Audit Area Walk Through

Audit Area walk though

During an audit:

1) Zeus walks each selected ThemeSite.
2) Verifies links to you. If the ThemeSite is a Link Partner, it keeps the reciprocal part of your reciprocal link agreement, reciprocal.
3) Searches for new fresh links to other possible ThemeSites.
4) Refreshes the ThemeSites data, except for Title and Description.
5) Finds dead links, web pages not found, 404s, etc.
6) Tracks any number of links from one site notifying you if even one changes.
7) Notifies you of a low score, making you aware a site may have changed it's subject. This keeps those embarrassing sites out of your directory.

The 3 Basic Steps of Auditing (each step is discussed in more detail below):

1.) Select those ThemeSites you wish to Audit:

You can select a single Theme page, a single ThemeSite, an entire section of your directory, your entire directory or whatever is sorted in the ThemeSite Viewer to be Audited.

Setting an Audit, resets ALL ThemeSites that may not have been visited, that were selected for the last Audit, resets ALL Audit results and Summary. Does not affect stored incoming links.

2.) Start the Audit:

3.) Viewing the results:

After Zeus has finished walking each ThemeSite selected, review the problem ThemeSites in your Audit Viewer, manually verifying links to you that Zeus could not verify. Each problem site is displayed in the ThemeSite Viewer with a result narrative of what happened during the Audit at the bottom.

Note: You can resize the results section for better viewing.

Step #1 in Detail:
Select those ThemeSites you wish to Audit

You can select which ThemeSites to Audit using the 'Theme Tab Directory Manager' or 'Sort ThemeSites By' drop-down box at the top.

Using the 'Theme Tab Directory Manager' to select ThemeSites:

a) Open the 'Theme Tab Directory Manager'.

b) Select the Theme Page that lists the ThemeSites you wish to Audit. Choose one area of your Link Directory at a time.

c) Right-click to display the pop-up menu.

d) Select 'Audit ThemeSites from this page'.

The ThemeSites listed on this Theme Page and ALL the ThemeSites listed on its sub-children Theme pages will be audited.

Using the 'Sort ThemeSite By' drop-down box to select ThemeSites:

a) Sort the ThemeSites using any sort from the 'Sort ThemeSite By' drop-down box.

b) Select 'Set Current ThemeSite Viewer Sort to Audit' from the 'Audit' drop-down button.

Step #2 in Detail:
Start the Audit

After selecting ThemeSites to Audit, this window will display. Click Yes to start the Audit.

If you don't want to start the Audit at this time, click no. At a later time you can select 'Start Audit' from the 'Audit' drop-down button.

Step #3 in Detail:
Viewing the Results

Sorting the Results into the Audit ThemeSite Viewer:

When Zeus has finished walking the ThemeSites, selected for Audit, you will see the following window displayed.

Click Yes to view the results of the Audit. The ThemeSites with problems or needing attention will be sorted into the Audit ThemeSite Viewer.

Tip: For more information about each ThemeSite, read the red window at the bottom.

You can sort the Audit results into the Audit ThemeSite Viewer using the 'ThemeSites finished Audit w/ problems' sort in the 'Sort ThemeSites By' area.

You can sort the Audit results into the Audit ThemeSite Viewer using the 'After Audit' button and then selecting 'Sort ThemeSites Finished w/ problems into the TSV'.

Audit Summary Report:

Click the 'After Audit' button then go to 'Audit Summary Report'. The System Messages window will display the results. It includes a summary of what Zeus found and also suggestions you should follow.

Incoming Links

An incoming link is stored in the database when it is:

a) found by Zeus during normal exploration,
b) found by Zeus during an Audit
c) or you can manually enter it in various ways

These stored incoming link pages are visited first during the next Audit, thus cutting down the Audit time.

Storing an incoming Link into the Database:

Zeus will automatically store an incoming link to your website when it is walking the Internet looking for ThemeSites or during an Audit.

There will be times you will have to manually store an incoming link into the database:

a) Zeus may not recognize a link to your site when the webmaster is using a cgi script code that re-directs to your site.
b) The ThemeSite may have too many pages for Zeus to load.

You can store an incoming link page by:

a) Manually navigating to the page the link is on and if Zeus finds it in the html page, it is automatically stored.
b) Manually clicking on the link to your web site.
c) Enter the url in the ThemeSite Viewer's Add or Edit window.
d) Selecting the 'Store Link' button then storing the url address from the clipboard.
e) Selecting the 'Store Link' button then inputting an incoming page's url address in a pop-up textbox.
f) Selecting the 'Store Link' button then selecting Link is on this page.

Help Find a Link Button:

This feature is automatically turned on when you make someone a Link Partner.

As you manually navigate a ThemeSite, in the Audit ThemeSite Viewer, each page is verified for your link. If found it is automatically stored for future Audits.

Pressing this button on the Auditor Screen will toggle the 'Help Find a Link' feature on and off. When this feature is on, the button will be indented.

Display the Stored Incoming Links:

Click on the 'Check Link Pages' button, moving the cursor down into the 'Load an Incoming Link Page to Check'.

The stored incoming pages will be displayed on a sub-menu. Clicking one of the URLs listed will load the page directly into the Audit ThemeSite Viewer. The Help Find A Link feature will be toggled on (explained above) helping you to verify that the link is on the page.

The check mark next to the url address means it was verified in the last Audit.

Tip: Use the Theme Tab to display stored incoming link pages by double clicking the 'Reciprocal Link Pages' in the ThemeSite properties.

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