TheBurner
5th December 2004, 10:33 PM
Is it possible to disable the printthread.php?
The problem is that search engines add the links from a print view page.
I looked in vbulletin options but I can't find it. maby it's there but I can't find it.
Where can I disable it, if it is possible?
My version of the board is 3.03
Sorry if my english is bad.
Thanks,
TheBurner
CreativeLogic
7th December 2004, 02:42 AM
Are you sure the search engines aren't linking to your archive and not your print thread? They both are similar in look as they are both relatively plain.
TheBurner
7th December 2004, 08:27 AM
I'm sure.
I looked in google and I saw it. At least 70% is with a printthread.php link.
CreativeLogic
7th December 2004, 09:47 AM
The best way I can think of to disable it would be to delete printthread.php. This would include template modifications.
TheBurner
8th December 2004, 08:40 PM
Is nothing else based on that file?
If its gone I do'n want to get any errors...
I'll try it out. Thanks :D
Do you know where in de template I must look?
The templates are big. I think it's in NAVBAR.
Daniel C
8th December 2004, 08:54 PM
no... its somewhere in quite a few templates iirc
darnoldy
8th December 2004, 09:30 PM
I'll try it out.
Rather than deleting anything (I think the print thread function is very useful), do this.
Find the "printthread " template.
Click the "customize" link.
Look for these lines near the beginning:
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $threadinfo[title]</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $versionnumber" />
Add the following line after them:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
This should keep the pages from being searched.
--don