Web Governance
Fix broken links
There are several ways to locate and repair broken links. This article provides instructions on each of the methods.
List and repair broken links with PageCorrect.
Click PageCorrect (shield with a checkmark icon) on the window toolbar. The PageCorrect dashboard opens.
Click List from the menu on the left side of the page.
The PageCorrect Content page opens. The results are in a table format.
Filter: On the toolbar above the results list, select to filter for Links.
Select Update from the expanded menu. A dialog opens:
The dialog has a field with the existing URL and the instructions: "Please insert correct URL:"
Enter the correct URL in the field provided. The URL must start with a protocol such as http://.
Click Save. This fixes the broken link in all instances throughout the website.
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List broken links, Ignore a link, or mark a link as Fixed with the Prioritized Content module.
Click Prioritized Content (bell icon), on the menu bar.
The Prioritized Content page opens.
Click Notifications on the same row as a domain. The menu expands with a breakdown of the notifications per category:
Click to select Broken Links. The Broken Links page opens.
For more information, visit Prioritized content.
Find broken links and their location, Ignore a link, or mark a link as Fixed with the web browser extension.
Click to select Content Issues (insect icon) on the web browser extension toolbar.
Select Quality Assurance in the expanded menu.
Click See Issues in the Broken Links / Broken Images section.
The Broken Links pane opens. Here is a list of broken links and broken image links.
Mark as Fixed (checkmark icon): Click to mark the issue as fixed. Do this when the issue is fixed on the CMS/HTML code of the website. Items that are marked as fixed are included in future scans.
For more information, visit Web Browser Extension.
On the web browser extension toolbar, click to select Toolkit (tools icon).
Click to turn on the Links button to see a list of all links on the website.
Hover the cursor over a link on the page for more information about it.
See the following information about the link:
For more information, visit Web Browser Extension.
List broken links, Ignore a link, or mark a link as Fixed with the Quality Assurance module.
For instructions, visit Handle links with QA
It is sometimes necessary to set up a policy to tell the scan how to handle special or troublesome links. There are several pre-made links policies that you can use.
For more information, visit Policies for links.
If the Acquia subscription ends, the error will still be present in the website HTML. It is the recommendation to have a web developer fix the issue within the HTML code. Make a note of the location(s) of the broken link and send it to the web developer for a permanent fix.
Remove to remove the issue from the list.
Select this choice if you know the link is correct and the error occurred due to, for example, a server outage at the time of the last scan.
Mark as Ignored: Use this option if links are incorrectly marked as broken.
Mark as Ignored (eye with a line through it icon): Do this when the link is not broken, but flagged by the scan for an unknown reason.
HTML (</> icon): Click to view the location of the broken link within the page HTML code.
The HTML code view opens and the broken link is highlighted.
Tip: Send this to the web development team, so that they can quickly find and repair the error within the HTML code.
Highlight (magnifying glass icon): Click to view the location of the broken link on the page.
The page view scrolls to the location of the link and the broken link is highlighted.
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If the Acquia subscription ends, the error will still be present in the website HTML. It is the recommendation to have a web developer fix the issue within the HTML code. Make a note of the location(s) of the broken link and send it to the web developer for a permanent fix.
Remove to remove the issue from the list.
Select this choice if you know the link is correct and the error occurred due to, for example, a server outage at the time of the last scan.
Mark as Ignored: Use this option if links are incorrectly marked as broken.
Mark as Ignored (eye with a line through it icon): Do this when the link is not broken, but flagged by the scan for an unknown reason.
HTML (</> icon): Click to view the location of the broken link within the page HTML code.
The HTML code view opens and the broken link is highlighted.
Tip: Send this to the web development team, so that they can quickly find and repair the error within the HTML code.
Highlight (magnifying glass icon): Click to view the location of the broken link on the page.
The page view scrolls to the location of the link and the broken link is highlighted.
If this content did not answer your questions, try searching or contacting our support team for further assistance.
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