How do I Run a Broken Link Report for my UNCW Website?

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Answer

All faculty, staff and students who have been trained in Cascade have the ability to run a broken link report for their website.

*Please note: You must be trained in Cascade and have access to a UNCW website to run a broken link report in Cascade.

 

  1. From the menu bar, please click on the “hamburger menu” (three white lines) on the far right-hand side.

    Cascade Hamburger Menu in top right hand corer
     
  2. Select “Reports” from the pop-out menu. This will take you to a new screen.

    Reports option from the pop out menu
     

  3. Click the “Broken Links” option.

    Broken Links option from new view screen
     
  4. You will need to filter this report for your site. To do this, simply type a forward slash (like this "/"). Then type your site folder name and another forward slash into the “search” box.
    Example: /web/ or /itsd/ or /uc/
     

  5. If your site has no broken links, you will see the following: “The Broken Link Report contained 0 links and 0 assets to check.”

    No Broken Links found in the Report when filtering for /web site
     

  6. If your site has broken links, a list will appear below the search.

    • From this list you can easily see where the broken links are, the "Source" of the links, the number of “Occurrences,” the "Link Description" and the "Broken Link."

    • If you see more than one occurrence, select “show,” which will reveal each broken link.

      Filtering Search and Clicking Show to reveal all the broken links

    • You can see why the link is broken by hovering over the "?" in the “Broken Link” column.

    • You can also easily navigate to the page by clicking the asset in the “source” column.

      Viewing the Broken Link Reason and Navigating to the Asset Source

 


If you need further assistance, please submit a service request or CHAT with TAC.