Overview
You can control whether your Hovn public site is visible to visitors and whether search engines (like Google and Bing) are allowed to index your pages. In Discovery Settings, two controls—Published and Allow Search Indexing—let you decide if your profile is live and how people can find it.
Available for: Service Provider Admins
What You Can Do
Control whether your page is live
Published — When on, your Hovn page is live: anyone with the link can view your profile and register for classes. When off, your page is unpublished and not accessible to anyone, including people with a direct link. You’ll need to manually register all participants yourself if your page is unpublished.
Allow Search Indexing — When on, search engines can index your public pages so your site may appear in search results. When off, search engines are asked not to index your pages (your site will not be submitted for search discovery).
See and share your public URL
When Published is on, your Public Site URL appears in the Discovery Settings section. You can copy it or open it in a new tab to share with students, partners, or use in marketing. When Published is off, the URL is hidden because your page is not accessible.
Your URL follows the format: your Hovn domain + your provider slug. For example:
https://hovn.app/beginbeat-training. Your actual URL is shown in Discovery Settings when Published is on.
Published
The Published switch controls whether your Hovn page is live and viewable.
When on: Your page is live at the Public Site URL. Anyone with the link can view your profile and register for classes.
When off: Your page is unpublished. No one can view your pages, book sessions, or find your profile—even with a direct link. You’ll need to manually register all participants yourself.
Use Published to decide if your Hovn site is live or completely hidden. Unpublishing is a full lockout; use it sparingly (see Scenario 3 below).
Allow Search Indexing
The Allow Search Indexing switch controls whether search engines (Google, Bing, etc.) are allowed to index your public pages.
When on: Search engines can crawl and index your pages. Your site may appear in search results so people can find you by searching.
When off: Search engines are asked not to index your pages. Your site will not be submitted for search discovery. People can still open your site if they have the direct URL (as long as Published is on).
Allow Search Indexing only affects how people find your site (via search). It does not affect who can open your site if they already have the link. For your pages to appear in search results, both Published and Allow Search Indexing must be on.
How to Change Discovery and Indexing Settings
Open your provider’s Settings — Log in, select your service provider (if you have more than one), then go to Settings → General in the sidebar.
Find Discovery Settings — On the General page, look for the Discovery Settings card. You’ll see the Published switch first; when it’s on, your Public Site URL appears below it. The Allow Search Indexing switch is below that.
Change the switches — Turn Published on or off to make your page live or unpublished (turning it off will ask you to confirm). Turn Allow Search Indexing on or off to allow or block search engines; if you don’t have a payment processor and you turn it on, you’ll see a confirmation first. Changes apply as soon as you flip each switch.
Important Notes
Published vs Allow Search Indexing
Published controls whether your page is viewable at all on Hovn (including via direct link).
Allow Search Indexing only affects whether search engines are allowed to index your pages. It does not control who can open your site if they already have the link.
For your pages to appear in search results, both Published and Allow Search Indexing must be on. You can be published (page is viewable) but not allow search indexing (so you don’t show up in search results).
Unpublishing your page
When you unpublish, your profile and all related public pages become inaccessible. Visitors cannot view your pages or book sessions; you’ll need to manually register all participants. This should be used rarely or only in very specific use cases (e.g. using Hovn as an internal-only tool).
Search indexing without payments
If you enable search indexing and do not have a payment processor configured, people can still find your site in search and register for classes without paying. The confirmation dialog reminds you of this before you enable indexing.
Your Public Site URL
The Public Site URL is only shown when Published is on. It is the main address for your Hovn public site. You can copy it or open it in a new tab from that page. If you unpublish, the URL field is hidden.
Example Use Cases
Scenario 1: Going live and wanting search traffic (most common)
This is the most common scenario. You’re ready for students to find you on Google. Turn Published and Allow Search Indexing both on. Your page will be live and search engines can index it. Allow some time for search engines to crawl and list your pages.
Scenario 2: Sharing your site only by link
You want students to book only when you send them the link (e.g. by email or flyer), not from search. Keep Published on and Allow Search Indexing off. Your site stays viewable via the direct URL but is not offered for search discovery.
Scenario 3: Hiding your site completely
Turn Published off (unpublish) only when you need your site to be completely inaccessible—no one can view or book, even with a link, and you’ll register all participants manually. This should be used sparingly, if at all (e.g. when using Hovn purely as an internal-only tool with no public presence). For most providers, keeping Published on and using Allow Search Indexing to control search visibility is enough.
Troubleshooting
My site doesn’t show up in Google (or other search engines)
My site doesn’t show up in Google (or other search engines)
Check Allow Search Indexing — In Settings → General → Discovery Settings, make sure Allow Search Indexing is on.
Check Published — Published must also be on for your page to be viewable and indexable.
Give it time — Search engines crawl on their own schedule. It can take days or weeks for new or updated pages to appear in results.
Someone says they can’t open my site
Someone says they can’t open my site
Confirm Published is on — If Published is off, your page is unpublished and not accessible to anyone, including with a direct link. Turn it on in Settings → General → Discovery Settings.
Share the correct URL — When Published is on, use the Public Site URL shown in Discovery Settings. You can copy it from that page or open it in a new tab to verify.
I unpublished my page by mistake
I unpublished my page by mistake
Go back to Settings → General → Discovery Settings and turn Published on again. Your page will be live as soon as the change is saved.