flameddogo99/msu-unlinked

A chrome extension to show the numerous dead and broken links on Montana State University's websites

MSU Unlinked

The purpose of the MSU Unlinked extension is to unintrusively show the broken and dead links on Montana State University's numerous websites.

Invalid Url Count

The extension displays the number of invalid links found on a page in blue. If the extension is displaying a gold-highlighted number preceeded by a hashtag, double click the extension icon to return to the count display.

Note: The extension does not dynamically test urls. It pulls from a predetermined list that the user can add and subtract from.

Showing Invalid Urls

Clicking on the extension icon will either move the page to the nearest invalid url, or cycle the page to the next one. The extension icon will display which url is being shown in gold. To return to showing the count of invalid urls, double click the extension icon.

Changing the Invalid Url List

Urls can be dynamically changed through a context menu, or through the extension's options page.

Context Menu

To add an unmarked link or remove a incorrectly mark link, secondary click the link, and select Toggle Marking in the context menu.

Options Page

The options page can be accessed by secondary clicking the extension icon, and selecting Options from the context menu.

The Options Page allows you to add urls, remove urls, and see your url list.

Note: The extension comes with a list of invalid and broken urls discovered on the montana.edu domain.

msu-unlinked's Issues

To-do: Change database to per-page instances

Current structure

{urls: [Array]}

Intended structure

[{page: String, urls: [Array]}]

Apply content script on install

Using chrome’s scripting API, the background script can apply the content script to already-open tabs, instead of having the user refresh the page when the extension is first installed.