Toolkit:  Verifying a Web Site

Purpose

This Toolkit page describes how to verify a Web site, for example a project Web based on the Rational Project Web Template, or a modified Rational Unified Process Web, to make sure there are no broken links, that language is correct, and so forth.

Overview

1. Checking the hyperlinks
2. Checking the spelling
3. Verifying the treebrowser

1. Checking the hyperlinks

Using Microsoft FrontPage®, use the command Tools>Verify Hyperlinks... to verify that there are no broken links left. Other test tools can be used instead of, or as a complement to, Microsoft FrontPage.

2. Checking the spelling

Using Microsoft FrontPage, use the command Tools > Spelling... to automatically check the spelling.

3. Verifying the treebrowser

The treebrowser is described in the file "tree.dat" and four subtree files referenced by the "tree.dat". These files are located in the "applet" folder. The treebrowser can be verified automatically. For information on how to generate a new Site Map, see Toolkit: Preparing for Publication. This means that the Site Map will have the hyperlinks that are defined in the "tree.dat" file and in all of its corresponding subtree files.

1. Generate a new Site Map.
2. Use Microsoft FrontPage to verify the hyperlinks, View>Reports>Broken Hyperlinks.
3. Check for broken links in the files "sitemap/*.htm". If there are any broken links in these files, it means that there are broken links in the menu files.

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