Argh! Darn those stupid broken links! Being the kind of guy who likes to do notepad Web design can sometimes be a bad thing. But rather than rethink your position, consider simply using a program like Xenu Link Sleuth to help you keep those links from being broken in the first place.

Xenu’s Link Sleuth is a multi-threaded spidering software that checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. The program displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A full report can be produced at any time. Xenu also allows you to include/exclude certain links from verification. The best free link checker out there!