
     * [1]README for LinkController 0.005
     * [2]Thanks
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                        README for LinkController 0.005
                                       
   LinkController is a package which is designed to allow the checking of
   links in sophisticated ways. If you have ever noticed that link
   checkers spend more time sending you to sites which just happen to be
   down for the day due to maintainance problems than to real broken
   links, this should be for you.
   
   LinkController normally works by checking all of your links to a
   database during low usage times on your network. After a few days, it
   will have built up a list of those links which are really broken and
   you can then examine them and do what repairs and changes are needed.
   
   Once you have the database built, you can selectively report problems
   with your links across all of your pages and repair broken ones
   rapidly, either using LinkControllers direct substitution system, or
   by directly opening the page up in your favorite editor (direct emacs
   support is provided).
   
   LinkController includes a system for rapidly changing links through
   your html pages, for example as you write new ones. To do this it uses
   the database that it has already built up.
   
   Link controller is based over the World Wide Web capabilities provided
   by LibWWW-Perl and as such should be easy to modify and extend. It
   should also be reliable and safe to use.
   
   Link Controller is available under the GNU Public License to protect
   your rights as a user of the software.
     * Link checking
     * Link repair
     * network efficient
     * works in network low usage time
     * obeys robot exclusion rules
     * has features for intranet usage
     * source code included and protected under the GPL
       
   That the source code is under the GPL means that your right to modify
   it is protected and that you can be sure that if you come across a
   version of this software in use somewhere, and have to do maintainance
   on it, you will at least have access to the source code. That means
   that even if you can't fix it yourself, you can hire someone who can.
   
   Link controller is user supported software, and no warantee is
   provided, no support is guaranteed. Bugs and patches are gratefully
   accepted ([3]link-controller@tardis.ed.ac.uk) no response is
   guaranteed or expected. Of course, if you were willing to pay for
   support the situation might be different (mail [4]mikedlr@it.com.pl if
   contacting me for commercial reasons).
   
   See the file INSTALL included in the distribution for information on
   how to install it.
   
   You can download LinkController from
   
        [5]ftp://ftp.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~mikedlr/link-controller

   or
   
        [6]http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/pub/users/mikedlr/link-controller
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                                    Thanks
                                       
   Thanks must go to various people and institutions which provided
   access or help.
     * Esoterica Internet Portugal
     * IPPT PAN Institute in Poland and in particular
     * Piotr Pogorzelszi there
     * The Tardis Project at the University of Edinburgh CS Department
       
   Please see the LinkController user guide included with the
   distribution.

References

   1. file://localhost/home/mikedlr/LINK/link-controller/LinkController/docs/README.html#README_for_LinkController_0_005
   2. file://localhost/home/mikedlr/LINK/link-controller/LinkController/docs/README.html#Thanks
   3. mailto:link-controller@tardis.ed.ac.uk
   4. mailto:mikedlr@it.com.pl
   5. ftp://ftp.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~mikedlr/link-controller
   6. http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/pub/users/mikedlr/link-controller
