[WEB4LIB] Re: link checker software

[Gimon, Charles A]

I have to mention briefly that if you are a perl programmer, or have one on
staff,
the perl LWP module is a joy to work with. You can build your own link
checker in
an afternoon to your own specifications.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Frost [mailto:wfrost at husky.bloomu.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:05 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: link checker software
> 
> 
> Perhaps I've missed mention of this resource in the link 
> checker thread, but I've found 
> http://validator.w3.org/checklink to be most helpful, and it 
> is free.  The only drawback is that you can feed it the URL 
> of only one page of links at a time.
> 
> 
> William J. Frost, Webmaster
> Harvey A. Andruss Library
> Bloomsburg University
> Bloomsburg, PA  17815
> 
> >>> "Karen L. MacDonell" <kmac at mls.cps.bc.ca> - 1/8/01 11:55 AM >>>
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions on link checker software that reports not
> just the broken (re-directed, etc.) links on a site but also 
> reports the
> text in the web page associated with that broken link. For example, if
> the link http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ was embedded in a page and was
> associated with the text "Sun Site", both the URL and "Sun Site" would
> be reported if the link was broken.
> 
> I'm interested in software compatible with Windows NT or 2000.
> 
> Thanks,
> Karen
> --
> Karen L. MacDonell, Ph.D.
> Medical Library Service
> College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
> Vancouver, BC    V6H 4C4
> Phone: 604-733-6671
> Fax:   604-737-8582
> kmac at mls.cps.bc.ca
> 
> 
>