LinkzBot.com Link Checker for all Forums

[Mr Happy]

it seems like a great idea but tbh i want a bot to also bin dead links for me and thats surely the "bot" part about it?

Ya unfourtionatley that's the part that make you pull your hair out. No Link Checker that bin's links will ever be 100% perfect. Dman, Luke and nihalz all released good vb link checkers but sometimes, as all the owners will admit, have problems and bin alive topics. Link Checkers have to be updated almost every 2 weeks as something changes with some host, a new mod which conflicts with the link checker is released etc. People would go mad if they had to update every 2 weeks and claim the link checker is crap. Their are lots of other reasons like not slowing your server, it works for people without cURL enabled, etc but mainly it's to keep it simple so it gives less errors.

Mr Happy Reviewed by Mr Happy on 5th Oct 2009. LinkzBot.com Link Checker for all Forums http://linkzbot.com/Files/Design/universal-link-checker-bot.png I've made a new Link Checker that works on all sites and won't slow your site down. It creates a new pop-up window displaying the links that you can fully customize to match your skin. If any links are dead LinkzBot.com records the page and info for the staff to view allowing them to remove or re-upload the links keeping your members happy. Currently it supports 38 file hosts but more can be added if requested. For Rating: 5

[ElItE_HaXoR]

Ya unfourtionatley that's the part that make you pull your hair out. No Link Checker that bin's links will ever be 100% perfect. Dman, Luke and nihalz all released good vb link checkers but sometimes, as all the owners will admit, have problems and bin alive topics. Link Checkers have to be updated almost every 2 weeks as something changes with some host, a new mod which conflicts with the link checker is released etc. People would go mad if they had to update every 2 weeks and claim the link checker is crap. Their are lots of other reasons like not slowing your server, it works for people without cURL enabled, etc but mainly it's to keep it simple so it gives less errors.

sure, but if i was presented with an idea to keep it regualrly updated and i had to pay for this i would.... just saying there is enough interest out there to code as a premium service for those that want a good all round updated bot

[Mr Happy]

sure, but if i was presented with an idea to keep it regualrly updated and i had to pay for this i would.... just saying there is enough interest out there to code as a premium service for those that want a good all round updated bot

Ok good point. I'll look into it although it's going to take a while so don't expect it this evening

[ElItE_HaXoR]

Ok good point. I'll look into it although it's going to take a while so don't expect it this evening

lol no worries, i would gladly help and contribute to the cause.........

[Dman]

Ya unfourtionatley that's the part that make you pull your hair out. No Link Checker that bin's links will ever be 100% perfect. Dman, Luke and nihalz all released good vb link checkers but sometimes, as all the owners will admit, have problems and bin alive topics. Link Checkers have to be updated almost every 2 weeks as something changes with some host, a new mod which conflicts with the link checker is released etc. People would go mad if they had to update every 2 weeks and claim the link checker is crap. Their are lots of other reasons like not slowing your server, it works for people without cURL enabled, etc but mainly it's to keep it simple so it gives less errors.

There's more to it, if you keep on hammering their server, they will ban your IP, reporting all your links as dead. *sigh*.

[ElItE_HaXoR]

There's more to it, if you keep on hammering their server, they will ban your IP, reporting all your links as dead. *sigh*.

surely you can re-route that through a vpn of some sort? anyway a premium paid for service for keeping it updated and also haveing the admin backend and auto delete dead links would be good and i would gladly help/contribute to this project