Robot content noindex vs all help please

[DrBermant]

In index.template.php there is a bit of code that confuses me.

<meta name="description" content="', $context['page_title'], '" />', empty($context['robot_no_index']) ? '' : '
   <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />', '

Is this code there to stop robots from indexing the forum or what?

Is there any harm in replacing with:

<meta name="description" content="', $context['page_title'], '" />', empty($context['robot_no_index']) ? '' : '
   <meta name="robots" content="all" />

Although i do want the robots to parse and index the forum, I certainly do not want them where they do not belong.

Any help appreciated,

Michael Bermant, M.D.

[tumbleweed]

personally I believe the index.template.php is already setup to keep bots out of were they do not belong as well as letting bots in were they do belong. Further Bot directions should always be added in .htaccess file

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml

[DrBermant]

Thank you, I converted back to original.

Michael Bermant, M.D.