LinkScan 5.5 has new easy installation process

San Jose, CA, August 10, 1999. Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop) introduces LinkScan version 5.5. LinkScan for Window's Graphical User Interface has been greatly enhanced to simplify installation and configuration. The user may also check websites on remote servers from their own PC which eliminates the need for telnet or shell access. Users without direct login access to their production server can analyze their website remotely from the comfort of their own workstation.

Elsop provides a basic HTTP server, LinkScan Server, which is automatically installed and configured on the user's PC. Users may also elect to integrate LinkScan with an existing server. Users may now check their CGI's, SSI's and dynamic pages on their own PC with the LinkScan Server. LinkScan Server may also be used to support the development of dynamic pages (e.g. CGI scripts) on the local workstation.

The Progress Window provides enhanced visual feedback about the scan as it proceeds. It now displays the starting parameters, internal and external links found, internal and external links checked, orphan files found and elapsed time. The Progress Window also displays the status of every link checked.

More about the LinkScan Server

The LinkScan Server is a small, easy-to-configure, HTTP compliant webserver. It enables interactive query and reporting capabilities from the LinkScan database via a standard web browser interface. However, it avoids the complexity of installing and configuring a full featured webserver on a desktop computer. LinkScan Server supports a surprisingly large number of features found in more complex products, but with the emphasis on simplicity.

LinkScan does more than other Window's based checkers

LinkScan checks websites through either the file system or the web server. Both processes are necessary. The file system process is ten times faster than the server process and it enables LinkScan to identify orphan files. Checking links through the web server enables LinkScan to check active elements such as CGI's, image maps, external links and Server Side Includes. Having both capabilities also enables the user to mirror their production server on either their workstation and/or a development server.

LinkScan is the fastest and most powerful link validator available and it also creates SiteMaps and TapMaps. Some of its performance features include:

Benchmarked at over 40,000 links checked per hour Can easily check websites with 50,000 or more external links Quickly tests sites with over 250,000 pages Multi-threaded processing can check over 60 links concurrently Unique blend of File System & HTTP navigation for link testing Scalable to any size web site and multiple sites of any size Support of server aliases and server redirections Facility for web access via a Proxy Server Analyze dynamic pages created by CGIs, ASPs, and RDBMSs Smart Probing of remote links for ultra-high accuracy History of problem links helps avoid over testing external links Control features for reduced processing of duplicate links Efficient interactive processing produces reports rapidly

LinkScan is being used by such large and diverse organizations as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, the United States Department of Defense, the Ford Motor Company, NASA, Ericsson, KPMG and the White House.

LinkScan operates on all Unix Servers (including AIX, BSDI, FreeBSD, Digital Unix, HP/UX, IRIX, Linux, and SunOS/Solaris flavors), Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 with Perl 5. Free fully functional evaluation copies of LinkScan 5.5 may be downloaded from the company's website at: http://www.elsop.com/

LinkScan Server Version 5.5 is a free upgrade to owners of any version from 4.0 to 5.4.

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Kenneth R. Churilla
President
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Telephone: 1-408-323-3030
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Electronic Software Publishing Corporation