Manage Your Web Site Links With Link Checker
Link Checker is a useful tool for checking the status of web site links. It manages the links and handles your bookmarks too. The checker tool finds the new URL and changes the address on the dead or broken links. At the same time, it fixes missing names, descriptions, meta tags and keywords.
Running the validation process produces a list of dead links with a 404 status and links moved to new domains giving a 301 or 302 status. Dead links are shown by a red icon and moved links have a yellow icon. Major content changes and movement of page are also detected. Pages that have moved or had a major change in content since the last validation run appear underlined on the list. The bookmark validation process can be stopped at any time. If you need to stop the run, you can save the file and pick up where you left off at a later time.
Link Checker handles bookmarks by integrating the link manager feature with the most popular browsers. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Opera are all compatible with the link management tool. You can find bookmarks speedily by searching with keywords. It is possible to search two different databases as the same time. Wild cards and the AND operator combined produce broad search results. The use of quotation marks, OR, and the AND NOT produce more refined search results. Restrict searches to specified folders and directories for even quicker results.
You can manage your bookmarks by exporting them, printing them out and even password protecting them. Bookmarks can be exported in different formats. You can even create a template in XML or HTML to export them. If you are able to write basic script, you have an even wider choice in export formats.
It is possible to work on two different databases and with different passwords. You could put a password on one of the databases and not on the other. The unprotected database allows public access.
Bookmarks can be printed. After you run a search, select the search results to print or simply select the required database. Then choose the font, margin settings, and fields you want in the preview window.
The Link Checker has other options available too. Users who are color blind can select a different setting that does not use colored icons. Pages that frequently appear in validation runs because they are changed often can be marked for exclusion from checks.
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