Can I stop link checker trying to submit forms?

[jscar]

I got an error with link checker trying to follow a link to an asp page that is the action of an html form (presumably via the submit button). Is it possible to stop this in config somewhere?

[Albert Wiersch]

Hello,

In v9, you can exclude specific links from being checked. In v10, you can also specify links that are always considered good or always considered bad.

In v9, the filter option is in the Link Checking tab in the Validator Engine Options. In v10, these options are in the Link Filters tab of the Validator Engine Options.

Please try the filters and see if that will work. Please let me know. Thanks!

[jscar]

Thanks Albert
both those are link specific as opposed to type specific. Might be a nice improvement to be able to exclude certain link type e.g form actions, mailto

[Albert Wiersch]

Thanks Albert
both those are link specific as opposed to type specific. Might be a nice improvement to be able to exclude certain link type e.g form actions, mailto

Thanks, that's an interesting suggestion... so you would want to exclude all link checking of type "FORM ACTION"? I could possibly add that type of filtering in a future version.