[WEB4LIB] looking for a link checking software

[Nick Dobbing]

I've had some success with an inexpensive shareware package called 
CyberSpyder Link Test. I've certainly had no problems checking links on 
dynamic pages. Provided these are available via hyperlink, under normal 
circumstances a link checker shouldn't have a problem.

Cyberspyder runs on Windows, and I've had some stability issues with it on 
Windows XP, but you may have a different experience. It's fast, and produces 
useful HTML reports of broken links. You can run a trial for 60 days to see 
if you like it, and it's much less expensive than Link Checker Pro. Have a 
look:

http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~library/webdirectory/web_subject_guides.htm

Regards,

Nick Dobbing
University of Guelph


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chen, Shu Sue" <ChenS at scc.losrios.edu>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 6:01 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] looking for a link checking software


> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am looking for a link checking software that will check links on
> dynamically generated pages.  We are working on a web subject directory
> at
> http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~library/webdirectory/web_subject_guides.htm.
> Each link on the page generates a new page with relevant links. (Only
> Accounting and Business and a couple of others have anything in them
> right now.)  I need a software to check all the links on the generated
> page.  So far, I could only find software, such as Link Checker Pro,
> that checks links on a page including dynamically generated links but
> couldn't get it check the links on the generatated pages.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?  Thanks for your time!  -Sue
>
>