XF 1.1 SEO: Handling external links

All links posted are nofollow, except those by staff.

 

That would deter spammers, not attract them. Their spam links will carry no weight with search engines. You want to change this?

You want to make staff links nofollow as well? Edit this file:

library/XenForo/Model/User.php

Add the red code:

Code:

	/**
	 * Prepares a user record for display. Note that this may be called on incomplete guest records.
	 *
	 * @param array $user User info
	 *
	 * @return array Prepared user info
	 */
	public function prepareUser(array $user)
	{
		if (empty($user['user_group_id']))
		{
			$user['display_style_group_id'] = self::$defaultGuestGroupId;
		}

		$user['customFields'] = (!empty($user['custom_fields']) ? @unserialize($user['custom_fields']) : array());

		// "trusted" user check - used to determine if no follow is enabled
		$user['isTrusted'] = (false && !empty($user['user_id']) && (!empty($user['is_admin']) || !empty($user['is_moderator'])));

		if (XenForo_Visitor::hasInstance())
		{
			$user['isIgnored'] = XenForo_Visitor::getInstance()->isIgnoring($user['user_id']);
		}

		return $user;
	}

That will remove the exception for admins and mods which will cause all hyperlinks in user content to be "nofollow".

edit - this can be made into an addon by extending XenForo_Model_User.