How to Fix a Broken Link

From the left sidebar main menu of your Siteimprove Dashboard, click on Quality Assurance; this will open the Quality Assurance submenu

From the Quality Assurance submenu, click on Links; this will open the Links submenu

From the Links submenu, click on Broken Links; this will open a table that lists broken links for you to review

• Note: There are two types of broken links:

  • Confirmed broken links are definitely broken; this typically happens when a page is moved or removed from your site

  • Links to review may be temporarily broken, or broken for only some users

From the list of broken links in the table, select the link you want to fix by clicking on the magnifying glass to the left-hand side of the link; this will take you to one of the pages affected by this broken link

• Note: To see all the pages affected by the broken link, expand the Pages column

You will now see the broken link highlighted on the Page Report for that page

• Note: If the link is not highlighted or does not seem to be on a live page, try switching to Show HTML, as these broken links are typically found only in the source code 

Go to the page affected by the broken link in your Content Management System (CMS).

• Fix the link and republish the page

  • Note: Once the fix is live, you can re-check the page in Siteimprove to make sure the links were fixed correctly