Checking links between documents

Use the Check Links feature to search for broken links and unreferenced files in an open file, a portion of a local site, or an entire local site. The only links that Dreamweaver verifies are links to documents within the site; Dreamweaver compiles a list of external links that appear in the selected document or documents, but it does not verify them.

When Dreamweaver has finished checking the links in the specified files, it opens the Link Checker dialog box. This dialog box displays a list of broken links, external links (links that Dreamweaver can't check because they are outside the site), and orphaned files (files that no other documents link to). See Fixing broken links for more information.

To check links within the current document:

1	Save the file to a location within a local site.
2	Choose File > Check Links.

To check links within a portion of a local site:

1	Choose Window > Site Files to open the Site window.
2	Choose a site from the sites list pop-up menu.
3	In the Local pane, select the files or folders to check.
4	Initiate the check using either of these methods:
	Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) one of the selected files and choose Check Links > Selected Files/Folders from the context menu.
	Choose File > Check Links.

To check links in the entire site:

Choose Site > Check Links Sitewide.

To toggle among the link-checker report lists:

After running a link check, choose Broken Links, External Links, or Orphaned Files from the Show pop-up menu.

To save the complete report as a tab-delimited text file:

Click Save.