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Exercise 2
Overview of Linkbot's Interface

This 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:

  1. URL Tree: Shows the site structure in a collapsible tree diagram. The URL Tree frame is useful for interactively exploring the site.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. New Pages: Lists pages that have been modified in a specified time interval.
  5. Old Pages: Lists pages that have not been modified in a specified time interval.
  6. Slow Pages: Lists pages that may be slow for visitors to download.
  7. Orphaned Pages: Lists unused files that are taking up space on the Web server.
  8. Pages Missing Titles: Lists pages that are missing an entry for the <TITLE> tag.
  9. All Links: Lists all the URLs on the site.

The right side of the screen can be alternated between one of five tabs:

  1. Child Links Tab: Displays the URLs inside the page selected on the left side of the report window.
  2. Parent Links Tab: Displays the URLs that reference the object selected on the left side of the screen.
  3. HTML Text Tab: Used for editing and repairing the actual HTML code.
  4. Browser Tab: Built in Internet Explorer browser for viewing the URL selected on the left side of the screen.
  5. 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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