By viveks5 on

Hi,
I am using link checker module in Drupal 7.7 for checking broken links.
Following links which are working but still reported as broken in report.

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37863909@N02/
2. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1115185@N22/
3. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/SchoolsSO/Page9/DCSF-...
4. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Pag...
5. http://www.thehideout.org.uk/

I have used these links in Page content.
There are many more, but above looks to be specific case. Is it because of special character and redirection to https or some issue with module?

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lomo commented

If you are really using Drupal 7.7, you should upgrade to Drupal 7.12. It's been a long time since 7.7 was released (almost 8 months now) and a lot has been fixed since then, including some serious security issues. If the Link Checker version you are using dates back that far (almost a year, maybe?) then it's an early D7 dev release and the current beta-1 release (from Feb 15) might work much better.

Or was the 7.7 a mistake? In any case, if you are using the latest versions of both Drupal and the Link Checkermodule, then I'd suggest you check the Link Checker issue queue for anything that looks like your issue and create a new issue if you don't see something that looks like your problem.

Hope that helps. In any case, if you are sure the links are good, then it's just a bug, but nothing you should worry about... double-check your link structure and verify the links in your site pages and disregard the warnings if you check them manually and find they work. :-)

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viveks5 commented

Hi Lomo,
Thanks for update. I am using D7.7. You are right in saying that Linkchecker module used was Dev version. Now, I am planning for upgrade to just released beta-1 version. The links which I have posted are correct. My problem is why Link checker is showing warning if they are correct. Is there some way to remove such warnings. The report does not look good with this. Can we rely on report with such wrong warnings?

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lomo commented

Update all modules to latest or recommended versions, not just the Link Checker module and definitely upgrade "core" to Drupal 7.12. Drupal 7.7 is old and definitely not recommended.

After that, if the Link Checker still shows warnings for valid links, *then* consider that you have a "valid issue" and provide as much detail about your use case as possible. You really shouldn't post bug reports for releases of a module which are not the latest (I've pointed this out in the issue queue where you were already active: http://drupal.org/node/1405512 )

Best of luck with sorting this out... I agree that you can't rely on reports with warnings like that, but you can't jump to any conclusions till you've brought your system up-to-date and marked links for a re-check.

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