This is the Universal Resource Locator for the web page you would like tested. Since we test HTML files, the URL should be entered as follows: to test the home page for an entire domain, enter http://domainname.ext/. This will automatically load the default page (usually index.html or index.htm). To load a home page for an individual user in a domain, use http://domainname.ext/~username.
To start testing at a sub-page within your site, enter http://domainname.ext/dir/subdir/subsubdir/page.htm

Remember that the URL entered is the same URL that you would enter to display it in your browser or to create a link to it from another page.

• this page only,
• the whole site - this page and all pages below it, or
• select pages - listed by URL.

• Local Links - URLs that point to another page on the same host,
• Remote Links - URLs pointing to hosts other than the host of the starting URL,
• Image Maps (*) - Links within an Image Map (coming soon), or
• Images(*) - Links to GIFs and JPEGs on another host.(also coming soon).

This option allows the user to determine how the pages will be presented. To list the titles of each tested page, choose Page Title. Otherwise, choose File Name to display the URLs of each tested page.

This determines whether your job will run in the foreground or background. A foreground job will run in your browser window until testing is completed. A background job will return control of the browser window to you immediately, with the robot doing its job on the Net until testing is done.

Unless you are testing a single page, we strongly recommend that you submit your site as a background job. This is because the robot pauses between successive page fetches from your site (this is done to avoid overloading your server). As a result checking the links on even a single page can take several minutes.

A background job requires an e-mail address so we can notify you when your results are ready.

This is the Universal Resource Locator for the web page you would like tested. Since we test HTML files, the URL should be entered as follows: to test the home page for an entire domain, enter http://domainname.ext/. This will automatically load the default page (usually index.html or index.htm). To load a home page for an individual user in a domain, use http://domainname.ext/~username.
To start testing at a sub-page within your site, enter http://domainname.ext/dir/subdir/subsubdir/page.htm

Remember that the URL entered is the same URL that you would enter to display it in your browser or to create a link to it from another page.

• this page only,
• the whole site - this page and all pages below it, or
• select pages - listed by URL.

This determines whether your job will run in the foreground or background. A foreground job will run in your browser window until testing is completed. A background job will return control of the browser window to you immediately, with the robot doing its job on the Net until testing is done.

Unless you are testing a single page, we strongly recommend that you submit your site as a background job. This is because the robot pauses between successive page fetches from your site (this is done to avoid overloading your server). As a result checking the links on even a single page can take several minutes.

A background job requires an e-mail address so we can notify you when your results are ready.

This determines the set of tags which are considered to be valid HTML. There are eight values to choose from:

• HTML Version 2.0 Standard
• HTML Version 3.0 Standard
• HTML Version 3.2 Standard
• HTML Version 4.0 Standard
• NCSA MOSAIC Support
• HTML 3.2 with Microsoft Internet Explorer Extensions
• HTML 3.2 with Netscape Extensions
• Supported by both MSIE and Netscape
• Supported by either MSIE or Netscape

Please note that HTML 3.0 is an expired specification, and while you can test against it, HTML files should be updated to reflect the HTML 3.2 specification.

If HTML 3.2 with Microsoft Internet Explorer Extensions is selected, MSIE-specific tags will also be considered valid. This includes tags such as <BGSOUND> and <MARQUEE>

If HTML 3.2 with Netscape Extensions is selected, Netscape Navigator extension tags will also be considered valid. This includes tags such as <FRAME> and <BLINK>.

The option Supported by both MSIE and Netscape will allow extension tags, but only those tags supported by both browsers. Tags or attributes that are unique to one browser will be flagged as unsupported.

Finally, Supported by either MSIE or Netscape will allow extension tags, with any tag supported by either browser being considered valid.

Tests whether the file has HEAD and BODY sections and that only the appropriate tags are contained in these sections.

Tests to see if the file has a TITLE tag and that the title is not empty.

Compares all tags to the list of valid HTML 2.0 tags, HTML 3.2 tags (optional), Netscape Extensions (optional), and Microsoft Extensions (optional). Reports on tags which are not valid for the HTML extensions you have chosen.

Tests for a new tag pair opening before an existing tag pair has been closed. For example:

Tests for cases where a tag is not terminated with a closing ">".

Tests for pair tags which have no contents. For example:

Checks for closing tags for elements which should not have a closing tag. For example:

Tests for invalid attributes for a tag. For example, VALIGN is not a valid attribute for TABLE:

Tests for spurious quote marks in a list of attributes. For example:

Note that in some cases a missing quote mark on one attribute may cause the next attribute to be reported as invalid.

Tests whether each IMG tag has an ALT attribute. It is good practice to include ALT text for browsers operating in the "text only" mode.

Tests whether each IMG tag has HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes. These attributes allow the browser allocate space for the image on your page, and allow it to display the page while the image is loading.