Members only section

teammatt3's picture

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We had a thread here a while ago about how to hide your post from search engines. Maybe we should start a members only section? That way the bots won't get to see the post.

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It might give the lurkers an inscentive to join too.

Megan's picture

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Hmm... Interesting. So what other sorts of things could go in there? I could see having a private critique area or even just making that area members only. Most of the time you wouldn't want anyone finding that through an SE anyway. At TAZ there is a whole section for premium members only, which is good because there are some things you don't want everyone to see (like your own members)!

Any other thoughts?

JeevesBond's picture

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Well I'd like to see the rest of the content made easier for SE's to read, all this "showthread.php?t=1234" doesn't do anything for the Google bot. Smiling

So if we're going to hide some content, lets redress the balance by making the rest easier to read... Or are we really happy with the "Archive" area? Sad

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Megan's picture

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Looks like you've just found some more work for yourself Wink

JeevesBond's picture

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Well thanks, sometimes I wonder why I open my big mouth. Laughing out loud

teammatt3's picture

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So... What do ya say?

Mark Hensler's picture

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You can fix the ugly URLs with modrewrite in an .htaccess file quickly enough. (making the forums bot-friendly for any engine) But you'll have to go into the appropriate templates to change all the actual links.

twf.net/t/30904

[t]hread, [f]orum, [p]ost, [u]ser, [a]ttachment, etc...

Mark Hensler
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.

JeevesBond's picture

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Ooooooh, sweet! Now we just need to get access to the damn server!!!

Thanks for that Chad Smiling

Megan's picture

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You mean Mark??? Confused

About the members only section - we'll see. Maybe with the relaunch.

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