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sadams101 Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 I believe there is a setting somewhere that can limit the bots from seeing user signature content, but I can't find it. I could be wrong here, but if anyone know please share this with me...thank you!
Solution Randy Calvert Posted October 17, 2022 Solution Posted October 17, 2022 IPS does not identify human vs bot, so unfortunately I don't think you can do it for just bots. You can however turn signatures off for guests... since most bots should be guests, this might work for you. ACP > Members > Member Settings > Profiles > Profile Settings sadams101 1
sadams101 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 Thanks, I was hoping there was a way without disabling them, maybe not.
Randy Calvert Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, sadams101 said: Thanks, I was hoping there was a way without disabling them, maybe not. Another option might be: This would put known bots (like Googlebot, etc) into a specific group that you create. That group can have signatures disabled for them. Just trying to think a bit outside of the box here. 🙂 sadams101 and DawPi 2
Gary Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Hi @sadams101, I hope the above has given you some alternatives to what you are trying to achieve.
Dll Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 It's simpler than that I think? Bots view as guests and there's an option in the ACP to either show or hide signatures to guests. Member settings > profiles > profile settings > show signatures to guests Daniel F and sadams101 2
Marc Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Dll said: It's simpler than that I think? Bots view as guests and there's an option in the ACP to either show or hide signatures to guests. Member settings > profiles > profile settings > show signatures to guests That is correct, yes. Of course it wont distinguish between true guests and bots, but it would certainly ensure no bots are viweing them
Randy Calvert Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Dll said: It's simpler than that I think? Bots view as guests and there's an option in the ACP to either show or hide signatures to guests. Member settings > profiles > profile settings > show signatures to guests Which was what I originally suggested. :)
Marc Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said: Which was what I originally suggested. 🙂 Think it was just missed there. All good. 2 helpful replies are better than none 🙂
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