Followed support forum advice still unable to verify pinterest

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  farmersfreshchoice · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 4:30 am

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  Hi,

  I followed all the advice here http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/ on how to verify my upgraded blog on Pinterest and I get this message below (I’ve tried a few times)
  We couldn’t find the meta tag. We checked at http://farmersfreshchoice.com

  would really appreciate your help.
  My page is http://www.farmersfreshchoice.com

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  amightywp · Member · Mar 13, 2013 at 3:45 pm

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  Hi there,

  OK, I see what the issue is! What you’ve done is put in a reference to a .html file for the Pinterest validation section. Instead, what you need to do is get the verification code from your Pinterest account (it will be a long alphanumeric string which looks like this: “f100679e6048d45e4a0b0b92dce1efce”, but will have different characters) and then enter that where you put the .html file!

  In case you don’t remember, you will need to go to Dashboard >> Tools >> Available Tools

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  farmersfreshchoice · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 12:02 am

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  Thanks amightywp,
  The problem is I can’t get the html verification code when i download it, it just says ‘Looking good! You are ready to return to the verification page and complete the process. Happy pinning’ without giving me a code.
  I’ve also tried it using the meta tag- not including the quotation marks, just using the string of characters between the quotation marks near the end of the tag – as suggested in the forums and by Timethief. however this doesn’t work either.
  luckily (well not for everyone else) i’m not the only one having this issue, makes me feel a little less technologically challenged.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/problems-with-pinterest-verification?replies=5#post-1180204
  I’m sure it is something simple ew are missing, really appreciate your help.

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  farmersfreshchoice · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 12:05 am

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  Just saw this through pinterest support. it is an issue they are trying to resolve too https://help.pinterest.com/entries/23346377-Issue-Whoops-error-message-when-verifying-website

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  farmersfreshchoice · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 12:29 am

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  It was a pinterest error, apparently they put the meta tag and html code in the wrong places and have now resolved this.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/pinterest-meta-tag-not-working/page/2?replies=35#post-1182157
  thanks so much for your help!!

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  amightywp · Member · Mar 15, 2013 at 2:56 pm

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  Hi there,

  Thanks so much for letting me know! I’m spreading the word amongst my co-workers so that we are aware when answering questions! I appreciate it so much! :)

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  farmersfreshchoice · Member · Mar 18, 2013 at 12:36 am

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  :)