Ex: The links to articles in a recent posts row.

Could I make that nofollow?

Would you mind providing url of your site for us to check?

Thank you

Thank you for providing us the URL! Regretfully, at this time I am not entirely certain what it is you would like to accomplish based on the information given in your post. If you wouldn’t mind providing us with a little more clarification on what it is you’re wanting to do (a link to a similar example site would be very helpful, or perhaps some screenshots), we’ll be happy to provide you with a response once we have a better understanding of the situation.

I would like to make the other links on my homepage nofollow so search engines focus on my navigation bar.

Links such as
– My buttons
– Links to my recent posts

Thank you for writing in!

It can be done with custom development, but regretfully, it will fall beyond the scope of support we can offer at this time as it will require a lot of template customization. You may wish to consult a developer, or a service like WerkPress or Elto to assist you with this. X is quite extensible with child themes, so there are plenty of possibilities.

Meanwhile, just to make [recent_posts] links nofollow, you can add the following code in your child theme’s functions.php file:

// Recent Posts = No follow links
// =============================================================================

function x_shortcode_recent_posts_links_nofollow( $atts ) {
  extract( shortcode_atts( array(
    'id'          => '',
    'class'       => '',
    'style'       => '',
    'type'        => '',
    'count'       => '',
    'category'    => '',
    'offset'      => '',
    'orientation' => '',
    'no_image'    => '',
    'fade'        => ''
  ), $atts ) );

  $id            = ( $id          != ''          ) ? 'id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
  $class         = ( $class       != ''          ) ? 'x-recent-posts cf ' . esc_attr( $class ) : 'x-recent-posts cf';
  $style         = ( $style       != ''          ) ? 'style="' . $style . '"' : '';
  $type          = ( $type        == 'portfolio' ) ? 'x-portfolio' : 'post';
  $count         = ( $count       != ''          ) ? $count : 3;
  $category      = ( $category    != ''          ) ? $category : '';
  $category_type = ( $type        == 'post'      ) ? 'category_name' : 'portfolio-category';
  $offset        = ( $offset      != ''          ) ? $offset : 0;
  $orientation   = ( $orientation != ''          ) ? ' ' . $orientation : ' horizontal';
  $no_image      = ( $no_image    == 'true'      ) ? $no_image : '';
  $fade          = ( $fade        == 'true'      ) ? $fade : 'false';

  $output = "<div {$id} class=\"{$class}{$orientation}\" {$style} data-fade=\"{$fade}\">";

    $q = new WP_Query( array(
      'orderby'          => 'date',
      'post_type'        => "{$type}",
      'posts_per_page'   => "{$count}",
      'offset'           => "{$offset}",
      "{$category_type}" => "{$category}"
    ) );

    if ( $q->have_posts() ) : while ( $q->have_posts() ) : $q->the_post();

      if ( $no_image == 'true' ) {
        $image_output       = '';
        $image_output_class = 'no-image';
      } else {
        $image_output       = '<div class="x-recent-posts-img">' . get_the_post_thumbnail( get_the_ID(), 'entry-' . x_get_option( 'x_stack', 'integrity' ) . '-cropped', NULL ) . '</div>';
        $image_output_class = 'with-image';
      }

      $output .= '<a rel="nofollow" class="x-recent-post' . $count . ' ' . $image_output_class . '" href="' . get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to: "%s"', '__x__' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ) . '">'
                 . '<article id="post-' . get_the_ID() . '" class="' . implode( ' ', get_post_class() ) . '">'
                   . '<div class="entry-wrap">'
                     . $image_output
                     . '<div class="x-recent-posts-content">'
                       . '<h3 class="h-recent-posts">' . get_the_title() . '</h3>'
                       . '<span class="x-recent-posts-date">' . get_the_date() . '</span>'
                     . '</div>'
                   . '</div>'
                 . '</article>'
               . '</a>';

    endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata();
  
  $output .= '</div>';

  return $output;
}

add_filter('init', function() {
   remove_shortcode( 'recent_posts' );

   add_shortcode( 'recent_posts', 'x_shortcode_recent_posts_links_nofollow' );
});

Thanks for understanding. Take care!

Is there any way to apply this to the buttons?

You can add the following code for buttons shortcode:

// Buttons
// =============================================================================

function x_shortcode_button2( $atts, $content = null ) {
  extract( shortcode_atts( array(
    'id'               => '',
    'class'            => '',
    'style'            => '',
    'type'             => '',
    'shape'            => '',
    'size'             => '',
    'float'            => '',
    'block'            => '',
    'circle'           => '',
    'icon_only'        => '',
    'href'             => '',
    'title'            => '',
    'target'           => '',
    'info'             => '',
    'info_place'       => '',
    'info_trigger'     => '',
    'info_content'     => '',
    'lightbox_thumb'   => '',
    'lightbox_video'   => '',
    'lightbox_caption' => ''
  ), $atts ) );

  $id    = ( $id    != '' ) ? 'id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
  $class = ( $class != '' ) ? ' ' . esc_attr( $class ) : '';
  $style = ( $style != '' ) ? 'style="' . $style . '"' : '';
  $type  = ( $type  != '' ) ? ' x-btn-' . $type : '';
  $shape = ( $shape != '' ) ? ' x-btn-' . $shape : '';
  $size  = ( $size  != '' ) ? ' x-btn-' . $size : '';
  switch ( $float ) {
    case 'left' :
      $float = ' alignleft';
      break;
    case 'right' :
      $float = ' alignright';
      break;
    default :
      $float = '';
  }
  $block            = ( $block            == 'true'  ) ? ' x-btn-block' : '';
  $icon_only        = ( $icon_only        == 'true'  ) ? ' x-btn-icon-only' : '';
  $href             = ( $href             != ''      ) ? $href : '#';
  $title            = ( $title            != ''      ) ? 'title="' . $title . '"' : '';
  $target           = ( $target           == 'blank' ) ? 'target="_blank"' : '';
  $info             = ( $info             != ''      ) ? 'data-toggle="' . $info . '"' : '';
  $info_place       = ( $info_place       != ''      ) ? 'data-placement="' . $info_place . '"' : '';
  $info_trigger     = ( $info_trigger     != ''      ) ? 'data-trigger="' . $info_trigger . '"' : '';
  $info_content     = ( $info_content     != ''      ) ? 'data-content="' . $info_content . '"' : '';
  $lightbox_thumb   = ( $lightbox_thumb   != ''      ) ? $lightbox_thumb : '';
  $lightbox_video   = ( $lightbox_video   == 'true'  ) ? ', width: 1080, height: 608' : '';
  $lightbox_caption = ( $lightbox_caption != ''      ) ? 'data-caption="' . $lightbox_caption . '"' : '';

  if ( is_numeric( $lightbox_thumb ) ) {
    $lightbox_thumb_info = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $lightbox_thumb, 'full' );
    $lightbox_thumb      = $lightbox_thumb_info[0];
  }

  if ( $lightbox_video != '' ) {
    $lightbox_options = "data-options=\"thumbnail: '" . $lightbox_thumb . "'{$lightbox_video}\"";
  } else {
    $lightbox_options = "data-options=\"thumbnail: '" . $lightbox_thumb . "'\"";
  }

  if ( $circle == 'true' ) {
    $output = "<div {$id} class=\"x-btn-circle-wrap{$size}{$block}{$float}\" {$style}><a class=\"x-btn{$class}{$type}{$shape}{$size}{$block}{$icon_only}\" href=\"{$href}\" rel=\"nofollow\" {$title} {$target} {$info} {$info_place} {$info_trigger} {$info_content} {$lightbox_caption} {$lightbox_options}>" . do_shortcode( $content ) . "</a></div>";
  } else {
    $output = "<a {$id} class=\"x-btn{$class}{$type}{$shape}{$size}{$block}{$float}{$icon_only}\" {$style} href=\"{$href}\" rel=\"nofollow\" {$title} {$target} {$info} {$info_place} {$info_trigger} {$info_content} {$lightbox_caption} {$lightbox_options}>" . do_shortcode( $content ) . "</a>";
  }
  
  return $output;
}

add_filter('init', function() {
   remove_shortcode( 'button' );

   add_shortcode( 'button', 'x_shortcode_button2' );
});

Further customizations from here would be getting into custom development, which is outside the scope of support we can offer. If you need more in depth changes, you may wish to consult with a developer, or look into service like Elto or WerkPress. X is quite extensible with child themes, so there are plenty of possibilities.

Thanks for understanding.

Cheers