[Pmwiki-users] robots

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud
Fri Jan 9 16:03:17 CST 2004


On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:15:29AM +0100, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote:
> On 9 Jan 2004, John Rankin wrote:
> > A very helpful tip!
> > Are there any cases where one *doesn't* want this behaviour?
> > If not, I'd like to see the code added to PmWiki itself.
> 
> Another solution is to use meta tags
> 	http://www.pmichaud.com/wiki/Cookbook/MetaTag
> so the code below should probably be introduced like this into pmwiki.php:

After looking at this a bit more, I think that in all probability some
form of meta-tag processing (including robot handling) will be built
into PmWiki itself.

On a related item:  Is it a good idea to allow arbitrary meta tags
to be specified in wiki markup (a la Cookbook.MetaTag)?  I think that a 
malicious wiki author could really wreak havoc on a site with meta tags, 
either by being able to automatically redirect browsers to pornography 
sites or sites that exploit browser vulnerabilities.  I guess it'd be
okay for sites where editing is limited, but perhaps there ought to
be some sort of security caution statement added to the MetaTag page
for people who might not recognize the ramifications of enabling it
on an open site.

Pm




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