I ran this link checker (http://http://validator.w3.org/checklink)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!

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:


<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! (http://www.stgabrielradio.com)...

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?

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) (http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html)