[solved] how to put forum forbidden to robots in noindex ?

alex13410 · by **alex13410** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:14 am

Hello,
some of my forum are forbidden to robots. I would like that my forum forbidden to robots are in noindex.
Is it possible with phpbb_seo_meta.php?
thank you for your help.

thank you for your answer, but this is not really what I am looking for :
some of my forum are forbiden to robots, and I would like those forum (only those forum forbident to robots) would be with the meta robot "noindex".
is it possible to specify in phpbb_seo_meta.php that forum forbiden to robots > noindex ?

HB · by HB » Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:26 pm

You could add this to overall_header.html in the <head> section:

Code: Select all: <meta name="robots" content="noarchive,noindex,follow" />

You could also change permissions such that robots would not be allowed to access the forum at all (robots are a separate group and you can manage their access separately; they'd see a login page if they try to access the URL). See https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... &t=1792705 and read up on permissions if you want to go that route.

alex13410 · by **alex13410** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:27 am

thank you for your answer and your help.
I think I didn't explain me well (excuse me for my bad english).
I have some forum allowed to bots, and some forum forbidden to bots. I would like that forum forbidden to bots have

Code: Select all: <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />

and forum allowed to bots have

Code: Select all: <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" />

HB · by HB » Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:47 pm

I don't see the point of serving a page to bots and telling them not to index it. Why not block them from reading it at all via the ACP / permissions? The only advantage, albeit tiny, is that the "follow" would allow bots to follow links. If you really want to do that, you can tweak this code in viewtopic.php:

Code: Select all: // Start auth check if (!$auth->acl_get('f_read', $forum_id)) { if ($user->data['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS) { trigger_error('SORRY_AUTH_READ'); } login_box('', $user->lang['LOGIN_VIEWFORUM']); }

That is, add a check if it's a bot and set a flag that overall_header.html checks instead of returning them 'not authorized to read" or the login page.

alex13410 · by **alex13410** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:05 pm

thank you for your help.

[solved] how to put forum forbidden to robots in noindex ?

[solved] how to put forum forbidden to robots in noindex ?

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