VCU - Technology Services

VCU has purchased a Check URLs module for RedDot SmartEdit. Check URLs will check all the links for 404 Page Not Found errors to ensure that all your links are valid.

Pages can be checked one at a time in SmartEdit by opening any RedDot, choosing "Actions" from the top menu, then "Check URLs".


A dialog box will popup, showing a list of links on the page if any exist. Click "Check URLs" to start a process that will check the URLs, sending the results in an email. Nothing will appear in the dialog box if no links appear on that page.

Want to check all the URLs on the entire site? This can be done in SmartTree.
SmartTree -> Administer Project Structure -> Project -> Actions Menu (Check URLs for Entire Project)

Generating this list may take a few seconds depending on the size of your project. A list of URLs will appear, allowing you to start an asynchronous process checking the URLs for errors, the results will be emailed by the system.


Now here is the cool part - the generated email will list all the links and next to them either "correct" or "broken". But instead of going through the entire email to get a list of broken links, log back into SmartTree and click the "Check URLs" function again.

This time the results will be grouped for you between "Broken links" and "Working Links". Click on the pencil next to the URL to change the URL of that link. All the links can be changed from this screen without having to navigate into each individual CMS page.