No robots

m@rk · January 30, 2007, 03:21:10 AM

I don't know if this really helps to prevent from bots, but ...

~~this plugin adds <meta http-equiv="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW> to the html <head> section.~~

this plugin adds <meta http-equiv="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" /> to the html <head> section.

Joachim Müller · January 30, 2007, 08:12:14 AM

Actually, the correct syntax would be

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<meta http-equiv="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" />
We appreciate your contribution, but it doesn't make much sense imo to accomplish this by using a plugin. Recommended way would be editing themes/yourtheme/template.html using a plain text editor and adding above mentioned piece of code right after the {META} token.

Quote from: m@rk on January 30, 2007, 03:21:10 AM
I don't know if this really helps to prevent from bots

It will keep "good" bots away that play by the rules (e.g. the spiders from google, M$), but it won't have an impact on "bad" spiders like email harvesters.
It's even easier (and allows a more granular control) to specify more detailed rules for robots/spiders by creating a robots.txt. All "good" spiders/bots that play by the rules will read robots.txt.

m@rk · January 30, 2007, 02:09:58 PM

Ok, thanks for clearing up.

I put this in a plugin, so you don't have to modify all templates separately, if you allow your gallery users to switch templates for example.

Now the plugin with the corrected syntax is attached.

Sami · January 30, 2007, 02:18:03 PM

Good for start m@rk

I'm sure that you can code much better plugin next time

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