Can you show broken links in Dreamweaver ?

[toast]

Hello,

GoLive has a very useful feature which shows all broken links in your page with a red background. Can Dreamweaver do this ? How ? Is there any way to check if your page links are broken in Dreamweaver ?

[twister]

I think so. If i have my site window open and i right click on a file, there is something about "check document links". Never tried it though. Run over to Macromedia and enter the forms if you don't find an answer here.

[MDLarson]

Yes, you can do this in Dreamweaver, although I'm not sure about a red indicator like the GoLive feature you're describing. I usually recreate my Site Cache then (with my site window open) choose Site > Check Links Sitewide. This runs through all my files and brings up a window with problem files and links. Double click on any of those files and it will open with the problem link selected for you.

[twister]

I just did it the other day and it was NICE! I clicked on my main docs folder in the sites window. Then right clicked and hit check links. It did it's thing and opened a 'broken links' window with all the issues. Then i could click on the file in the 'broken links' window and it opened the file and highlighted the broken link. When i fixed it the file disappeared from the 'broken links' window. Smooth......

[toast]

Thanks for indication ! Shortcut = F8 (or Shift-F8). It checks all links in the site control window. DreamWeaver rocks !