What you are asking about is a closed board from everyone but registered users including Spiders. Correct?
Correct. Could care less about search engines at this point - the forum is for a specific group that already knows it is coming. We want them to join and post, rather than lurk.
If that is the case then goto: control panel>>group management
Using the guest group line you have three options to pick from for permissions.
Forum,Site and CP.
Open each option and change all permissions to 0.
Then a guest can only access registration or login.
It takes a while to go through all the settings for each area.
Double-checked that. Most are guest/0 by default, and the few that aren't were already changed to 0. Note my specific issue about opening the calendar and FAQ pages turning on the columns for a guest. Try it and you will see.
