OverView:
    SiteWatch is written entirely in the Java(TM) programming language. The idea being Java(TM) application should behave identically on
all platforms that support Java(TM), but since all Java(TM) VM implementations are not the same, there may be some differences.
SiteWatch is using LinkSearch core technology which is a restrained robot spider, to provide a hassle free constant monitor of your
site for the broken links. You may run it from anywhere as long as it has access to WWW.

Caution:Due to some Intranet security issues, SiteWatch will not operate within the confine of an Intranet and requires access to WWW.
I am working on resolving the security issues. If you require SiteWatch for an Intranet please send me an email so I can keep you updated.

What SiteWatch is:
    SiteWatch is a fully automated utility application tool for web masters to monitor the links on their web site.

What SiteWatch does:
    SiteWatch periodically searches through links of the target web site and emails its search result ( with full URL of the broken links )
to the web master. broken links are those URL that the server responds with " 404 File Not Found ".
You may exit the application or let it run permanently. Based on the number of days you have specified SiteWatch will conduct its search ,
send you an email reporting the broken links and goes to sleep until next search date. If you exit and start again between the search dates, SiteWatch will remember its previous activities, and continues its process. If you exit and start after the next search date SiteWatch will start
the search immediately on the start .

Java (TM) Runtime Environment Installation:
You need a Java(TM) Runtime Environment ( jre) installed on your machine to run this application. You can download jre for most
platforms from javasoft
Follow the instruction to install jre. Your jre needs to be version 1.1.x or 1.2.
jre 1.2 is strongly recommended.

SiteWatch Installation:
Unzip the SiteWatch.zip file and copy the class files to any directory.

Configuration:
    SiteWatch need some information to perform its tasks.

1) It requires the URL of your target web site main or top page.  need a full url path.
For example my home page is http://jahansoozi.worldy.com/index.html

2) It requires your email address so it can send its report after each search.

3) It requires your mail server address  to connect to send the email this address can
be any server address that any one your browser uses to send email.

4) Number of days between each search and it has to be an integer.

5) number of Threads. The default is 2. Generally the higher the number of threads the faster the search up to a certain number
which depends on how fast is your connection to Internet, how fast is your machine, how much ram you have, and how fast is http server.
It is bast to run it several time and double the number of threads.
With JDK 1.1.x  5600 k Modem, and pentium 300 I was able to have 50 threads before jre failed.
With JDK 1.2 , 2.0  5600 k Modem, and pentium 300 I was able to have 1000 threads before jre failed ( Thanks to improvements of JDK 1.2 ).

To start the SiteWatch type: "java SiteWatch " from the directory where the class files are to invoke SiteWatch.
Please Note: Case matters and if you have Microsoft's VM TYPE: "jview SiteWatch ".
For other Java(TM) Runtime Environment please consult the vendor's instruction.

When you start  SiteWatch for the first time click on Configure on the menu and type the required information( all case sensitive).
Now you are ready

If you have cgi stuff in your HTML page SiteWatch will ignore them and only deal with the links without cgi.

SiteWatch connects to all the pages through TCP/IP and HTTP protocol. You may run it from anywhere as long as it has access to WWW.

SiteWatch will search through the top page and all the linked local HTML pages and extract the links and will search only through the local pages.

If you have circular links SiteWatch will search them only once. However if you have the same page in different directories it will treat them as different pages.

SiteWatch will check for you graphic files also.

SiteWatch will check for remote links but it will not extract links from remote pages.

For the latest information and help for SiteWatch , see my web page at http://jahansoz.worldy.com

Please report any bug.

What Can Go Wrong:
1) SiteWatch goes through its operation and you do not receive an email report.
        Check the spelling of your email address.

2) You see a dialog telling you SiteWatch can not connect to mail server.
        Check the spelling of mail server address, and make sure the mail server is running .

3) You see a dialog telling you SiteWatch can not connect to WWW.
        SiteWatch has no access to WWW.

NETWORK ISSUES:
SiteWatch requires access to Internet ( WWW ) ,and your mail server.
SiteWatch will examine its access to Internet and your mail server While configuring and before each search, and
will display a message if it fails to access these resources.
 

KNOWN ISSUES:
I have tested SiteWatch on Linux, Widows NT and Widows 95.
While SiteWatch is searching It may crash which is caused by lack of enough memory .
This is partly due to memory leaks of Java (TM) Runtime Environment.
Memory requirement is an issue that is very difficult to determine for this type of software. SiteWatch is optimized for high speed and
 requires a good chunk of memory. There is no answer to how much memory, since it is a multithreaded software and depending on
the number of your links per page and the speed of your modem or network it could have 1000 or more files processing at any time.
A general rule is, if your machine does not have enough memory Java (TM)Runtime Environment will send some message and the application will
and then stop.
REMEDY: decrease the number of threads
 

I NEED FEEDBACK

Tell me what you think, suggestions, questions, problems, etc. I will be adding options and features to make SiteWatch faster and more functional to perform in a way you web masters would like to use it. However I need to know what you would like to have with SiteWatch.

Please email what option, feature, and function you would like to see with SiteWatch.

This is a tool for you web masters and I would like to add features to make your work easy.

Thank you for using SiteWatch.
 
 

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