Hi,
I would highly recommend using Andy's safe_jump plug-in !
I started using the bad-link plug-in and thought the idea of getting people to tell me when a link wasn't working was a great idea and with some simple testing with friends testing it most of them didn't even bother to notify using it and others when I asked didn't realise it was for that, followed by people who said : "I couldn't be bother or didn't have the time".
The idea of the safe_jump system the way I use it is that it tests the link very quickly first and then leads to a page when there is an error that informs people in plain English (French in my case) what error was encountered and allows them to try again and/or directly without the test the link.
An email is sent to alert the owner of the link of the error encountered...
That basically covers all of my above issues that I encountered with the bad_link plug-in and provides a better user experience...
So if on top of that you don't like the way the bad_link plug-in is written why hesitate...
John
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