These tools for helping develop and maintain your Web site
come highly recommended:
Link Checkers
- Link
Checker Pro: Great solution for detection of broken links.
Download a trial version. A permanent academic license is
$75.
- Xenu's
Link Sleuth: Free, Windows-based link checker with support
for SSL-secured sites.
Log Analysis and Reporting
- Analog and Report
Magic: Analog is the most popular logfile analyser in
the world, and for good reason. It's public domain software,
very easy to use, and when combined with Report Magic, you
get very usable, comprehensive reports of your Web site traffic.
Here's a sample report:

- Sawmill:
Universal log file analysis and reporting software that works
with Unix, Linux, Windows, and Macintosh platforms and can
be run locally or remotely. Free trial version. Lite, Professional,
and Enterprise editions; pricing starts with a single-installation
license.
Validators
- W3C
Markup Validator: Free service that checks Web documents
in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations
and other standards.
- BrowserCam:
Screen capture service lets you test the appearance of your
Web pages in various browser/OS configurations. Remote access
service lets you log in to a remote server to test your Web
functionality from various browser/OS configurations. Pricing
starts with one-day access.
Other
- Web
Developer: Free, highly-rated Firefox Extension that
adds a browser menu and toolbar with useful Web developer
tools, including features for CSS, forms, images, document
information, outlining, disabling, cookies, and more. Web
Developer is designed for Firefox, Flock, Mozilla and Seamonkey,
and will run on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.
- Webserver
Stress Tool: Test application that simulates any number
of users accessing your Web site at the same time, to demonstrate
performance capabilities under peak loads. Free, fully functional
trial version. Professional and Enterprise editions; pricing
starts with a single-user license.
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