Hi Moodlers!
Just in case you were wondering, the reason that the number of registered moodle sites has dropped is because I am doing some of the periodic maintenance that the registry needs, such as cutting out unreachable sites. Of course, I try and find out if the site is still alive under a different address before I remove it, and if it is then I amend the entry.
It is rather a time consuming job now, with ~2500 sites, but I'm getting there (slowly...)
Sean K Beardie
moodle.org sites registry admin
Just kidding 
Hi WP,
Martin has just customised the interface for me which makes life a bit easier when adding sites.
I have a link checker tool which gives me a list of dead addresses...I then check each one in case a.) The tool got it wrong and b.) The site has simply moved URLs slightly (happens often)...then I amend or remove the entry as appropriate. I suppose a lot of this could be automated, but doing it mostly by hand like this means the list is more accurate.
Sean K
Martin has just customised the interface for me which makes life a bit easier when adding sites.
I have a link checker tool which gives me a list of dead addresses...I then check each one in case a.) The tool got it wrong and b.) The site has simply moved URLs slightly (happens often)...then I amend or remove the entry as appropriate. I suppose a lot of this could be automated, but doing it mostly by hand like this means the list is more accurate.
Sean K
I use Argus to monitor site health and uptime. Are you using somthing like that?
No, I don't do it in real time...with the number of sites we have in the registry now, that would be a pain.
I have started using a tool called XENU to check the links every now and again. In addition to dead links, it also tells me if sites have moved URLs and are being redirected.
Sean K
I have started using a tool called XENU to check the links every now and again. In addition to dead links, it also tells me if sites have moved URLs and are being redirected.
Sean K