# 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: /admin/ Disallow: /cache/ Disallow: /converge_local/ Disallow: /hooks/ Disallow: /ips_kernel/ Disallow: /retail/ Disallow: /public/style_captcha/ Disallow: /index.php?app=core&module=task Disallow: /index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=forums&area=forumsubs Disallow: /index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=forums&area=watch&watch=topic Disallow: /index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=forward Disallow: /index.php?app=members&module=messaging Disallow: /index.php?app=members&module=chat Disallow: /index.php?app=members&module=search Disallow: /index.php?app=members&module=search&do=active Disallow: /index.php?&unlockUserAgent=1 Disallow: /*app=core&module=usercp Disallow: /*app=core&module=usercp Disallow: /*app=members&module=messaging Disallow: /*&p= Disallow: /*&pid= Disallow: /*&hl= Disallow: /*&start= Disallow: /*view__getnewpost$ Disallow: /*view__getlastpost$ Disallow: /*view__old$ Disallow: /*view__new$ Disallow: /*view__getfirst$ Disallow: /*view__getprevious$ Disallow: /*view__getnext$ Disallow: /*view__getlast$ Disallow: /*&view=getnewpost$ Disallow: /*&view=getlastpost$ Disallow: /*&view=old$ Disallow: /*&view=new$ Disallow: /*&view=getfirst$ Disallow: /*&view=getprevious$ Disallow: /*&view=getnext$ Disallow: /*&view=getlast$ Disallow: /*?s= Disallow: /*&s= Disallow: /index.php?app=core&module=global§ion=login&do=deleteCookies Disallow: /index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=rating Disallow: /index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=markasread