always lists all external links regardless of whether you know they're correct or not. Finally, you can view orphaned files by choosing the Orphaned Files option from the Show menu. As you can see from Figure 4.38, all files not directly referenced from an HTML file are shown as orphaned. Figure 4.38. Orphaned files are listed when you select the Orphaned Files option from the Show menu. [View full size image]   If you've determined that a file is no longer needed, you can select it from the list and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Doing this permanently deletes the file. Additional options exposed in the Link Checker window include the following: Play icon: Although the Play icon exists as a way to re-execute the Link Checker, holding down the icon displays options for checking links for the current document, the entire site, or selected files/folders within the site. Stop icon: As your site grows in size, so will the search time. If the search becomes excessively long, click this icon to stop the link checker's search. Save icon: Click this option to save a text-based report of broken links, external links, and orphaned files. Status bar: Check the status bar at the bottom of the Result window to see a total count of files scanned as well as a breakdown of total broken, external, orphaned files. When you're satisfied with results of the Link Checker, minimize the panel or choose the Close Link Checker option from the panel Options menu. Changing Links Sitewide One of the simplest and most time-efficient methods of managing links in your site is the Change Links Sitewide feature. This feature, available by choosing the Change Links Sitewide option from the Site menu, allows you to quickly change the name of all instances of a specific link reference in your site. To demonstrate this feature, assume that Mike in Marketing decided that he no longer wants the navigation item Company Directory but instead wants it to read Employee Directory. Aside from changing the link on every page, you must also have to rename the file, essentially breaking all references to that file. A quick way to fix this, without launching the Link Checker, is to use the Change Link Sitewide feature, shown in Figure 4.39, to quickly change all link references from companydirectory.htm to employeedirectory.htm. Figure 4.39. Use the Change Link Sitewide feature to quickly change references for a link.   When you click OK, Dreamweaver scans and fixes all instances of the file. Creating Site Reports One of the basic premises behind site management is having the ability to check your work against various factors before considering your site done. Are you sure that every page has a title? Did you add alternate text to all your images for accessibility's sake? Is your HTML clean enough to be considered valid? These questions and more can be answered by running site reports on your site. Available by selecting Reports from the Site menu, the Reports dialog features numerous options for customizing site reports (see Figure 4.40). Figure 4.40. Use the Reports feature to run checks on HTML and workflow processes.