Question

I have a requirement to check that all the hyperlinks still work on a password protected, private website. What’s the best way of doing this?

The site is mix of HTML and ASP.NET Webforms.

EDIT: Sorry – I don’t think this question was clear.

I need something like this:

http://validator.w3.org/checklink

But for a site hidden behind a user/pass form. I don’t mind doing something programmatically or purchasing something if it’s reasonable.

Answer 1

Rel Software’s Web Link Validator works quite happily with Forms Auth based sites – we’ve been using it on client sites for some time now.

The main things to watch out for are:

1. Send the link checker to your Login Page first.
2. Ensure you tell it to ignore all Logout URLs (so it doesn’t inadvertently log itself out).