Master Pages

[johnsmith0251]

I'm about to make a few site adjustments and I had one question.

If the master page (header/footer) has index, follow - but the page itself has no index, no follow - the master page overwrites the page?

So in this case, the end result would be index, follow - correct?

[onlye]

The master page merges to create the pages when you publish. I believe your setting need to be on the actual pages; index, contact, etc... You would set the master page not to follow, not to publish, and not include in site map.

[Beth]

onlye -
Thanks so much for that. I have always wondered. I figured that it should not be on the sitemap or navigation but not sure of others.
Or did I miss it in the instructions despite searching? What does Pablo say to this?

[Pablo]

onlye is correct. The robot.txt settings need to be set for each page individually. The master page only acts as 'background' for the page.