Finding External Links and Orphaned Files

You can get two other types of reports from Dreamweaver. The first is a list of links from your site to other sites, called external links , and the other is a report of orphaned files , which are files that have no links pointing to them. In the first case, after Dreamweaver finds the external links, you can (if needed) easily change them. In the case of orphaned files, you should create links to the files from your other Dreamweaver pages.

To find external links and orphaned files:

1.	Choose Site > Check Links Sitewide, or press Ctrl-F8 (Cmd-F8). Dreamweaver checks all the pages on your site and shows you files with broken links in the Link Checker tab of the Results panel.
2.	From the Show pop-up menu in the Results panel, choose External Links ( Figure 16.26 ). Figure 16.26. Choose either External Links or Orphaned Files to obtain a report on those items. or From the Show pop-up menu in the Results panel, choose Orphaned Files. Depending on your choice, the results appear in the Results panel.
3.	(Optional) If you chose External Links in step 2, the Results panel shows a list of files and the external links that appear on them. Click on one of the links to highlight it and make it editable. You can then enter a new destination for the link ( Figure 16.27 ). Figure 16.27. You can change external links right in the Results panel. or (Optional) If you chose Orphaned Files in step 2, the Results panel shows a list of files with no links pointing to them. Double-click on a file name to open that file, or open other files in the Files panel to create links to the orphaned file.