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Can I keep all postings private?

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Topic: Can I keep all postings private?

Posted By: birchall
Subject: Can I keep all postings private?
Date Posted: 13 December 2009 at 8:04pm

Hi,

I would like to use your forums for a business I have, where professionals would be able to communicate and provide support to members only.

I know that we can have a password on each forum, but I have noticed that the content of the pages is often made visible due to the search robots?

Would the content of all postings be kept provate or would the content of any password protected pages show on the various search engines?

Thanks

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 14 December 2009 at 10:29am

Only people who you gave the password to could access password protected forums. This includes search engines who would also not be able to access those forums.

However, instead of password protecting forums, I would suggest using the forums permission system instead so that only certain groups can access your private forums. You can then check out members and place them in different groups so they can then access your private forums.

By using the permission system you can also hide forums that people can not access so that they remain completely invisible to all except those placed in the groups that can access those forums.

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Posted By: birchall
Date Posted: 14 December 2009 at 11:09am

Hi,

Thank you for a very clear and very helpful message, exactly what I was hoping for.

Cheers

Steve B

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Stephen Birchall