CRDBER: Issues related to web implementation

The entries to the tables in the database are converted into HTML file. The conversion is performed by VBA programs automatically. A few specially html files are create manually (for the home page, about page, search page, etc).

Access Statistics

A web statistics feature is employed to this site, using StatCounter.com to summarize the page accesses and visitor arrivals. The statistics are collected by a short code inserted into each page of this site.

On the first host (alcor.concordia.ca/~raojw/crd) Between Aug. 4, 2003 to Jan. 20, 2004, there has been 115,000 visitors to this site, averaging about 670 visitors per day. And till March 2005, 740,348 pages had been clicked by users all around the word.

Checking broken links

There are hundreds of links to external web sites and pages. It's impossible to maintain them to the current locations as web sites and pages changes. Instead, the links are cheched occassionally. One the pages of this site, the connection status of each external link is indicated by an icon before the link text. An IE icon indicates good connection when checked, a X mark in the icon for broken link when checked, and question mark (?) for links not checked yet.

Initially, we used HiSoftware Link Validation utility before it was commercialized. Since March 2005, we use:


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