Syntax Problemsīefore the accessibility problems can be solved, all syntax problems should first be fixed. If there are syntax errors on the page, the line number displayed by the web tools may differ from the real one. There you can open the source code view with right-click → “Page Source” (or Ctrl + U) and the specified line number can be searched for. To find the corresponding line you can open the URL which is displayed by the tool. Warning: The specified line number does not have to correspond to the line number of the source code created by the author. The latter you can enter into the inspector of the developer tools of your browser ( Ctrl + Shift + C) to locate and inspect the HTML element in the context of the page. If you unfold the entry, you can find a detailed reason for the problem, the HTML source code, the line number and an unique CSS selector of the element. For each link you get the information about the HTML element in which the link is contained and which HTTP status code was returned when the the link was requested. When the tool found broken links, a corresponding section appears in the result list. Broken Linksīy inserting the unique css selector in the inspector search bar, an corresponding element can be identified. You should note that every page is queried with the Search Parameter content in order to only check user generated content. Then you should check if this redirect is intentional by checking comparing the URL of the checked page with the one entered. In case a page is requested that redirects to another page, a corresponding alert appears. Behind the requested address you can find the HTTP status code for monitoring purposes. Running a testĪfter entering and submitting a website address, the result of the request is shown a short time after. If you encounter any problems while fixing the problems problems found by the Webtools, please feel free to visit us at our consultation hour “Web and accessible documents” every Thursday from 11 to 12 am. In the case you have any comments for us or found an error while using the Webtools, you can contact us via the webmaster address. htaccess with the following line: Require host If you want to check sites with restricted access, you can exclude the host of the Webtools from access protection in your. You can access the Webtools from within the campus network at the following URL. With this version you can run a single test for accessibility, syntax conformity and broken links for a given web address. After some development time, the final version of the revised TUCAL Webtools is now available.
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