members list 90 x90 2. Community Activity 50 x 50 3. Profile 90 x 90 4. Threads 50 x 50 5. Latest Page Update 50 x 50
Wetpaint will resize the image to fit those dimensions.
One exception is with the height. The maximum height for a profile avatar is 635 pixels. The maximum width for any avatar is 90 pixels wide. If a rectangular avatar is used it will be resized for the different areas used.
e.g If an avatar used is 90 x 635, then profile = will remain at the 90 x what ever height used but no more than 635. ( no resizing ) page update = 50 x 200 (image will be resized) threads = 50 x 200 (image will be resized) member list = 90x 90 (image will be resized)
That being said, if your image is smaller than the 90 x 90 profile default, WP is going to resize the width to fit the 90 pixel dimension. Depending upon the source image quality, the resizing may cause pixelation, striations or distortions to appear in the avatar. It is optimal to set the width dimensions of the original image to 90 pixels before uploading it as a profile avatar. If not WP is going to resize the image for you and the results may not be desirable.
***** The above applies to static avatars only. Animated avatars have different sets of criteria.
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May 3 2013, 2:38 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 3 2013, 1:56 PM EDT
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how can i change my password?
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RE: ask
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May 3 2013, 2:38 PM EDT
To change your email address or password on file with Wetpaint: -
- Sign into your site with your Username and Password
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to your profile page by clicking on "My Profile" in the upper right corner of any page and then clicking on "Change Email & Password" in the upper right corner of your profile page. - This will take you to a page where you will see the options to change your email address or password.
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HELP
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May 3 2013, 12:11 PM EDT by
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Thread started: May 2 2013, 1:28 AM EDT
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Hi,
I am the creator of http://draculasgirls.wetpaint.com
The two pages below were deleted from the google searches of Indiggo: http://draculasgirls.wetpaint.com/page/Indiggo http://draculasgirls.wetpaint.com/page/JAY-Z+%26+INDIGGO+TWINS+%2F+WATCH+THE+THRONE
The pages appear on google with the following description: "A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt – learn more."
Until now these 2 pages appeared on Indiggo google searches on the first page. Did somebody block them? How can I add them back in the google searches?
Thank you, Violeta
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RE: HELP
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May 3 2013, 12:11 PM EDT
To confuse things. There are a couple of statements and questions that are contradictory to Google's use of robot.txt in the search results of these two pages.
STATEMENTS 1. Google has not re-indexed non-popular sites in a long time. Splats2 went private 3 months ago. The only results shown are "cached" results stating Splats2 is no longer open to the public. It was non-privatized 2 months ago, 2. The two page links noted by Violeta09 are only missing the description, but are still links to those pages on the Google results list. 3. Other search engines show them with descriptions. Bing, Dogpile, etc 4. Wetpaint uses robots no-index no follow meta-tag statement on wiki pages. This meta-tag has been in use for as long as I can remember viewing WP codes. Perhaps since the beginning in 2006.
QUESTIONS 1. If Wetpaint has a robot.txt file (Which I do not think they do. They use meta tag no-index no-follow). that would mean every page on the wiki would display the "A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt – learn more." message. Why just those two pages. 2. Why is the complete URL for a page being searched on? Why search for a page by its URL only to have the search results return the page URL?
STATEMENTS 2 1. Google has been making changes to their search engine recently. I would imagine some unexpected results will occur, such as seen in this thread. If and when the changes are completed and feedback is reviewed by Google, and the results remain the same with the robot.txt message, then WP may want to visit this area.(But, I don't think they will) 2. Violeta09, using a forward slash( / ) mark in a page title is a bad practice. Slash marks are used to designate sub-directories or sub-pages. This may create some unexpected results along the line.
This post is open for any answers or statements by others.
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A Live Chat.
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May 1 2013, 10:37 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 30 2013, 10:53 AM EDT
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Couldn't find any previous threads on this.
My wetpaint site soloholics.wetpaint.com is the official website for actor Robert Vaughn. I want to find out if there is possibly a wetpaint widget (or some other facility that supports wetpaint),that would allow a live chat with site members and Mr. Vaughn. This would be something we would be looking around November to have. I have Box but couldn't find anything there.
Thank you.
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RE: A Live Chat.
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May 1 2013, 10:37 PM EDT
"CryingDove, I would be interested in such a feature myself, as I have taken to communicating with some of my co-authors via webcam, but I think a Voice Chat would be an interesting addition to our site! ;)" Hiya Grand, Please message me, so I will not lose your request. Give me a couple of days to set up some basic instructions and we can go from there.
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Youtube Embed Code
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May 1 2013, 9:24 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Dec 14 2012, 10:45 AM EST
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As of November 2012, Youtube removed the Old Embed Code option as a default when uploading videos. If the youtuber does not select Old Embed Code, the video will not have that option to share with the old embed code which is needed for Wetpaint to create a widget by embed mode. You may still use the Youtube video option to place Youtube videos on your wiki. So if you come upon a video that does not have the option to use the old embed code, please go to this workaround.
Go to this page to find out how to use the old code again. This is necessary for customization of the widget.
http://cryingdove.wetpaint.com/page/Autoplay+Youtube+Videos
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RE: Youtube Embed Code
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May 1 2013, 9:24 PM EDT
Rich provided a link to a page to his wiki, Crying Dove, above, which at the bottom of the page describes how to add code to the embed code supplied to you by YouTube to make videos autoplay.
-Clay
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After an update to Snow Leopard, where do the incompatible apps go?
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Apr 30 2013, 8:48 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 30 2013, 1:51 AM EDT
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I am updating from Leopard to Mountain Lion in the next few days. Just installed Snow Leopard and find the printer and scanner need new drivers. But I cannot find the old printer to update because there is only an alias in my dock. The original is gone. Have I missed something .... Thanks for any feedback.
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RE: After an update to Snow Leopard, where do the incompatible apps go?
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Apr 30 2013, 8:48 AM EDT
Start here on Apple's website for printer and scanner drivers. If the above does not help with your printer and scanner then do a Google search on the following criteria - snow lion printer and scanner drivers
Scan through the search results to find a match for your printer and scanning devices.
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How can i make forum for my website with wetpaint
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Apr 29 2013, 6:15 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 29 2013, 1:43 PM EDT
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Hello i start my new game website { http://sonyps4playstation.com/ } and i want to make 1 forum to linked with my website by using wetpaint and i want to add wetpaint url with forward domain is this possible?
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RE: How can i make forum for my website with wetpaint
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Apr 29 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
Wetpaint has the new wiki making on hold at this time and we are unsure when it will be available again. Please keep checking the home page every so often for an update. We are hoping it will be in May some time when new sites can be created.
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I've always wondered this..
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Apr 27 2013, 9:10 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 27 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
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So sorry if this was the wrong page to post at. When I saw the "D. Staff Members are not Gods.", this question immediately popped to mind.
I'm really just curious, but-- if your content has been stolen and claimed on another wetpaint site; can the wetpaint admins/mods do anything about it?
-Thanks. c:
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Editing/Table Glitch.
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Apr 26 2013, 9:03 AM EDT by
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Sometimes when I click “Edit table cell” and change the color, then click on the table, it reverts to its previous color. This is only with some tables. Is there any way to fix this, or is it just one of the many Wetpaint glitches? By the way, I use Mozilla Firefox.
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RE: Editing/Table Glitch.
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Apr 26 2013, 9:03 AM EDT
On the contrary, I've edited table cells with "invisible borders" and they -still- revert back to the previous cell color. I use Mozilla Firefox, so what you are describing is not a fix. In some instances, after you've edited the table cells and saved the new color scheme, it still reverts back to the previous color scheme as if no edits had been made. And no, refreshing the page 2-3 times doesn't help. I do not think the border-types have anything to do with this as I have edited table cells with "thick", "solid", and "double" borders but the aforementioned problems did not occur. The "user inputs" are the same, but the "visual/ textual outputs" seem to be different for everyone. Ever since I created a new wiki (in October 2012) for an online collaborative fiction, I have not experienced any of these problems but I did experience them while maintaining an older RPG website, whose pages had been edited/ revised countless times over a 4-year period. By creating new page templates and deleting old/ outdated page templates, these problems seem to lose their frequency/ consistency but I cannot say this for certain, as this is through empirical evidence alone and I cannot account for the multiplicity of edits that users on other wikis might've made to their pages to bring about these problems. It is not a solution, by any means, but it is a suggestion.
The workaround that CryingDove spelled out for you is the only effective way to go about dealing with the "table cell glitch", albeit time-consuming. Keep in mind, though, that it doesn't always work 100%, especially for people who live in a "dead-zone" where there are constant fluctuations and/ or unexpected "flatlines" in internet connectivity, or for people whose wireless routers are malfunctioning and/ or put out a weak WLAN signal, with no means of extension or signal amplification.
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Sociocultural Project ( Saudi Arabia)
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Apr 24 2013, 6:56 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 24 2013, 2:27 PM EDT
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Hi everybody I'm having trouble in posting my power point presentation as an attachment . Can anybody help me? thanks much
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RE: Sociocultural Project ( Saudi Arabia)
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Apr 24 2013, 6:56 PM EDT
You will need to apply to the Administrator or Moderator of the wiki you belong to.
If it is this site you are hoping to add your files to, you won't be able to as Wetpaint Central is a help and resource site for Wetpainters who have feature or software problems on their own Wetpaint wiki's.
It is not a chat, social, bloggers, self-help, religious, educational or business site.
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I need more icon at more tools
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Apr 24 2013, 3:34 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 24 2013, 3:07 PM EDT
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I need Help !!! why is it that i couldn't found and ICON for ADD ATTACHMENT at Moree tools???? just watch and unwatch icon only
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An error occurred while attempting to upload your photo. Error #2038
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Apr 23 2013, 6:34 PM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 23 2013, 5:16 AM EDT
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I tried updating my flashplayer, using an image hosting site..but nothing is working.
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Apr 21 2013, 1:24 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 20 2013, 11:37 PM EDT
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I found a bad site my friend made it but then they posted horrible things on it. http://oongalanguage.wetpaint.com/
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Apr 21 2013, 1:24 AM EDT
I'll pass it on to be blocked/deleted. Thanks for reporting it, Spycynder.
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Apr 20 2013, 10:06 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 20 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
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How do I embed HTML into my site and have it stay there?
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RE: HTML
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Apr 20 2013, 10:06 AM EDT
Wetpaint does not support editing the HTML directly. However, you can add html widgets, if that is more along the lines of what you were planning. What exactly is it that you want to do with the HTML?
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Inactive members
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Apr 19 2013, 9:55 AM EDT by
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Thread started: Apr 16 2013, 4:11 PM EDT
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I have a wetpaint site, and there are a few members who signed up and have never visited the site again. How can I delete their accounts?
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Apr 19 2013, 9:55 AM EDT
Also, banning someone doesn't just delete their account. It also makes the site unviewable for them. If they are readers only, as bellswebster said, banning them disables them from doing so. I would suggest just not worrying about the inactive accounts. Every site has members that aren't active.
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