HTML link checker?

Eric Chadwick · Jan 2006

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 · Jan 2006

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 · Jan 2006

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

Eric Chadwick · Jan 2006

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 · Jan 2006

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 · Jan 2006

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.

HTML link checker?

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