Exclude parts of the site

[6StringGeek]

I just purchased 6.0 10 minutes ago - very cool and easy to set up. It ran just fine the first time using the php option...thanks!

Here's my only issue: I have a menu that is on every page (inserted via php include) and I want to exclude that from searches. Is there an easy/recommended way to do that with filters?

Thanks again.

[6StringGeek]

I just figured it out. I did it using the <!--ZOOMRESTOP--> and <!--ZOOMRESTART--> comments.

While I'm here though, perhaps one more question:

When I search for a term (e.g. motorcycle) it returns two URLs:

www.example.com and www.example.com/index.php, which is essentially the same file.

Is there a way to not return one of the two as a result? Thanks again...awesome product.

[David]

For others reading this, the first question is covered here,
Q. How do I prevent parts of my webpage from being indexed (eg. exclude navigation menus, or page footers)?

The 2nd question is partially covered here,
Q. How do I block parts of my website from being indexed (eg. block entire folders or individual files)?

So if your starting indexing on the www.example.com URL, then you would add the www.example.com/index.php to the skip list.

A 2nd option would be to use the CRC checksum option in Zoom to remove duplicate pages.

[MergeThis]

Using "<!--ZOOMRESTOP--> and <!--ZOOMRESTART-->" will likely cause you some problems: that is, unexpected results.

<!--ZOOMRESTOP--> is supposed to be <!--ZOOMSTOP-->


Good luck,
Leon

[Ray]

Well spotted, Leon.

Yes indeed, make sure you spell those tags correctly or it won't work. Another common mistake we see from time to time is people using <!--ZOOMSTART--> (wrong) instead of <!--ZOOMRESTART--> (correct).

So to recap, the correct tags are:

<!--ZOOMSTOP-->
... stuff you want skipped... menus, etc.
<!--ZOOMRESTART-->