3: Planning and Maintaining a Web Site in Java

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To check a site for broken links, follow these steps: 1 Select the site name from the drop-down list at the top of the Files panel and choose the site you want to work on from the list Link checking works only for sites listed in the Dreamweaver Site dialog box For more information about the Site dialog box and how to set up a new site or import an existing one, see 2 2 From the menu, choose Site Check Links Sitewide The Link Checker tab opens in the Results panel at the bottom of the page, just under the Properties inspector, as shown in Figure 3-3 The tab displays a list of internal and external links The tab also lists any pages, images, or other items not linked from any other page in the site (Dreamweaver calls these orphans) Unused images can waste space on your server so this list is handy if you want to clean up old images or other elements you no longer use on the site Most service providers limit the amount of space on your server and charge extra if you exceed that limit Deleting unused files helps you save valuable server space, especially if they are image or multimedia files But remember, just because you delete them from your hard drive doesn t mean they are deleted off the server Make sure you remove them from the Remote Site window in the Files panel as well as the Local Site panel (For more on using FTP and synchronization to update or delete files on your server, see 2) If you find broken links, the next section, Fixing broken links, shows you how Dreamweaver automatically updates multiple link references to make fixing them fast and easy

Broken links are one of the most problematic errors a Web designer can make After you identify a broken link in your site, you should fix it immediately Nothing turns off visitors faster than clicking a link and getting a File Not Found error page (also known as a 404 error because that s the official Web error code associated with the message viewers usually see if they click a broken link) Fortunately, Dreamweaver makes fixing broken links simple by providing quick access to files with broken links and automating the process of fixing multiple links to the same file

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Figure 3-3: The results of the Check Links Sitewide feature display as a report at the bottom of the work area and can be organized by broken links, external links, and orphans (or unused files)

After using the Link Checker feature described in the preceding section to identify broken links, follow these steps to use the Results panel to fix them: 1 With the Results panel open at the bottom of the page, double-click a filename that Dreamweaver identified as a broken link The page and its corresponding Properties inspector opens The Results panel remains visible 2 Select the broken link or image on the open page In Figure 3-4, a broken image was selected and is being fixed by using the Properties inspector to find the correct image name 3 In the Properties inspector, click the folder icon to the right of the Src text box to identify the correct image file The Select Image Source dialog box appears You can type the correct filename and path in the text box or browse to find the image You fix links to pages just as you fix links to images, except you type the name of the correct file into the Link text box or click the folder icon next to it to find the file in your site folder 4 Click the filename and the Select button; then click OK The link automatically changes to reflect the new filename and location If you replace an image, the image file reappears on the page