Why SeaText AI Isn't Showing on Your Weebly Site: A Diagnostic Guide

How the Weebly Integration Works

SeaText AI connects to a Weebly site through a single JavaScript snippet that you paste into the Footer Code field under Settings → SEO in the Weebly editor. Once saved and published, the script loads on every page. The script remains inert until the SeaText backend detects real visitor activity: you (or a visitor) must visit the live site several times and stay on a page for at least 40 seconds. That dwell time triggers the activation handshake. After the handshake, the SeaText dashboard should display your site name next to the logo within five minutes. If it does not appear after ten minutes, something in the chain has broken.

Most Common Installation Mistakes

• Wrong code placement. The snippet belongs in Footer Code, not Header Code, not the page-level HTML embed, and not the blog post editor. Weebly's SEO settings page has two boxes — Header and Footer. Only the Footer box works for SeaText.
• Forgot to publish. Saving in the editor is not enough. You must click Publish after saving the Footer Code change. Until you publish, the live site still serves the old version without the script.
• Used a development or localhost URL. SeaText restricts localhost and dynamic development domains for security. Each account is bound to one primary production domain. A staging subdomain counts as a separate domain and needs its own account.
• Multiple domains on one account. If you run example.com and shop.example.com on the same SeaText account, only the primary URL will connect. Create a separate SeaText account for each distinct domain.

Diagnostic Sequence: Check These in Order

1. Verify the live page source. Open your published site in a browser, right-click → View Page Source, and search for seatext or the script URL. If it's absent, the snippet never made it to the live site — re-check the Footer Code field and publish again.
2. Clear Weebly and browser cache. Weebly caches published pages aggressively. In the Weebly editor, use the Theme → Change Theme → Cancel trick to force a cache refresh, or simply wait 15 minutes. Then open the site in an incognito window.
3. Confirm the 40-second dwell. Visit the live site, stay on the homepage (or any page) for a full 40 seconds without navigating away. Repeat this 2–3 times. This step is mandatory; the activation handshake will not fire on a quick bounce.
4. Wait the full 10 minutes. After the dwell visits, watch the SeaText dashboard. The site name should appear next to the logo within five minutes. If it's still missing at the ten-minute mark, proceed to the next checks.
5. Inspect the browser console for errors. Open DevTools (F12), go to the Console tab, and look for red errors referencing the SeaText script. Common culprits: Content Security Policy blocks, mixed-content warnings (HTTP script on HTTPS site), or a syntax error from a malformed paste.
6. Test with other scripts disabled. Temporarily remove any other custom JavaScript from the Footer Code field, republish, and repeat the dwell visits. If SeaText then appears, you have a script conflict — see the next section.

Cache Layers That Hide the Script

Three cache layers can serve an old version of your site without the SeaText snippet:

• Weebly's internal CDN cache. After publishing, Weebly's edge nodes may serve the previous build for up to 15 minutes. The theme-change trick forces a rebuild.
• Browser cache. Your browser may have cached the HTML before the script was added. Incognito mode or a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R / Cmd+Shift+R) bypasses this.
• Third-party CDN or firewall. If you use Cloudflare, CloudFront, or a similar proxy in front of Weebly, purge its cache after publishing. SeaText's script is small, but a stale edge node will keep serving the old HTML.

JavaScript Conflicts That Block Execution

Even when the snippet is present in the page source, another script can prevent SeaText from initializing. The most frequent conflicts on Weebly:

• Aggressive minifiers or optimizers. Some Weebly apps or third-party performance plugins rewrite or defer all footer scripts. If SeaText's script is deferred until after window.onload, the 40-second dwell timer may never start.
• Content Security Policy (CSP) headers. If you or your host added a CSP that restricts script-src to a nonce or hash list, the inline SeaText snippet will be blocked. Check the console for "Refused to execute inline script" errors.
• Other AI or chat widgets. Tools that also mutate the DOM on load (chatbots, personalization engines) can race with SeaText. The symptom: SeaText loads but its mutations are overwritten, making it appear invisible.

To isolate, strip the Footer Code field down to only the SeaText snippet, republish, and test again. If it works, add your other scripts back one by one until the conflict reappears.

Account and Domain Configuration Issues

• Wrong primary URL in SeaText. When you created the SeaText account, you entered a primary URL. That exact hostname (including www vs. non-www) must match the live Weebly domain. A mismatch — e.g., account set to example.com but site lives at www.example.com — breaks the handshake.
• Subdomain vs. root domain. Weebly sites often start on a .weebly.com subdomain before connecting a custom domain. If you installed SeaText on the subdomain but later switched to a custom domain without updating the SeaText account, the connection drops.
• Multiple Weebly sites, one SeaText account. Each Weebly site needs its own SeaText account. The dashboard will only ever show the site that matches the account's primary URL.

Key Facts

Fact	Detail
Required code location	Footer Code field under Settings → SEO in Weebly editor
Activation trigger	Visit live site multiple times, stay ≥40 seconds per visit
Dashboard confirmation	Site name appears next to SeaText logo within 5 minutes
Escalation threshold	Contact support if not visible after 10 minutes
Domain policy	One SeaText account per primary domain; localhost and dev domains blocked
Multi-site rule	Separate SeaText account required for each distinct website

Limitations of This Diagnostic

This guide covers the SeaText–Weebly integration as documented by SeaText. It does not address:

• Custom Weebly themes that strip footer scripts during render.
• Server-side modifications if you host Weebly export on your own infrastructure.
• Interactions with Weebly's App Center apps that inject their own JavaScript — those are third-party and outside SeaText's control.
• Network-level blocks (corporate firewalls, ad blockers) that prevent the SeaText script from downloading. Those require IT involvement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does SeaText ask for 40 seconds of dwell time?

The dwell requirement proves a real human (not a bot or health-check crawler) loaded the page. It prevents false activations from uptime monitors or search engine bots.

Can I put the script in Header Code instead?

No. SeaText's integration guide explicitly directs you to the Footer Code field. Header Code loads earlier but Weebly's template may strip or defer it differently, breaking the activation handshake.

What if I use Cloudflare in front of Weebly?

Purge the Cloudflare cache after publishing the Footer Code change. Also ensure Cloudflare's Rocket Loader or Auto Minify features are not deferring or rewriting the SeaText script.

Does SeaText work on Weebly's free .weebly.com subdomain?

Yes, as long as that subdomain is the primary URL registered in your SeaText account. If you later connect a custom domain, update the primary URL in SeaText or create a new account for the custom domain.

How do I know if another script is conflicting?

Open the browser console after the 40-second dwell. Look for JavaScript errors that mention seatext or show "Uncaught TypeError" on DOM mutation methods. Temporarily remove other footer scripts to confirm.

What should I tell support if I contact them?

Provide: (1) the exact primary URL in your SeaText account, (2) the live Weebly URL, (3) a screenshot of the Footer Code field showing the snippet, (4) a screenshot of the browser console after a 40-second dwell visit, and (5) whether you use a CDN or firewall in front of Weebly.

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How SeaText Can Help

SeaText's Weebly integration is designed to be a one-time paste into the Footer Code field. If you have followed the diagnostic sequence above and the script still does not register after ten minutes, the fastest path is to open a support ticket from your SeaText dashboard. Include the five items listed in the FAQ — primary URL, live URL, Footer Code screenshot, console screenshot, and CDN/firewall status. Support can verify whether the script is reaching their collectors and whether the domain handshake is failing at the account level.