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How to add noindex on certain category

chrisfebianchrisfebian New
edited February 2017 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8

How to add meta noindex on certain vanilla category?
Is there any addon to make it easier adding meta noindex on one or more vanilla category?

Answers

  • pioc34pioc34 ✭✭

    Hi, do you find a way to do that? I want to noindex an entire category too

  • R_JR_J Admin

    You would need a small plugin for that. It should also be possible with a custom theme, but I think something like that belongs to a plugin and not a theme...


       public function base_render_before($sender, $args) {
       if (!property_exists($sender, 'CategoryID')) {
           return;
       }
       if (!in_array($sender->CategoryID, [1,3,5])) {
           return;
       }

       $sender->Head->addTag(
           'meta',
           [
               'name' => 'robots',
               'content' => 'noindex, follow'
           ]
       );
    }

    This method needs to be inside of your plugin class. It checks if the current page belongs to one and only one category (like a discussion would) and afterwards checks if this category is in a list. You would have to customize that list or replace it with a direct comparison "$sender->CategoryID != 7"

    The last piece of code adds the noindex meta tag.

  • pioc34pioc34 ✭✭

    Cool @R_J

    i will make my own plugin!

  • R_JR_J Admin

    You can pimp it up, by making the list of CategoryIDs configurable and upload it 👍️

  • pioc34pioc34 ✭✭

    I will try it

  • donshakespearedonshakespeare ✭✭

    Or you can duplicate/edit your theme template

    <head>
  ...
  {if $Category.Name == 'this' || $Category.Name == 'that'}
   <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">
  {/if}
  ...
</head>
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