Work offline

[stig olsen]

Hi,

My site is online on www.mydomain.com/test
Is it possible to have it online like this but at the same time make sure it's not possible to to find it? Make sure its not searchable.

Best, Stig

[opentype]

You can put this in your robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /test/

But it’s just a recommendation to search engines. It’s much better to actually secure the test install itself with a password protection. 

[Adriano Faria]

You can put this in your robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /test/

But it’s just a recommendation to search engines. It’s much better to actually secure the test install itself with a password protection. 

Also lock it to guests and don't allow registrations.

[stig olsen]

Thank you.

I dont understand code, so it there anything else I can do? Password protect the site from the administration panel?

Best, stig

[opentype]

The easiest solution for you might be to set your site in offline mode. Then it gets inaccessible for most, but as logged in admin you can use it as if it were online.

[stig olsen]

Hi, 

That sounds good, where can that be done? Can't find it in the admin panel.

Best, Stig

[Meddysong]

The easiest solution for you might be to set your site in offline mode. Then it gets inaccessible for most, but as logged in admin you can use it as if it were online.

Plus you can set permissions so that certain other groups can access it in offline mode too, which is how I'm running my site.

[opentype]

Go to the ACP and enter “online” in the search field. It will take to there. 

[Meddysong]

That sounds good, where can that be done? Can't find it in the admin panel.

Settings > General Configuration

[stig olsen]

Thank you for fast and good response!