HTML link checker?

Eric Chadwick

Anyone know of a good tool to check the validity of HTML links?

Especially something that validates <a id=""> links from one page to another... you know the kind like <a href="somepage.html#a_header">, and maybe I messed up with <a id="the_header"> so the link just dumps me at the top of the page.

W3C has an online one, any offline tools for this?
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
All my links are relative right now, it's a huge tech doc, and I'm a bit of a HTML noob.

Thank. you.

Eric Chadwick

Found a couple.
http://www.lithopssoft.com
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/plugins/info/irlinkchecker/

The latter is a free plugin for the HTML editor I'm using, but it requires PHP to run. I know nothing about PHP. Anyone know if PHP can be installed locally instead of on a server? This guy seems to be saying yes... http://us2.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php#56195

KaosNKorruption

PHP can be installed localley, but it needs a web server like Apache or IIS to run.

Eric Chadwick

Yeah, dang. I was hoping to check local links with that plugin, but looks like it only works locally if my machine is a server.

Thanks.

Looking around for freeware options, but might buy that other program.

KDR_11k

You mean "If my machine is running a server". Anything can run an Apache and I think it works in usermode in Windows so you could just install the Apache locally.

Eric Chadwick

Ditched the PHP, bought the GUI program, works great.

Thanks for the info though, might come in handy if I need to use PHP.

Also found a cool freebie for checking a site, Web CEO. Registration isn't fun, but their Auditor tool was worth it.