User Guide

TOPIC D
Correcting a Broken Link Using the
Hyperlinks Report
The Site Summary report provides a snapshot of the current condition of your web. Within the
Site Summary report, there’s no more important report than the Hyperlinks report.
You’ve taken great pains to ensure that you linked all elements in your web properly. Unfortu-
nately, not everyone is as careful as you are. If you collaborated on the web with others, some
of your web’s internal links may be broken. Additionally, if your web uses external links, you
are going on trust that the target file is still in the same place. For peace of mind, you should
check each link in a web. One problem is that in larger webs, this would take a lot of time. A
solution? Let FrontPage check the links for you.
Correct a Broken Link Using the Hyperlinks Report
Procedure
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The Hyperlinks report displays good links (ones that connect to items) or bad
(broken because either the URL is wrong or the target file no longer exists in
the expected location). It will also display links FrontPage hasn’t looked at yet;
these are called unverified links. If a link is good, the report shows a green
check mark and an “OK” in the status column. If a link is bad, you will see a
cracked, chain-link icon and the word “Broken.” If a link hasn’t been checked,
or verified, you will see a blue question mark and “Unknown.” (If unknown
links exist, FrontPage will automatically try to verify them when you run the
Hyperlinks report.) If the report does identify a broken link, you can correct it
immediately. To do that:
1
From the Site Summary report, in the Name column, click on the
Hyperlinks link.
2
If prompted, click Yes to let FrontPage verify unknown hyperlinks.
3
Double-click on the broken hyperlink.
You can go directly to the page containing the broken link by clicking
the Edit Page button, but it’s easier to edit the link in the Edit Hyperlink
dialog box.
4
Change the hyperlink in the Replace Hyperlink With text box. Browse for
the correct link, if necessary.
5
Select either Change In All Pages or Change In Selected Pages (if the link
exists in more than one page).
6
Click Replace.
7
Re-verify the edited link by right-clicking on it and selecting Verify
Hyperlink.
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