LinkByLink

Developer’s Description

LinkByLink

By Seimet Software

LinkByLink when using a CMS (Content Management System) checking websites for broken links is an issue. By far not everybody uses a CMS, and for finding broken links to external web pages or for identifying invalid e-mail addresses more specialized tools are needed. The link checker LinkByLink solves these and other tasks. The software and the user’s manual are available in English and in German. The results of a website check executed by LinkByLink can be exported in several formats and can be filtered by regular expressions.

The integrated HTML source code browser helps finding the exact location of an error in the HTML sources. Accessing secure websites is supported by a certificate and authentication manager. The number of parallel connections can be configured globally and on a per-host basis. Multi-threading ensures an optimum of performance. The Pro Edition offers additional features like a validating HTML parser, a console mode for automated tests, storing test results in a database or forwarding by email.

You want to identify broken links, invalid email addresses and other errors on your website? Reliably and fast?

LinkByLink is one of the most established link checkers and HTML validators, not least because numerous platforms are supported. macOS, Windows, Linux – you name it. LinkByLink is the right choice.
The application, the manual and the user support are available in English and German.

Sie wollen tote Links, ungütige E-Mail-Adressen und andere Fehler auf Ihrer Website ausfindig machen? Zuverlässig und schnell?

LinkByLink zählt zu den bekanntesten Link-Checkern und HTML-Validatoren, nicht zuletzt durch die Unterstützung zahlreicher Plattformen. macOS, Windows, Linux – was auch immer. LinkByLink ist die richtige Wahl.

Die Anwendung, das Handbuch und die Anwender-Betreuung gibt es in Deutsch und Englisch.

LinkByLink – Overview

The Web is ubiquitous and the number of websites is constantly increasing. It is not sufficient anymore to have any kind of website. The site should work from a technical point of view. In particular it should be ensured that there are no broken links and that the web pages are displayed correctly by all browsers.

Broken Links and invalid email addresses

You know it from a letter or an advertisement: Typos or grammar errors leave a bad impression.
Firms lose customers, and private persons who would like to present themselves professionally in the web provide a rather embarrassing site when links or email addresses are often not working.
Errors in links can result in several problems: The target of a link may not exist (anymore), which can have various reasons. Or links which should point to locations within a page just do not do this. Additionally search engines are often not able to identify all keywords on a page.
Typos can easily result in a page not being found. As long as a link refers to one’s own pages and there are not too many pages to maintain one may still have everything under control. But with the number of web pages growing the error rate increases rapidly. And with respect to links to external pages one can never be sure whether they will still be valid the next day.

Feature Standard
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Pro
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Supports a variety of platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux and other Unix flavors)
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Limited to 1000 different web pages per run
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Unlimited number of web pages per run
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High speed by checking several links concurrently (Multi-Threading)
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Supports internationalized domain names (IDN)
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Supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS and direct file access
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Supports session cookies
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Supports HTTP proxies
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Detects and marks redirected links
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Checks domains of mailto addresses
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Configurable user-agents (browser IDs)
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Integrated HTML source code browser
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Distinguishes internal from external links
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Powerful filters with regular expression support
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User-defined error pages help to identify special errors
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Certificate manager for conveniently accessing secure web pages (https)
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Result export as HTML, XML, CSV and JSON
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Result export as sitemap file
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Automatic export after a test run
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A validating HTML parser finds structural errors in XHTML pages
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Password manager for accessing pages protected by HTTP authentication
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Forwarding of test results by email
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Storing of test results in a SQL database
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Mode without graphical user interface supports automated tests
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HTTP request logging facility points out communication problems

Even when using a CMS (Content Management System) checking websites for broken links is an issue. By far not everybody uses a CMS, and for finding broken links to external web pages or for identifying invalid e-mail addresses more specialized tools are needed. LinkByLink addresses this and other tasks. The software and the user’s manual are available in English and in German.

The results of a website check executed by LinkByLink can be exported in several formats and can be filtered by regular expressions. The integrated HTML source code browser helps finding the exact location of an error in the HTML sources.

Accessing secure websites is supported by a certificate and authentication manager. The number of parallel connections can be configured globally and on a per-host basis. Multi-threading ensures an optimum of performance. The Pro Edition offsers additional features like a validating HTML parser, a console mode for automated tests, storing test results in a database or forwarding results by email.

What is new in this release:

 

  • LinkByLink requires Java 9 or newer.
  • 32 bit platforms are no longer supported.
  • For macOS a disk image file (DMG) is offered for installation.
  • The HTML editor is now selected in the general preferences.
  • The list of predefined browser IDs has been updated.
  • Separate Look&Feels for Windows are no longer supported.
  • Pro Edition Only: The result table can be printed.

 

What is new in version 2.0.3:

 

  • OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) is officially supported.
  • MariaDB was added to the list of database aliases.
  • Under OS X the currently active Java version is now being used.

 

What is new in version 2.0.2:

 

  • Java 8 is officially supported.
  • Fixed a bug in the result statistics display.

 

Requirements:

Java 6 or a newer

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