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Robots

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ClimaxGaming
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24-07-2017, 10:07 AM
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Download link:http://www.mediafire.com/file/159ta320wojtrtj/robots_v1.8.zip
Disallows robots from indexing your site unless explicitly allowed.

(Robots link in Visitors tab)

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(Example of Robots page)

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(Example of Options page)

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(Example of User Group Permissions)

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Features:
  • All phrases start with robots_ for your convenience.
Installation:
  1. Download robots_v1.5.zip and unzip it.

  2. Upload the Andy folder to your server. The correct location is library/Andy.

  3. From your Admin Control Panel, go to the "Install Add-on" page.

  4. Upload the addon-Robots_v1.5.xml file.

  5. Click the Install Add-on button.
Setup:

Set the Unregistered / Unconfirmed and Registered group permissions to Allow. The Allow setting means the Robots add-on will function for that user group.

Questions and Answers:

Q: What is the purpose of this add-on?
A: Lots of robots crawling your forum will slow it down.

Q: I noticed a robot crawling my site but it's identified as a guest.
A: You need to add the name to the Robot Names field in the Options.

Q: What happens if a robot which is not allowed comes to my site?
A: It receives a blank page.

Q: Why not use the robots.txt file to restrict robots?
A: Because 99% of all robots ignore this file.

Database modifications:

This add-on will create a table called xf_robots in your database.

Installation:
  1. Download robots_v1.5.zip and unzip it.

  2. Upload the Andy folder to your server. The correct location is library/Andy.

  3. From your Admin Control Panel, go to the "Install Add-on" page.

  4. Upload the addon-Robots_v1.5.xml file

  5. Click the Install Add-on button.

RE: Robots

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26-07-2017, 06:09 PM
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Nice i had also problems with the robot.txt file

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