Link checker results.

RickJ · #1 Apr 4, 2007, 03:37 AM

I ran this link checker on one of my sites...and I don't understand the results.

Here is a typical result:

http://www.stgabrielradio.com/2_cu_m.html
What to do: The link is broken. Fix it NOW!
Response status code: 404
Response message: Not Found
Line: 79

No kidding it's not found. The page referenced is one I removed from the site.

So is it saying that I have a link to that page somewhere on my site? If so, why don't they say where the link to that removed page is? How can I find it?

Is there a better link checker, for noobs like me, that I should use?

Thanks!

RickJ · Apr 4, 2007, 04:22 AM

I found the problem...but it appears that I have old code I'm not using...but I don't know what parts of it I can remove

Here's an example:

Code:

<td colspan="9" align="center" bgcolor="#333300"><a 
onMouseOver="changeImages('_1_nav_au','images/1_nav_au_over.jpg');return true" 
onMouseOut="changeImages('_1_nav_au','images/1_nav_au.jpg');return true" href="2_au_m.html"></a><a 
onMouseOver="changeImages('_1_nav_su','images/1_nav_su_over.jpg');return true" 
onMouseOut="changeImages('_1_nav_su','images/1_nav_su.jpg');return true" href="2_su_m.html"></a><a 
onMouseOver="changeImages('_1_nav_asg','images/1_nav_asg_over.jpg');return true" 
onMouseOut="changeImages('_1_nav_asg','images/1_nav_asg.jpg');return true" href="2_asg_m.html"></a><a 
onMouseOver="changeImages('_1_nav_d','images/1_nav_d_over.jpg');return true" 
onMouseOut="changeImages('_1_nav_d','images/1_nav_d.jpg');return true" href="2_d_m.html"></a>
  <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
      <td align="center"><img src="images/navigationhome2.gif" width="770" height="20" border="0" 
usemap="#Map2"></td>
    </tr>
  </table>  <a onMouseOver="changeImages('_1_nav_cu','images/1_nav_cu_over.jpg');return true" 
onMouseOut="changeImages('_1_nav_cu','images/1_nav_cu.jpg');return true" href="2_cu_m.html"></a></td>
<td>

Can I safely just delete that whole block? I'm pretty sure I'm not using any of it on my homepage St. Gabriel Radio Home - Welcome!...

RickJ · Apr 4, 2007, 07:47 AM

Learning as I go!

1. I commented out the above code and those "broken links" now do not show up in the link checker. It was unused stuff.

2. I realize now that the link checker I used is meant to be used on individual pages...so those results were for only the homepage.

Anyone know of a good link checker that will run the whole site and list broken links by page?

Northwind_Dagas · May 1, 2007, 08:16 PM

I just found and tried out a great link program called Xenu's Link Sleuth. It checks your entire website.

Find broken links on your site with Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM)



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