Hyperlinks panel

You can generate a Hyperlinks report that lists the status (Broken, OK, or Unknown) of all hyperlinks and source references in your site, and the location and destination of each hyperlink and source reference.

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You can also generate a type of usage report that lists either all web domains or the URLs of files on other sites that link to a file in your site. For more information, see Generating site reports.

  1. With your site open, on the Panels menu, click Hyperlinks.

  2. In the Hyperlinks panel, do the following:

    1. Optional: To verify only particular hyperlinks, select the hyperlinks you want to verify.

    2. Click the Verify Hyperlinks button.

  3. In the Verify Hyperlinks dialog box, specify which hyperlinks you want to verify, and then click Start.

Use this To do this

Verify HyperlinksCc295597.0c23c6f2-176d-4942-af69-afa408fc9302(en-us,Expression.40).png

Open the Verify Hyperlinks dialog box, which enables you to refresh the list.

Next ResultCc295597.b146ed86-14e2-474a-860f-8444e1e9ad8b(en-us,Expression.40).png

Open the web page that contains the next result in the list and highlight the hyperlink.

Previous ResultCc295597.d454c864-e476-4239-9b62-50743f96f015(en-us,Expression.40).png

Open the web page that contains the previous result in the list and highlight the hyperlink.

Edit HyperlinkCc295597.0a875556-ac1e-447b-b861-3f7313389373(en-us,Expression.40).png

Open the Edit Hyperlink dialog box. For more information, see Create or modify a hyperlink.

Show Internal HyperlinksCc295597.350a3366-ea47-4334-b9a7-ef8b6abd34d6(en-us,Expression.40).png

List links that point to a bookmark (HTML anchor) or other content in the same web page as the hyperlink, and list references in a web page to items within the same page, such as a reference to an image map.

Column heading

Sort or reverse the list of results.

Down arrow Cc295597.902b6cbf-85c4-4847-9f11-103ef86cd882(en-us,Expression.40).png in a column heading

Restrict the results to those that fit the criteria you select. Right-click a column heading and select Remove Filters Cc295597.a4466613-1d8a-49b1-bc8a-fe448035a137(en-us,Expression.40).png to deselect filter criteria.

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When the results of the report are filtered, the down arrow Cc295597.902b6cbf-85c4-4847-9f11-103ef86cd882(en-us,Expression.40).png of the filtering column appears blue Cc295597.8927244e-e2c4-4254-9ca2-378ac5cbd01b(en-us,Expression.40).png instead of black.

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Right-click a row and then click Go to Page Cc295597.7102836d-528e-4f55-a5d1-4f14e987e200(en-us,Expression.40).png to open the web page that contains the link. Double-click the row to open the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

See also

Tasks

Locate unused files
Create or modify a hyperlink
Recalculate hyperlinks

Reference

Hyperlinks site view

Concepts

Managing and repairing links
Generating site reports

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