Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
thanks to all who have responded to my cry for help. i think i have all the information i need to install the link checker. best, dwain -- dwain alford "The artist may use any form which his expression demands; for his inner impulse must find suitable expression." Kandinsky **

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread David Dorward
On 8 Jan 2008, at 20:22, dwain wrote: http://search.cpan.org/dist/W3C-LinkChecker/ i looked at the downlad file and it's a tar.gz. i run windoze. how would i install it on a windoze box? http://search.cpan.org/src/SCOP/W3C-LinkChecker-4.3/docs/ checklink.html#install (but see http://www.

RE: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread Paul Bennett
winrar will open .tar and .gz files on windows: http://www.rarlab.com/ :) Paul *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread Hassan Schroeder
dwain wrote: http://search.cpan.org/dist/W3C-LinkChecker/ i looked at the downlad file and it's a tar.gz. i run windoze. how would i install it on a windoze box? Uh, extract the contents of that file and read the directions? :-) -- Hassan Schroeder - [EMAIL

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
i have a program to unzip the file. i assume that it doesn't matter where i unzip it to (C:\) but then how do i run it, from the command line and if so what command do i use to run it? i read the read me file and it wasn't much help. dwain On 1/8/08, Susan Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread Susan Grossman
> > > > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/W3C-LinkChecker/ > > > > i looked at the downlad file and it's a tar.gz. i run windoze. how would > i install it on a windoze box? > > dwain > There's a free program for unzipping that type of file. Once the link checker is unzipped it'll also work on wind

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-08 Thread dwain
On 1/7/08, Patrick H. Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how about you download, install, and run it yourself? > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/W3C-LinkChecker/ > i looked at the downlad file and it's a tar.gz. i run windoze. how would i install it on a windoze box? dwain -- dwain alford "Th

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-07 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
dwain wrote: i have been trying to check the links on my web site. it has 176 pages, but the link checker only checks a maximum of 150 links. who would i contact to ask for a larger number of pages (links)? i went to the w3c web site and have not found a contact link for the link checker. i

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-07 Thread Cameron Singe
You could do it your self, how handy are you with ruby? Use 'hpricot' and 'open-uri' http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/ A rough guess would be #!ruby #Get the html doc you want to check then loop through checking the status of each link (doc/a).each do |link| # now check the status l

Re: [WSG] w3c link checker

2008-01-07 Thread David Dorward
On 8 Jan 2008, at 01:10, dwain wrote: i have been trying to check the links on my web site. it has 176 pages, but the link checker only checks a maximum of 150 links. who would i contact to ask for a larger number of pages (links)? i went to the w3c web site and have not found a contact