These settings can be viewed by anyone, but can only be set by the owner of the workspace (account)
Default settings currently contains the following:
SEO default settings for Index / Follow
Geographical access control / Geoblocking
To access the Default Settings, click the Profile Icon on the top right of the screen to display the dropdown menu
You will see the new “Default Settings” option
Click this to view the Default Settings screen
The “Default Settings” screen currently has 2 x tabs
SEO Settings
Geo Access Control
The view can be changed by selecting either tab as shown below
SEO settings allows you to enforce the following for any websites published from your account:
The Index / Follow settings a website will have when published / republished
If the user is allowed to change these settings
Both Index and Follow can be set individually, ie it is possible to have any combination of Index / Follow, and also allow / disallow editing
For example if you want no Index or Follow for any websites, you would have settings as shown below:
Both Index and Follow unchecked
Both Index and Follow “Disallow Editing” set to On
Click “Save Changes” button to save current settings
Geographic Access Control Settings allows you to block specific countries from viewing websites published from your account
Click the dropdown to select countries one at a time from the list
Countries that have been selected to be blocked will appear below the dropdown list
“No blocked countries” is the default setting before any selections have been made
As you select countries, a check mark will appear next to the country to confirm the selection
Click all the countries that you wish to block from the list
When your selection is complete, click the dropdown arrow on the right of the box to collapse the list
The countries selected to be blocked will now be listed below
To remove any blocked countries, click the Trash icon beside the specific country
Click “Save Changes” button to save current settings
Reset Button - this applies globally to ALL Default Settings, not just the tab you are currently in
This will reset any UNSAVED changes in ALL tabs
Note that any changes that have not been saved in ANY tab, will be reset by this button
eg if you make changes to the “SEO settings” tab, but do not save them, and then click to the “Geo Access Control” tab and click the “Reset” Button, unsaved changes within the SEO settings tab will be lost
Remember to click “Save Changes” button to save any settings you made
When you are finished with the Default Settings, click the “x” in the top right corner to exit