Feature Request: Password on pdb_list?
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I do understand that PDB isn’t designed to be a controlled-access type of database, with logins and passwords to get to parts of the website, etc. But, :), I’m wondering if a simple password check on the pdb_list shortcode might be cool. In other words, it would require, for example, an email address and password to be entered before displaying the list. The “suppress” attribute, which keeps the list from being initially displayed, looks like is at least part way there. And the “Participant Login” plugin is close too.
My reason for asking is that, although I put pdb_list on a password-protected page that didn’t have any real links on the website going to it, Google still found it, and a search on Google for one of the member’s names returned their info as shown on the first page of the pdb_list page. (“Suppress” might fix that particular issue, I’d guess.) This was not a good thing, so I’ve had to take down the pdb_list page until I can find a way to not only limit viewing of the list to current members, but make darn sure it can’t be gobbled up by Google’s robots.
Jim
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Using a password-protected page should be enough, and I’m surprised it got indexed. It may have happened at a moment when the page wasn’t protected? Once a page gets indexed, it stays in the search results for a long time. Changing an already-indexed page to being protected prevents people visiting it, but does not remove the index, as you may know.
You can, of course, use a robots.txt file on your site to prevent such pages from getting indexed. Also, both Google and Bing have administrator interfaces where you can check on and control indexing on your site.
As to adding this as a feature…I haven’t seen much call for it, but I’ll consider it.
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