BinaryWolf

Validation

June 29, 2004 | In web design |

I use HomeSite with CSE HTML Validator to validate for HTML, XHTML, CSS, spelling, and accessibility. Xenu’s Link Sleuth does a great job in checking Web sites for broken links. Today I tried CSE’s link checking capability for more than one page.

# Load HTML Validator and press F2 to go to the Batch Wizard.
# Press Ctrl+N to create a new target list.
# Add a target that specifies the root page of your website. This can be a local file or a URL. To add a local file target, press Ctrl+F. To add a URL, press Ctrl+U. For example, if your site is at “http://www.mydomain.com/mysite/” then press Ctrl+U to add the URL “http://www.mydomain.com/mysite/” to the target list.
# Select the target that you just added and press F5 to view the properties.
# Go to the Follow Links tab and check the follow links checkbox. Click OK.
# Press F4 to go to the Batch Wizard Options and select the “Link check” tool. Click OK.
# Press F6 to start the link check.

At first glance I like xenu better for link checking, but maybe I can filter CSE’s reports to be more useful.