Magento 1.7 – NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW for Selected Category Pages

categorymagento-1.7robots.txt

I'm reading this, and it says that you can add NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW directives using page handles on files like local.xml. What I want to do is to include these directives for a certain selected set of category pages.

It also says you can do this in general under layout updates in CMS pages. I'm assuming the counter part in categories is the custom layout update under Catalog > Categories > Custom Design tab. So, I'm thinking I can put the following in the categories I selected.

<reference name="head">
   <action method="setRobots"><value>NOINDEX,FOLLOW</value></action>
</reference>

Is this correct for what I want to do?

I also see an option called Page Layout under which there are options like No layout updates, 1 column, etc.. Does this need to be modified as well?

It looks like this works, but I want to confirm.

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Basically that's it.

I do something similar to change the type of banner rotator on some special category pages and the entries look like this.

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I'm not sure, wether I understand your question correctly.

When a category is loaded, there is a update-handle added: CATEGORY_<id>, e.g. CATEGORY_4. With this handle you can add specific layout updates to the local.xml if you know the id.

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I struggled with a similar problem. My aim was to display no more than 4 products per row, using a custom theme which inherits from the blank theme.

In order to edit columns for regular catalog pages, you must copy the following directory:

[install_dir]/vendor/magento/theme-frontend-blank/Magento_Catalog/web/css/source/module/_listings.less

to your theme directory:

[install_dir]/app/design/frontend/[vendor_name]/[theme_name]/Magento_Catalog/web/css/source/module/_listings.less

If you would like to edit the widget columns as well, then you copy the following:

[install_dir]/vendor/magento/theme-frontend-blank/Magento_Catalog/web/css/source/_widgets.less

to your theme directory:

[install_dir]/app/design/frontend/[vendor_name]/[theme_name]/Magento_Catalog/web/css/source/_widgets.less

and adjust styles accordingly.

Here is an example of the CSS I used to neatly display 4 columns per row:

.page-layout-1column .block.widget .products-grid .product-item {
    margin-left: calc(~'(100% - 5 * (100%/5)) / 4');
    width: 100%/4;

    &:nth-child(4n + 1) {
        margin-left: calc(~'(100% - 5 * (100%/5)) / 4');
    }

    &:nth-child(5n + 1) {
        margin-left: 0;
    }
}

I won't display the whole code, because you'll need to adjust it for your particular needs.

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