lucy24
msg:4526040 | 3:19 am on Dec 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Preliminary questions:
Do you care if other random people (including search-engine robots) know that the page exists, so long as they can't physically get there?
Have you ever set foot in your htaccess file? (If the answer is not unambiguously yes, then the answer is no.)
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not2easy
msg:4526050 | 4:31 am on Dec 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
If you are not familiar with editing your htaccess file, use the WP settings. To have access to all the settings, it is easier if you're using a decent SEO plugin that lets you tell WP not to add a page to the sitemap and lets you set a robots meta tag per page
Then the fastest, easiest way to do that would be to put the information from that .htm page into a WP page so that you can check the box to make it password only, then send the password with the auto response - or manually. Set the page to noindex, nofollow and keep it out of your sitemap. Get rid of the .htm page created in CPanel. You may want to change the password frequently so it does not get shared.
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Love2Blog
msg:4526056 | 5:10 am on Dec 8, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Preliminary questions:
Do you care if other random people (including search-engine robots) know that the page exists, so long as they can't physically get there?
Have you ever set foot in your htaccess file? (If the answer is not unambiguously yes, then the answer is no.) |
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Thank you
1. Yes I do care, I would rather no one could see it unless they receive the link to it in my auto responder.
2. Yes, have edited htaccess a lot BUT only with coding given to me by a plugin or block bots codes given by coders.
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jeroenwaning
msg:4529015 | 5:12 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
have you added it to your robots.txt?
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jeroenwaning
msg:4529016 | 5:13 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
if it is set to "noindex" then search engine bots won't crawl it or index it
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mhansen
msg:4529030 | 5:46 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
If all your efforts can be done away with by one person sharing the link in a forum somewhere, it's going to be harder to manage.
Have you considered adding a plugin, or using a third party service to manage the download? How about your auto-responder, do they offer that option? MailChimp and others can handle an encrypted link within their own servers.
MH
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lucy24
msg:4529032 | 5:50 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| if it is set to "noindex" then search engine bots won't crawl it or index it |
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Half right. The "noindex" label means don't index. But they can only see the "noindex" (or equivalent header directive) if they do crawl.
That's why I started out asking whether it matters if people know the page exists. Knowing it's there and being able to get there are different things.
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Love2Blog
msg:4529046 | 6:33 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Thank you everyone, I have solved this issue
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aakk9999
msg:4529121 | 11:07 pm on Dec 17, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Thank you everyone, I have solved this issue |
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It would be nice to know what did you do, so that the others who have the same or the similar issue can consider your solution.
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