https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Password Protecting the MachForm folder en Sun, 03 May 2026 12:36:07 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/password-protecting-the-machform-folder#post-3614 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:58:06 +0000 yuniar 3614@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>The proper way to stop search engine bots from indexing the folder is using robots.txt file.</p> <p>Create a robots.txt file and upload it to your document root. The content of that file should be like this:</p> <pre><code>User-agent: * Disallow: /machform</code></pre> <p>That would restrict bots from indexing your machform folder.</p> <p>More info about robots.txt:<br /> <a href="http://www.robotstxt.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.robotstxt.org</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/password-protecting-the-machform-folder#post-3612 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:07:12 +0000 velocitymicro 3612@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Well, I tried it and all the forms did become password protected as well. that's not good. Do you know how to simply stop search engine crawl bots from indexing the folder?<br /> I'm doing this for security reasons. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/password-protecting-the-machform-folder#post-3597 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:35:07 +0000 yuniar 3597@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>It will be okay. However, all your forms will be password protected too.<br /> Are you okay with that? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/password-protecting-the-machform-folder#post-3588 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:05:00 +0000 velocitymicro 3588@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Will it be okay if I password protect the directory under which MachForm is installed under? Example: mysite.com/075bt43/machform</p> <p>I know that the folder has to have read/write privileges (777) and was wondering if the password protection of the folder will create a conflict. </p> <p>By the way, the installation of MachForm was quick and easy. I highly recommend this product!</p> <p>Thank you </p>