Re: Testing Web File Links?

[Rebecca Phillips <Rebecca -at- QRONUS -dot- CO -dot- IL>]

I happen to work in the area of software testing (get geared up for a
shameless product plug coming up later in the mail) and Web site testing
is a HOT topic among testers. There are several products that do this,
and in the meanwhile our sister company is offering Web testing software
for free. Check out http://www.merc-int.com/ if you're interested. Astra
is the free product. If you are interested in testing in general,
there's a newsgroup and mailing list for testing. The newsgroup is found
at comp.software.testing. I think most people subscribe by e-mail,
though.

Rebecca


Rebecca M. Phillips
Documentation Manager
Qronus Interactive Ltd.
Automated System Testing
http://www.qronus-int.com
rebecca -at- qronus -dot- co -dot- il







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>From:  Karla McMaster[SMTP:mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Wednesday, December 04, 1996 9:52 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Testing Web File Links?

>I've run into a problem testing the Web files I create, and I'm hoping
>someone
>out there has already come up with a creative solution...Here's the
>situation:

>We run our web pages off a server that is not dedicated. Our URL is actually
>an
>alias to a Unix machine being used on someone's desktop.

>I create the web pages on my Mac, and when they are done, I copy them down to
>the server. However, I have run into a problem testing links. Even if I
>recreate
>the server's directory structure on my Mac, I cannot properly test the links
>that go back to the home page.

>How do you all test your pages before putting them on the server?

>Thanks for any suggestions.

>Karla McMaster, technical writer
>CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
>mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com