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4.0 Broken Link Check

by Angela Roland :: Rate this Message:

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Greetings,
I've not found a way to check for broken links for v4.
I saw checkLinkObjects.cfm for v3
Will that work on v4?
Is link checking a feature on v5?

Also, the problem of objects being deleted creating broken links
became
apparent on our index page. We had to manually delete the record of
the obsolete file
from dmNavigation table and either Auto Cache or wait for the the
system recache.

So, I need to find a way to rid of broken links.
Xenu doesn't give a reliable report even with the Threads cut way
down.

Thank you in advance,
Angela

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Re: 4.0 Broken Link Check

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On Oct 16, 2:28 am, ImaWebGirl <angelarol...@...> wrote:
> Also, the problem of objects being deleted creating broken links
> became
> apparent on our index page. We had to manually delete the record of
> the obsolete file
> from dmNavigation table and either Auto Cache or wait for the the
> system recache.

Any navigation element that FarCry constructs will be automatically
changed as the system is updated -- including deletes. The only
exception to this are links embedded in caches ie. you'd have to wait
till the cache updated. Later versions of FarCry 5.x (latest is now
5.2) automatically refresh the cache removing this issue.

However, links embedded in your content will not be updated. Nor does
FarCry have any specific way of checking their validity. In more
modern versions of FarCry its pretty clever in working out where to
redirect links that may have moved or changed names. But even so hand-
crafted links are always problematic -- this is why an external link
checker like Xenu is very useful.

You suggest Xenu is not working for you in terms of reporting bad
links? What seems to be the problem there?

-- geoff
http://www.daemon.com.au/
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Re: 4.0 Broken Link Check

by Angela Roland :: Rate this Message:

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Greetings Geoff,
Thank you for responding.
I'm new to FarCry and am on my third site with 4.0.
I'll try to clarify our issue a little better.

When an html object is deleted from the site tree, sometimes it remains in the
dmNavigation table. Our index page is dynamically generated, and therefore, it creates
broken links.

So, yes I have discovered that when the record is manually deleted from the
dmNavigation table, and the cache is refreshed, either manually or automatically,
the errant link is removed.

So, I don't know why they are still in dmNavigation after deletion.

Now I've got an issue with pending and drafts not appearing in the Overview tab and not emailing upon Request Approval.

I've checked permissions, etc and have followed the advice on the known bug on the
getObjectsPendingApproval.cfm, (switching t_#stLocal.iCounter#.createdby, t_#stLocal.iCounter#.lastupdatedby) but still it doesn't work on two sites.

Any advice there?

And yes, we are looking at moving to v5.
We've got 4 sites running on v4.
We'd like to run one of the less visited sites on v5, will that run okay with v4 on the others on the same server?
Or is it all or nothing?

Thank you very much,
Angela

Thanks

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, modius <modius@...> wrote:

From: modius <modius@...>
Subject: [farcry-user] Re: 4.0 Broken Link Check
To: "farcry-user" <farcry-user@...>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:47 PM

On Oct 16, 2:28 am, ImaWebGirl <angelarol...@...> wrote:
> Also, the problem of objects being deleted creating broken links
> became
> apparent on our index page. We had to manually delete the record of
> the obsolete file
> from dmNavigation table and either Auto Cache or wait for the the
> system recache.

Any navigation element that FarCry constructs will be automatically
changed as the system is updated -- including deletes. The only
exception to this are links embedded in caches ie. you'd have to wait
till the cache updated. Later versions of FarCry 5.x (latest is now
5.2) automatically refresh the cache removing this issue.

However, links embedded in your content will not be updated. Nor does
FarCry have any specific way of checking their validity. In more
modern versions of FarCry its pretty clever in working out where to
redirect links that may have moved or changed names. But even so hand-
crafted links are always problematic -- this is why an external link
checker like Xenu is very useful.

You suggest Xenu is not working for you in terms of reporting bad
links? What seems to be the problem there?

-- geoff
http://www.daemon.com.au/

Re: 4.0 Broken Link Check

by Angela Roland :: Rate this Message:

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Oh, and yes, I did resolve my issue with Xenu.
Thanks!
Angela

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, modius <modius@...> wrote:

From: modius <modius@...>
Subject: [farcry-user] Re: 4.0 Broken Link Check
To: "farcry-user" <farcry-user@...>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:47 PM

On Oct 16, 2:28 am, ImaWebGirl <angelarol...@...> wrote:
> Also, the problem of objects being deleted creating broken links
> became
> apparent on our index page. We had to manually delete the record of
> the obsolete file
> from dmNavigation table and either Auto Cache or wait for the the
> system recache.

Any navigation element that FarCry constructs will be automatically
changed as the system is updated -- including deletes. The only
exception to this are links embedded in caches ie. you'd have to wait
till the cache updated. Later versions of FarCry 5.x (latest is now
5.2) automatically refresh the cache removing this issue.

However, links embedded in your content will not be updated. Nor does
FarCry have any specific way of checking their validity. In more
modern versions of FarCry its pretty clever in working out where to
redirect links that may have moved or changed names. But even so hand-
crafted links are always problematic -- this is why an external link
checker like Xenu is very useful.

You suggest Xenu is not working for you in terms of reporting bad
links? What seems to be the problem there?

-- geoff
http://www.daemon.com.au/