Disable search engine indexing by default

README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ The boot configurations for pa11y-dashboard are as follows. Look at the sample J
 ### port
 *(number)* The port to run the application on.
 
+### noindex
+*(boolean)* If set to `true` (default), the dashboard will not be indexed by search engines. Set to `false` to allow indexing.
+
 
 Development
 -----------

app.js

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module.exports = initApp;
 
 // Initialise the application
 function initApp (config, callback) {
+	config = defaultConfig(config);
 
 	var app = new EventEmitter();
 	app.address = null;
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ function initApp (config, callback) {
 		year: (new Date()).getFullYear(),
 		version: pkg.version,
 		repo: pkg.homepage,
-		bugtracker: pkg.bugs
+		bugtracker: pkg.bugs,
+		noindex: config.noindex
 	});
 	app.express.use(function (req, res, next) {
 		res.locals.isHomePage = (req.path === '/');
@@ -93,3 +95,11 @@ function initApp (config, callback) {
 	});
 
 }
+
+// Get default configurations
+function defaultConfig (config) {
+	if (typeof config.noindex !== 'boolean') {
+		config.noindex = true;
+	}
+	return config;
+}

config/development.sample.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"webservice": "http://localhost:3000/",
-	"port": 4000
+	"port": 4000,
+    "noindex": true
 }

config/production.sample.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"webservice": "http://localhost:3000/",
-	"port": 4000
+	"port": 4000,
+    "noindex": true
 }

view/layout/default.html

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 	<title>{{block "title"}}</title>
 	<meta name="description" content="{{block "description"}}"/>
 
+	{{#if noindex}}<meta name="robots" content="noindex"/>{{/if}}
+
 	<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png" />
 
 	<!-- For mobile devices. -->