Check links

Broken links can occur if you delete a file from your site, move a page or a graphic outside of Dreamweaver, or just mistype a url. Use the link-checking feature of Dreamweaver to find broken links in your website.

To check your entire site:

• from the Site window, select Site --> Check Links Sitewide
  this will check all the links in the local site, not links that go to pages outside the local site

To check just one page:

• open the file and select File --> Check Links
  this will check only the links in the file that is open

To check specific pages:

• from the Site window, select the files you wish to check and
  choose File --> Check Links
  this will report broken links for the selected files

The Check Links command will also generate a list of all external links and all orphaned files (files that have no links to them). You can save the report in a file by clicking Save in the Link Checker window.

To fix broken links, you can click on a file in the Broken Links window. A small folder icon will appear to the right. Click on the folder icon and use the Select File dialog box to navigate to and select the correct page to link to. If your website contains other links pointing to the same missing page, then Dreamweaver will ask if you want to update those pages too.

To change a link throughout your website:

• choose Site --> Change Links Sitewide
  enter the link to be changed (Change All Links To) and enter the link that where it should go instead (Into Links To)

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