Exercise 2
Overview of Linkbot's InterfaceThis exercise
will introduce you to Linkbot's report window and show you how it can be a power tool for
organizing and maintaining your site.
The Project Window
The main window (shown below) is divided into two frames: one on the
left and the other on the right.

The left side of Linkbot's report window can be toggled between one
of nine views:
- URL Tree: Shows the site structure in a collapsible tree
diagram. The URL Tree frame is useful for interactively exploring the site.
- Broken Links: Lists all the broken URLs on the site. By
selecting a URL in this list and then clicking on the "Parent Links" tab, you
can see all of the pages that reference the bad link.
- Pages Referencing Broken Links: Lists all pages that contain
one or more bad links. By selecting a page and then clicking on the "Child
Links" tab, you can see all the bad links within that URL.
- New Pages: Lists pages that have been modified in a specified
time interval.
- Old Pages: Lists pages that have not been modified in a
specified time interval.
- Slow Pages: Lists pages that may be slow for visitors to
download.
- Orphaned Pages: Lists unused files that are taking up space on
the Web server.
- Pages Missing Titles: Lists pages that are missing an entry
for the <TITLE> tag.
- All Links: Lists all the URLs on the site.
The right side of the screen can be alternated between one of five
tabs:
- Child Links Tab: Displays the URLs inside the page
selected on the left side of the report window.
- Parent Links Tab: Displays the URLs that reference the object
selected on the left side of the screen.
- HTML Text Tab: Used for editing and repairing the actual HTML
code.
- Browser Tab: Built in Internet Explorer browser for viewing
the URL selected on the left side of the screen.
- Properties Tab: The Properties Tab provides a single view
summary of the statistics of the URL selected in the left side of the window. This
includes: status, description, title, author, file size and last modified date.
Note: The Child and Parent Tab Windows show up to
eight statistics that Linkbot gathers about each URL on your site: Link URL, Link Status,
Link Description, Document Title, Author, Last Modified Date, Type and Size. By clicking
on the heading for each statistics column you can sort the Child/Parent list by one of the
headings to view trends about the site's objects.
The Status Bar
The Status bar below the main window tells you what site is
currently being checked. Its information changes as the analysis progresses and records
information about:
- the time it took Linkbot to complete its analysis, the speed of the
analysis in terms of the number of links checked per minute, and the number of connections
- the number of links found, the number of bad links and the number of
links checked
- the status of the orphan analysis (See Exercise 9)
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