Global param published = private

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Dear developers, users und fans of Hugo!

May I suggest the global param published = "private" (or similar) with these consequences:

  • exclude from sitemap.xml
  • exclude from any index.xml
  • exclude from any list and archives
  • exclude from tags view
  • exclude in robots.txt
  • change <meta content="index, follow" name="robots"> to <meta content="noindex, follow" name="robots">
  • warn if linked to from a site with published = true (maybe)
  • … (?)

Any other suggestions?

Of course, you could just establish a side project under a subdomain, but I would very much prefer the “private function”.

See this post.

Thank you all!

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Your proposal would be easier to reason about if you said “include only in ???”.

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Thank you, bep.

I’m not quite sure what you mean. Shall I rename the topic title?

Instead of programming many, many if queries, it could be easier to treat pages with published = "private" just like published = false.

After generating the complete public folder generate the private html pages and replace the robots meta. That’s all, I think.

Thanks once again.

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No thhe title is fine, it is just much easier to understand the shortest list.

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That’s very easy to do within your theme.

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How exactly?

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The partial can query the config and output the meta mentioned.

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Well, it’s easy to exclude private pages e. g. from the sitemap. But excluding them from all items mentioned above is pretty confusing and error-prone if you adjust your web project regularly.

Overall, a private function could be a very welcome enhancement for many users.

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Your proposal would be easier to reason about if you said “include only in ???”.

Ok: Build private pages, include in “nothing” and change robots meta.

Thanks

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