Link Checker

TODO

• Add count of files with noindex and number of checked embedded youtube videos

Elements

• linkchecker-form
• linkchecker-scheduler
  • website-url
  • token
  • email
• linkchecker
  • website-url (note: translated to opts.websiteUrl)
  • token
• resulttable
• raw

TODO

• update links
  • create own link checker pro site for standalone
  • currently only purchase
• remove style attributes and create custom CSS file

Guidelines

• Always use jQuery instead of $
  • $ is not available in Wordpress

Changelog

1.16.1

• Send no scheduler status request if token is not set, because it always results in an error.
• Hide Professional Version tab when token is used.
• Added option to hide Your Feedback tab.

1.16.0

• Added selectable interval (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, every 30 days) to scheduler.
• Added Mark all with same status code and domain as working function.
• Improved documentation/glossary.

1.15.0

• Added form login support.
• Break very long links so that they don't break the layout.

1.14.2

• Bug fix for broken CSV download in Firefox.

1.14.1

• Implemented caching for loading of edit links.

1.14.0

• Support for edit links.
• Improved status codes page.
• Improved professional version page.
• Bugfix: Reset retries count before every check.

1.13.0

• Export result as CSV file.
• Result is saved on server for customers of the professional version. So the same result can be downloaded by multiple users or with multiple browsers.
• Added hint how to change scheduler email address.

1.12.0

• Result from cache is loaded even if a check is currently running.
• Old result is not cleared anymore when a new check is started, but just when the new check has finished.
• Split up the 'Progress and Stats' tab in two separate tabs.
• Added status code and response text to error message.
• Bugfix: Handle failed IsRunning request.

1.11.0

• Added feedback tab.

1.10.1

• Fixed dropdown bug in Joomla version.

1.10.0

• Compression of results before they get stored in browser cache.
• New 'Mark as fixed on all pages' button.
• Fixed result storage for multilang sites.

1.9.1

• Bugfix: Reset result when new check is started.

1.9.0

• Redesigned user interface.
  • Pagination.
  • All-in-one (links, images, videos, working redirects, unhandled resources) result view.
• Performance of user interface was improved so that it's now possible to view result tables with more than 100'000 broken links or redirects.
• Use IndexedDB instead of localStorage to store result so that the result set size is not limited to about 5 MB anymore.

1.8.0

• Auto-resume support if the Link Checker gets opened and a check is already running on the server.
• Implemented a warning for high crawl-delays.
• Added a stop button to stop the current check.
• Implemented protection for check hijacking if token is used.

1.7.1

• Fixed redirect stats.

1.7.0

• Highlighting of redirects.
• Added option to show working redirects.
  • Has to be enabled in the settings.

1.6.0

• Results are saved now and don't get discarded when leaving the Link Checker anymore.
• Improved navigation with tabs.
• More detailed stats.
• Crawler
  • Added status code 603 (Unknown authority error) with explanation.
  • Added cookie support.

1.5.0

• Added support for broken embedded YouTube videos.
• Remove all whitespace (line breaks, spaces, tabs) from token. This prevents Copy and Paste issues.
• Improvement notification message for daily checks.
• Crawler performance improvements.

1.4.0

• Implemented three retries if request could not be sent or no response was received.
• Explain changed status codes (598 is now 601 and 599 is 602).
• Added unhandled resources and images.
• Crawler
  • Implemented better blocked by robots detection and handling (for external links).

1.3.3

• 1.3.2 release did not contain new build.

1.3.2

• Fixed max fetchers if started from form.
• Added origin system parameter.
• Added info box to scheduler and hide register form if no token is present
• Hide broken images string and show info that not available.

1.3.1

• Just add riot.js without compiler to release file.

1.3.0

• Update riot version
• Fixed broken links could be removed from the results table with the Mark as fixed button.
• Added section for links blocked by robots.txt and a Mark as working button to mark them as working after a manual check.
• Added common status code information.
• Broken links in the result table are linked know for the case that someone likes to verify that a link is really broken.

Libraries

• lscache
• Riot.js
• jQuery
• jquery.serialize-object