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When running Link Utility for the first time you will need to configure SOCKS and Proxy settings if you do not have a direct internet connection. At the first program startup proxy setup dialog will open, where you need to enter your proxy login and password. This only needs to be done once.

See also:

SOCKS Proxy

HTTP Proxy

To start work with the program you need to create a new project. Do this by selecting File>New , or click on the Project Toolbar. By doing this you will launch Project Wizard , where you should add an URL of your site, or select the root folder of your site saved locally.

You can add multiple URLs. This function is particularly useful in case you have a multilingual site, where there is no navigation between different language versions of the site. If you have your URLs saved either in a text or HTML file, you can export them into the program by clicking Import from text file or Import from html file respectively. Once created you can start working with the project. Open project settings and configure type of scan you would like to perform. Select if you want to check your site for broken external links , configure search within scripts, metatags, etc. Perform site scan by selecting Project>Scan or Scan on the Project Toolbar . This will reveal all links within your site according to the criteria, selected by you. Once scan is performed you can save the project. Click or select File>Save in the Main Menu. You can open your previously saved projects and perform additional check of the links program has detected by clicking Check All . If you have a copy of your site on a local computer, or have an FTP access to your site, you can perform search for orphaned files, i. e. files that have no external links leading to them. You may plan the site check by setting Scheduler to do it for you with the defined periodicity.

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