12720 2011-05-22 22:04:47 +0000 Link resolution ignores <base href="" /> for relative links 2011-05-23 19:51:45 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified LinkChecker checklink 4.8 PC Windows XP RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal 4.81 1 mbowen ville.skytta www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 48681 0 mbowen 2011-05-22 22:04:47 +0000 When resolving relative links such as <img src="img/vccoursepg.gif" /> the link checker appears to use the document being checked as the base from which to reconstruct the complete URL, instead of the base specified in the <head> of the document using the <base href="" /> element (in those cases when the latter is present). This causes the link checker to create non-existent URLs, about which it then proceeds to complain. Example URL of document with this problem: http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2011haru/grading_status.shtml Base specification coded within this page: <head><base href="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/index.shtml" /></head> Example of a link from this page that works in browsers but is flagged by Linkchecker (I will call this the "tail"): <img src="img/vccoursepg.gif" /> URL which Linkchecker *should* be constructing to test (base directory + tail), and which my browser (Firefox 3.x, 4.x) also successfully constructs: http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/img/vccoursepg.gif Nonexistent URL which Linkchecker actually constructs to test (directory of source page + tail): http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2011haru/img/vccoursepg.gif 48699 1 ville.skytta 2011-05-23 16:20:13 +0000 You are right, this appears to be a regression introduced in link checker version 4.7 and still present in 4.8 - it works in version 4.6 in my local tests. Thank you for the report, will look into it ASAP. 48703 2 ville.skytta 2011-05-23 19:51:45 +0000 Should be fixed now in the link checker development instance running at http://qa-dev.w3.org/wlc/checklink