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jondiego, thanks. I will use FireFTP as I mostly use Mozilla anyway. It’s such an important thing that I am doing because the ebay partner network is a worthy merchant to become associated with. I just don’t know why they made is such a pain to confirm the identity of our domain :-/ I have a few other sites, however the best fit for ebay is with my word press site. Had no trouble getting it installed and adding pages. But this blank page thing … wow. Intending to work on it tonight. Hoping for a break through. Will keep you informed as well as everyone else who has been kind enough to help me on this thread. Thanks again very much.

Best, David

Thank you peredur, I am still plugging away at this.

Hi jondiego, I made it all the way down to number 4 on your list. Can I use IE as my FTP server? I have done this with Godaddy before. If not, which program would be best in this situation? FileZilla or FireFTP? Its probably going to be a one shot deal on this blank page.

Thanks for your help. Sincerely, David

Hi gbaka, thanks for your assistance. I am getting a lot of good information from you and peredur. I think I am getting close to solving the issue however I am not a journeymen when it comes to running around on word press.

I know other software quite well and have not had a lot of practice with this. Just to touch on what you said, creating a PHP file is this,

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blank Page
*/
?>

But here is the problem I currently have, can not find how I place this into my current theme. Not finding this option. I can however create a custom theme and its giving me options. Width, color, etc. When I sele3cted white, it took me to a page with a lot of white templates that already have their own look. Nothing I can find so far where I can make a custom theme. I know it probably does exist, but this is where I am stuck at the moment.

peredur shared a link on how to make a custom template so this is what I am going to look at right now. Thanks for your input as I really appreciate it.

Best, David

Hello PAE,

I been playing with it a little since your reply and trying to understand how I create a blankebay.php page template with the tools provided on the site.

I know how to create a new page of course, and looking at the options,

add new,

then, “screen options”

I select the page slug,

but this is where I am stuck. It still shows my template.

I do see the alternate templates, but none for a custom. Does Word press offer this feature?

Thanks! Best, David

The reason is because I am trying to follow the instructions of the ebay partner network which they require a blank page with their assigned code as a signature of my ownership of the site.

They not only want just the code with no content in there, but TOTAL blank page with only their assigned code.

But I have been trying to do that with no success. It’s a royal pain and I don’t understand why they want it that way. If I was using a different program than word press I would have no problem doing it. But with this system I find it difficult to make one blank page for them with only the code showing. Here is what they said in the email;

Dear David,

Thank you for your email regarding your domain validation.

I have checked your site and found that it has many other content
besides the activation code. For example a coloured background, banners & texts:

Please note that this page should be a blank page with only the code and nothing else displaying
there.

I hope I have explained everything clearly. If you need any more
information, please contact us.

Kind regards,

Dorothy Gambin
eBay Partner Network Support

Do you have any tips to achieve their request?