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Disabling Session ID's for Spiders


[Target: osCommerce 2.2 MS3]

This contribution is a simple way to disable session ID's on the links for spiders listed in the "spiders.txt" file.
I find this useful when bots are indexing my pages that they don't pick up the session ID's and store them
in their indexed pages.

Feature/Drawback: When session ID's are turned off for spiders they can't login, see anything in their
baskets, or remove items. They are limited to browsing products and categories and anything
that does not require a login such as static pages.

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Disabling Session ID's for Spiders Paul 14 May 2005


[Target: osCommerce 2.2 MS3]

This contribution is a simple way to disable session ID's on the links for spiders listed in the "spiders.txt" file.
I find this useful when bots are indexing my pages that they don't pick up the session ID's and store them
in their indexed pages.

Feature/Drawback: When session ID's are turned off for spiders they can't login, see anything in their
baskets, or remove items. They are limited to browsing products and categories and anything
that does not require a login such as static pages.

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