figured it out. If anybody else has the issue, you have to insert a canonical tag into the header of the homepage (making sure you delete the incorrect canonical tag).

Y’all can close this thread.
J

Quick update after Googling site:raleighteletherapy.com
The only 2 things that are now listed that shouldn’t be are:
https://raleighteletherapy.com/wp-content/themes/enfold/framework/images/colorpicker/
and
https://raleighteletherapy.com/wp-content/themes/enfold/framework/js/deprecated/

Perfect. Thanks! Fortunately, those promo boxes aren’t too long usually.
What about the Pages ALB situation where that happens? I.e. the Layout/Element/Media toolbar at the top goes off the page. Should I start a different thread for that?
J

That fixed it! Thank you!

We can close thread.

J

Yes, that’s the toolbar(s) I’m referring to. I confirmed last night that it is intermittent. . . sadly, more often than not it scrolls off the screen.

I am using the Classic Editor (no plugin needed) option.

I haven’t disabled plugins yet just in case there was a cleaner way of trying to diagnose (like a known gremlin if I don’t have a certain setting dialed in correctly).

I’ll attach a screencast video if I am able to attach short video clips here.

Yeah, you’re good to close.

Thanks!
JOn

Is there any way to enable those features so that I don’t have to use the magic wand to get the element box, only to have to completely delete the code if I need to change something, then preview, then completely delete the code again to make changes by using the magic wand, etc.

I like the ALB simplicity, but I also like the featured image, excerpt feature, etc. . . seems like it might be nice to have access to both.

J

Thanks! That seems to work.

I set my Filter settings to: Display all, Display all, Deactivate offset, Always display element. It still shows up in random order that changes every time you refresh. I have cleared all caches in WordPress, cleared my browser data (firefox, up to date) and browser history, and re-saved the changes. I also tried in a cleared browser in Chrome with same ever-changing random order.

I’m putting my info in private box. Thx,
Jon

Oh, I also mentioned that trying to put a side bar while using the masonry element does not work. A side bar with a categories widget would be fine . . . that’s what I do for individual posts. If there is no css code possible to just list category links at the top, then how do I get the sidebar to work with masonry? I can get the sidebar to show, but the masonry posts cover it up.

If I choose Grid in Theme Options > Blog Layout > Blog Layout, then I get the sidebar, and the grid is ok, but the posts just show up in random order . . .I need them to be ordered by date. So, if neither of the above can work, is there custom css to make Grid Layout show posts in date order?

J

• This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by gatehealing.

Thanks Mike. The folks over at Google Webmaster Forum said that I ought to leave them? I’m very confused as I tend to agree with you, but I admittedly am not a tech expert, and certainly not a Google expert. I’m lucky if I don’t crash the entire internet when I tie my shoes.
Here are the 2 responses I get from the folks at Google Search Console Community Help Forum:
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1) Barry is shown to be a Platinum Product Expert, and I have had some good help from him in the past:
He says,
“That pages appears to be generated by mod_autoindex
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_autoindex.html
Couple of options
1) Ignore them. these are not important pages – doesn’t really matter that google has indexed them.
2) Disable them. Do you really need mod_autoindex? Most of the time is enabled by accident, rather than something
wilful. Doesn’t really harm for most part, but doesnt help anything either.
https://www.google.com/search?q=disable+mod_autoindex
3) Noindex them. As not important pags, could just prevent google indexing them. (while keeping them available for
USERs). eg could inject the noindex HTTP header. Can’t be done with robots.txt
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93710?hl=en
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2) William does not show to be “expert”, but does seem to know what he is talking about . . . but that has backfired on me before.
He says,
“Hi Jonathan, most of those folders contain resources (JS, CSS and images) but they do not have any content so they can not rank on their own for any keywords. Have not said that, Google Bot needs to be allowed to access all resources that are required for rendering the page.

Those files will not hurt your ranking, but if you want to block them to reduce server load, make sure you do not block resources that are required to render the page, you can use the Google Mobile Friendly tool to find out if you are blocking any resources that are required for rendering.”
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I am barely able to understand these things. Are you able to make heads or tails of it? If having those pages indexed won’t hurt anything, then I’ll just leave them (unless they start showing up when people search for Anxiety Counseling in Austin (and other related searches).

No problem on the delay. I know Covid has us all on wonky schedules. Thanks!
Jon

That fixed it. Thanks!
We can close this ticket.

J

Perfect! That puts it to the left and fixes the issue. Thanks! Y’all can close this ticket.

Best
Jon

Son of a gun. It happened again! As soon as I posted this, the issue resolved. I’ve been messing with it for over 10 minutes.

You can close this ticket…

J

I had to search google to find the answer . . . for some reason, searching in the Enfold Support area did not find the thread that came up via Google.

It’s because I had the homepage saved as a Draft. Little bug that may be good to notate on the Theme Options page over on the right side where y’all describe the fields. . . ie “if you save your homepage as a ‘draft’ then the FrontPage setting and Area to Display Blog setting will not be available until you publish.”

Just a suggestion.
J