I'm building a portfolio website and I really want to keep it as private as possible. My biggest concern is that I don't want it to show up in Google search results when someone searches for my name. I've already tried setting up a robots.txt file and added meta tags for 'no index' and 'no follow', but it doesn't seem to be working. Is it possible that using Google Fonts is causing this? What else can I do to protect my privacy online?
Additionally, I want to make a specific section of my website password-protected. Since I'm not using a CMS and have only basic web development skills, is there a straightforward way to do this using PHP? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Using robots.txt and meta tags is a good first step, but keep in mind that these are just requests to search engines and they might not always be followed. The only surefire way to keep certain pages private is to implement a server-side login. You can manage this without extensive programming knowledge; many web servers can help set this up easily. Just make sure you provide credentials to anyone you want to allow access to those pages!
Yeah, just put everything behind a login system and share the credentials only with the people you want to grant access.