Robots no-follow rules Topic is solved

[komir]

Hi everyone.
My page is in developing mode.
I don't want crawlers (Google, Bing ...) to index my page.
Is enough to change Robots to "noindex, nofollow" in Joomla Global configuration?
Tnx

[Per Yngve Berg]

Set it offline in Global Configuration so they cannot see it.

[AMurray]

When you set the site offline, you see a front-end login, so you can log in generally as the Super User to see the front-end. You can configure it for other user groups/levels too but generally, it would be only the Super User by default, I believe.

The other option is to set up a virtual server (e.g. WAMPServer) on your PC, and develop offline, since the localhost server is not on the internet.

[egdotcom]

Similar question but the site is complete, I just do not want it indexed as contributors want it private (its a site for ex-students at a college, all in their 60s/70s and they want reunion images/data private).

With J3 site used an extension that set the site in developer mode, with a password. Perfect for my needs as it was a single sign in, no accounts to create and ignored by search engines. However, no J4 version :-(

So, is setting "no index, no follow" in global settings enough to keep Google away (especially image folders)?

My thanks

[ceford]

Similar question but the site is complete, I just do not want it indexed as contributors want it private (its a site for ex-students at a college, all in their 60s/70s and they want reunion images/data private).

With J3 site used an extension that set the site in developer mode, with a password. Perfect for my needs as it was a single sign in, no accounts to create and ignored by search engines. However, no J4 version :-(

So, is setting "no index, no follow" in global settings enough to keep Google away (especially image folders)?

This is really a separate question and the moderators may well move and retitle it.

If you wish to keep your site private then use a Directory Privacy setting on your server. Then anyone who visits your site will be prompted for a Username and Password - the same one for all users. cPanel has a tool to do this. It makes an entry in .htaccess. I use this method to protect a development site that only selected friends have access to.

[AMurray]

Search Engines are not obligated to follow directives like "no index no follow" directions.

The htaccess/htpasswd method won't stop the site from being indexed on search engines...? But it will keep people from being able to view it unless they have the password and username.