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How do I run Site Analysis on a secure website?

Please be as detailed with that is involved.

Thank you.

RBWebb wrote:Greetings.

How do I run Site Analysis on a secure website?

Please be as detailed with that is involved.

Thank you.

Thanks for asking RBWebb.

Conducting Site Analysis on websites which have secure connections usually require the user to provide a valid username / password combination to be able to access the site.

Imagine the trouble of having to log-in each time and manually start the site analysis from within the site.

Wouldn't it be better if we can automate the entire process, including the log-in sequence?

By being a browser-based site analysis engine, this is all possible with eValid.

In fact, on websites where only a browser can successfully log in the browser-based approach may be the only possible answer to site analysis.

Follow these simple steps to fully automate the site analysis of your secure site:

* Site Analysis Settings

(1) Determine the appropriate filters to be used and reports to be generated for the analysis of the site.

(2) Make the appropriate changes for the site you plan to analyze in the Site Analysis Preferences.

(3) Click on "User Profiles".

(4) Click on "Save Profile".

(5) Enter an appropriate profile name.

(6) Click on "Ok" to verify that the supplied profile name is unique.

(7) Click "Save". This saves your profile under the assigned name.

* Record a Log-In Script

(1) Navigate to your website.

(2) Start your recording.

(3) Proceed to the log-in page.

For FORMS based pages, simply enter your username and password and click submit.

For pages which use Modal Dialogs, use the available Modal Dialog Commands under "Insert > ModalDialog Commands" from the eValid Script Window.

(4) Stop your recording.

* Edit the Script and Run the Site Analysis

(1) Append the &SiteAnalysis command at the end of the script with the profile name, report to be generated.

The general command you use has this structure: &SiteAnalysis "Profile-Name" "Report-Type" "Base File Name"

You might actually write something like: &SiteAnalysis Broken_Links 2 Test

(2) Run your script.

On playback, the script will perform the log-in and automatically begins the site analysis from within the secure site.

Important Note: Additional keywords (e.g., "logout") should be added to the Excluded URLs list to avoid sending eValid to the logout page and then being logged out automatically.


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