RE: FN-FORUM Site cleanup hell...

date posted 16th January 2002 12:01

> anybody knew of any tools that will scan a local version of a
> site, and list any files that are not linked to by any other
> files on the site, i.e. everything that is redundant.

Use Dreamweaver's check links sitewide function. Run this and then
choose "view orphaned" files from the top left of the result window -
these are all the orphaned content. Downside is that this will show as
orphaned any links generated by javascript so use it as a rough guide
only.


regards

Andrew Mottershead
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Mindstream Web Design

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Charlotte Owen
> Sent: 16 January 2002 09:55
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> Subject: FN-FORUM Site cleanup hell...
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>
> Hey peeps,
>
> Charlie Owen here, once a freelancer who subscribed to this
> fair list, now a 9-5 permanent drone. I know I don't really
> belong here anymore, but you guys are just so friendly and
> lovely... :-P
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> I'm now the web editor for a horribly large sprawling static
> site (20,000+ files) that has never been tidied up and has
> never had redundant files removed in all of it's history.
>
> We're now in the process of having a content management
> system installed, so we need to remove all redundant files,
> ready for the site's migration to XML. So I was wondering if
> anybody knew of any tools that will scan a local version of a
> site, and list any files that are not linked to by any other
> files on the site, i.e. everything that is redundant.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> charlie.
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