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Posted by nikoxyz
nikoxyz
10,419 Points

Privacy and Treehouse example website concerns

I am on the front-end web designer track, and there have been examples of where the Facebook and Twitter logos are used, as well as preset images in the project folders. I would like to my own examples to promote myself in the positions, yet I am uneasy in having my practice website in the Treehouse portal, especially since the images in the examples are not mine to begin with. I would like to use my own social media accounts and images through some other host (that I will pick).

Since my practice website is on the Treehouse portal and that I would like my portfolio to be hosted from somewhere else, I would like to know how to make sure how my Treehouse website will not show up on top of search engine results? I noticed that a future lesson covers FTP, and I don't want to use the Treehouse examples to transfer files in my FTP client.

4 Answers

Johanna Murch
Johanna Murch
4,514 Points
Johanna Murch
Johanna Murch
4,514 Points

You could use fake social media links(such as facebook.com/usernamehere), instead of your real ones?

nikoxyz
nikoxyz
10,419 Points
nikoxyz
nikoxyz
10,419 Points

I used links to the Wikipedia page and Apple for the footer example on HTML design. Sorry that I didn't explain that initially. I'm also talking about the Workspaces. I'm working in sequence, and I'm worried about my Workspace examples showing up in search engines.

notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Workspaces can't be accessed by anybody other than you, and I don't believe they are indexed by search engines. You should be safe. Email support if you'd really like to be sure.

notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points
notf0und
notf0und
11,940 Points

Since this doesn't require anything but HTML/CSS, why can't you simply host it offline/locally. It never has to hit the web, and you can tweak it / examine it all you want.

Johanna Murch
Johanna Murch
4,514 Points
Johanna Murch
Johanna Murch
4,514 Points

Workspace does not host your work publicly, I am pretty sure it is accessible to only you and the Treehouse employees. So your work on Workspaces is available to no one but yourself.