Re: checking for sorted pages

>
> Tim Stalker <[email protected]> wrote in message   
> <mailman.3782.1208377906.5462.xaraya_user-gn8pmO+6nszQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>
>> I'm wondering if anyone can help me think of a way to add a noindex
>> metatag to pages with the sort=hits, title, ratings, etc. in the url.
>> I don't need these pages in any search engine index. So far I've
>> thought to use xarservergetcurrenturl and then compare that value to
>> something containing the sort parameters. I don't think Xaraya has a
>> "like" operator in the xar:if conditionals, unless I'm mistaken. It
>> would be cool to test the current page's url against some thing like
>> "if current url contains "sort=hits", then add the meta tag." To do
>> this from the theme's header block would be ideal, but I can't figure
>> out how to check to see if a sorted page can have the tag added to it.
>> Any help would be most appreciated.
>> --
>> Tim Stalker
>> <a href="http://www.wiseheat.com">test</a>
>
> You could cache the nofollow from within your display template
> <xar:if condition="!empty($sort)">
>     <xar:set name="dummy">#xarVarSetCached('Blocks.mycache',   
> 'nofollow',1)#</xar:set>
> </xar:if>
>
> then in the meta block template add
>
> <xar:if condition="xarVarIsCached('Blocks.mycache', 'nofollow')">
>     <xar:set name="$nofollow">#xarVarGetCached('Blocks.mycache',   
> 'nofollow')#</xar:set>
> <xar:else />
>     <xar:set name="$nofollow">'0'</xar:set>
> </xar:if>
> <xar:if condition="$nofollow">
>    <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">
> </xar:if>
>
> haven't tried it, but it should work.
>


In the last condition do you mean to use code

<xar:if condition="nofollow eq '1'">

I'll give this a shot. This looks good, and thanks.


-- 
Tim Stalker
<a href="http://www.word-builder.com">test</a>