# HOW TO USE THIS FILE: # 1) Edit this file to change "/forum/" to the correct relative path from your base URL, for example if your forum was at "domain.com/sites/community", then you'd use "/sites/community/" # 2) Rename the file to 'robots.txt' and move it to your web root (public_html, www, or htdocs) # 3) Edit the file to remove this comment (anything above the dashed line, including the dashed line # # NOTES: # Even though wild cards and pattern matching are not part of the robots.txt specification, many search bots understand and make use of them #------------------------ REMOVE THIS LINE AND EVERYTHING ABOVE SO THAT User-agent: * IS THE FIRST LINE ------------------------------------------ User-agent: * Disallow: /forums/admin/ Disallow: /forums/cache/ Disallow: /forums/converge_local/ Disallow: /forums/hooks/ Disallow: /forums/ips_kernel/ Disallow: /forums/retail/ Disallow: /forums/public/js/ Disallow: /forums/public/style_captcha/ Disallow: /forums/public/style_css/ Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=task Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=forums&area=forumsubs Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=forums&area=watch&watch=topic Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=forward Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=members&module=messaging Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=members&module=chat Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=members&module=search Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=members&module=search&do=active Disallow: /forums/index.php?&unlockUserAgent=1 Disallow: /forums/*app=core&module=usercp Disallow: /forums/*app=core&module=usercp Disallow: /forums/*app=members&module=messaging Disallow: /forums/*&p= Disallow: /forums/*&pid= Disallow: /forums/*&hl= Disallow: /forums/*&start= Disallow: /forums/*view__getnewpost$ Disallow: /forums/*view__getlastpost$ Disallow: /forums/*view__old$ Disallow: /forums/*view__new$ Disallow: /forums/*view__getfirst$ Disallow: /forums/*view__getprevious$ Disallow: /forums/*view__getnext$ Disallow: /forums/*view__getlast$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getnewpost$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getlastpost$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=old$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=new$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getfirst$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getprevious$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getnext$ Disallow: /forums/*&view=getlast$ Disallow: /forums/*?s= Disallow: /forums/*&s= Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=core&module=global§ion=login&do=deleteCookies Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=rating Disallow: /forums/index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=markasread