If the concern is to avoid letting their Pages be searchable by Google, another option would be to add a site-wide setting that adds the "<meta name="robots" content="noindex">" tag to the top of *every* Page.
We already add this tag to all Pages that aren't shared with the Public. Additionally, this could be a per-institution or even per-user setting. LiveJournal, for instance, provides an account setting that lets you set whether or not your blog's content should be indexed by search engines or not. ** Tags added: secreturls -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contributors -- please ask on #mahara-dev or mahara.org forum before editing or unsubscribing it! https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1394830 Title: Allow secret URL even when public pages are not allowed Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Triaged Bug description: I suggest to separate the allowing of public pages from the use of secret URLs. In an organization that uses Mahara for assessment, you may wish to prevent users from sharing their portfolios with the public to avoid letting sensitive information be searchable in Google, but you may still want to allow them to share their portfolio with an assessor / expert who doesn't have an account on the site or use it to create an employment portfolio to share with a prospective employer who doesn't have access to the system. Therefore, it would be good if secret URLs still worked even if the site / the institution doesn't allow public pages. If we should keep the option that a site needs to be locked down for users with accounts only, then a second option should be created to not allow secret URLs on top of not allowing public pages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1394830/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
