# robots.txt for phpBB — block login/registration & non-content, allow content
User-agent: *

# --- Allow main content (forums & topics) ---
Allow: /viewforum.php
Allow: /viewtopic.php

# --- Allow static assets (so pages render properly) ---
Allow: /styles/
Allow: /images/
Allow: /ext/*/styles/

# --- Block authentication & posting endpoints (login, register, UCP, MCP, posting) ---
Disallow: /ucp.php
Disallow: /mcp.php
Disallow: /posting.php
Disallow: /adm/

# --- Block non-content & heavy endpoints ---
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /memberlist.php
Disallow: /viewonline.php
Disallow: /download/file.php

# --- Prevent duplicate URLs from session IDs ---
Disallow: /*?sid=
Disallow: /*&sid=

# --- Optional: slow down aggressive crawlers (Google ignores this) ---
#Crawl-delay: 5

# --- Optional: Sitemap (update to your URL if you have one) ---
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/7
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/1
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/5
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/13
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/12
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/26
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/11
Sitemap: https://www.computerbb.org/app.php/feed/forum/8