Bookmark checking

[Wendy Chatley Green]

Anyone have/know of a good utility for checking dead
bookmarks? (or does Firefox do this and I simply can't figure out
how?)

My Favorites folder needs a good cleaning.

[JAH]

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:37:46 -0500, Wendy Chatley Green

Post by Wendy Chatley Green
Anyone have/know of a good utility for checking dead
bookmarks? (or does Firefox do this and I simply can't figure out
how?)
My Favorites folder needs a good cleaning.

I've been using this for a few years now and it's pretty darned good:

http://www.siteowner.com/badlinks.cfm

JAH


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[Towse]

Post by Wendy Chatley Green
Anyone have/know of a good utility for checking dead
bookmarks? (or does Firefox do this and I simply can't figure out
how?)
My Favorites folder needs a good cleaning.

Try Brabec's updated bookmark links checker extension for FF1.0. The
previous version mention on
<http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=14> doesn't work for
FF1.0.

I'm still playing with it, but anything that can help me handle a
bloated bookmark file with over 1400 bookmarks in a subfolder titled
"Guidelines" alone ...

After installation, Brabec's utility shows up on your "Manage Bookmarks"
toolbar as a [Check] button.

* Open your bookmarks with the bookmark manager. [Bookmarks|Manage
bookmarks]

* Select the bookmarks you want checked with ^A. n.b Select for a folder
does not Select for the contents of any subfolders. You'll have to open
subfolders as well prior to doing your ^A. If you have a sload of
bookmarks, you might want to check the bookmarks in manageable chunks.

* Click [Check].

The one problem (feature!) I haven't yet found an answer to is dealing
with the code with which the utility marks each bookmark.

1 -- [!] seems to mark bookmarks to javascript utilities &c. (Blogroll
It! S'nURL and others, f'rex)

Then there's a checkmark, which I assume means OK, but there's also a
diamondbox with a circle center, a questionmark and a big fat red X.

The red X means kaput, but I haven't sussed out what the questionmark or
the diamondbox mean. Those marks are showing up on some very reasonable
things: Blogger, Gmail, Google News, &c.

2 -- The utility marks show up on my items in my personal toolbar
folder. Ick. Who wants all those ???? up there?

3 -- The utility marks do not show on items in Bookmark Manage mode,
only if you pull up your bookmarks list with a ^B so I'm getting dizzy
with my back and forth. I need to track down some discussions on the
bookmark checking extension. I tracked it down for the new year, but
haven't used it much yet, haven't even finished checking all my bookmarks.

A PLUS! is that the utility creates a .bak file for your bookmarks
should you decide you want to go back to the original version.

Good luck with the housekeeping.

[Towse]

Post by Towse

Post by Wendy Chatley Green
Anyone have/know of a good utility for checking dead
bookmarks? (or does Firefox do this and I simply can't figure out
how?)
My Favorites folder needs a good cleaning.

Try Brabec's updated bookmark links checker extension for FF1.0. The
previous version mention on
<http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=14> doesn't work for
FF1.0.
The red X means kaput, but I haven't sussed out what the questionmark or
the diamondbox mean. Those marks are showing up on some very reasonable
things: Blogger, Gmail, Google News, &c.

The diamondbox means the link was updated. I'm assuming ? means, "dunno."

Why Blogger would show up with a ? (couldn't find? ran out of time?
automated programs not allowed to check link status?) is another question.

<http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/> shows up with a check while
<http://www.towse.com/links/> page is a ? Same hosting service. Odd.

Onward.

[Towse]

Post by Towse

Post by Towse

Post by Wendy Chatley Green
Anyone have/know of a good utility for checking dead
bookmarks? (or does Firefox do this and I simply can't figure out
how?)
My Favorites folder needs a good cleaning.

Try Brabec's updated bookmark links checker extension for FF1.0. The
previous version mention on
<http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=14> doesn't work
for FF1.0.

The diamondbox means the link was updated. I'm assuming ? means, "dunno."
Why Blogger would show up with a ? (couldn't find? ran out of time?
automated programs not allowed to check link status?) is another question.
<http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/> shows up with a check while
<http://www.towse.com/links/> page is a ? Same hosting service. Odd.
Onward.

AKA RTFM:

X - the page does not exist
! Status of the page could not be determined
nifty arrow - page has been redirected to a new location
? status of the page cannot be determined
diamondbox - page has been updated since your last visit
check - page has not been updated since your last visit


Options:
Use HTTP Request Method "HEAD" instead of "GET"
Check Bookmark folders recursively
Open every updated link in a new tab

Feliz año nuevo.

[Wendy Chatley Green]

For some inexplicable reasons, Towse <***@towse.com> wrote:

:Feliz año nuevo.

You, too. Thanks for the suggestion; this is what I wanted.

[Towse]

Post by Wendy Chatley Green
:Feliz año nuevo.
You, too. Thanks for the suggestion; this is what I wanted.

Good.

Turns out I solved my final puzzle: if you are in the Bookmarks Manager,
you can add a column ("BLC") to the URL description. BLC shows the
?/check/diamond/!/ code the booklink checker has assigned each URL.