Dear checklink developers,
in my WWW pages, i usually include links to the w3c validators,
so I (or any reader) can easily validate, and re-validate, the
respective page, as recommended for both the Markup Validator
<http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#icon>, and the CSS
validator (appearing after a successful validation).
In contrast, the Link Checker does not recommend that useful
link, and, even worse, it balks on it when checking links:
> http://validator.w3.org/check/?uri=http://www...&outline=
> What to do: The link is forbidden! This needs fixing.
> Usual suspects: a missing index.html or Overview.html,
> or a missing ACL.
> Response status code: 403
I suggest that the Link Checker should
- not balk on a link for re-validation (i. e., you should insert
“allow from 128.30.52.13” and “allow from 128.30.52.49”, in
the online Linkchecker’s Apache configuration),
- recommend a link for re-validation, as the Markup, and CSS,
validators do,
- provide a suitable icon to adorn that link with
(cf. attached draft).
Thank you,
Otto Stolz
