Fixed Moderators can set threads to noindex

[Kirby]

Affected version

2.3.0

Moderators with permission manageAnyThread can set threads to noindex.

This a pretty destructive operation, almost like soft-deleting a thread (which is guarded by its own permission).

Unlike soft-deleting threads though (where a deletion notice is shown and members will notice when threads are not longer available) there is no indication when a thread is set to noindex, only moderator log documents this so such actions might go unnoticed for a long time (until search engine traffics drops sigificantly).

This operation should therefore have its own permission.

 

[ge66]

I went checking and I didn't know that this i something new from 2.3. I agree fully with you.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I can’t find it. You’re sure it’s not an addon?

If it is there now it should only be admin as it’s not really to do with moderation.

 

[Deleted member 184953]

 

[Kirby]

I can’t find it. You’re sure it’s not an addon?

Yes, I am 100% sure that this is a standard XenForo 2.3 feature.

If it is there now it should only be admin as it’s not really to do with moderation.

It's frontend functionality so it basically needs to be a moderator function - but as pointed out this really should have it's own permission.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Never noticed that lurking under the edit thread box. Definitely should not be a moderator action unless they really are trained in SEO!

 

[Kirby]

Never noticed that lurking under the edit thread box.

It's a new XenForo 2.3 feature.

 

[Mr Lucky]

It's a new XenForo 2.3 feature.

Yes. I knew that from the thread field I mean even then, and having been playing with 2.3 since beta 2 I still didn’t notice it.

 

[⭐ Alex ⭐]

Great! Now we can allow those threads about religion and let spam bots create free content without hurting our SEO.

 

[XF Bug Bot]

Thank you for reporting this issue, it has now been resolved. We are aiming to include any changes that have been made in a future XF release (2.3.1).

Change log:

Gate search engine indexing settings for threads behind their own permission

There may be a delay before changes are rolled out to the XenForo Community.