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eValid SiteMap Operation Modes
SiteMap searches can run in three different modes, but not all analyses can be completed
in each mode.
This table summarizes the kinds of SiteMap reports.
| eValid SiteMap Browser Mode Selection | |||
| eValid Report Type | Full Browser Mode | Background Mode (Normal) | Background Mode (Quick) |
| Pros and Cons Summary... | Most Thorough. Slowest. Most Visible.
Pages fully downloaded | Quicker. Thorough. Not Visible.
Pages mapped but images checked but not downloaded | Fastest. Not Visible.
Pages and images checked and mapped. Unnecessary downloads avoided. |
| Pages Loading Slower Than... | Yes | Yes Note B | No |
| Pages Larger Than... | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pages Older Than... | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Broken or Unavailable Pages | Yes | Yes | Yes Note A |
| Off-Site Pages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pages Matching Search Criteria | Yes | Yes | No Note A |
Note A.
In background mode eValid's SiteMap option does not render the page retrieved and as a result if a base page refers to several images these images are not downloaded. This often results in a faster download time, which is effectively equivalent to serving the pages text only, or the same as if you had used the Serve Text extrinsic command in an eValid playback script.Note B.
The foreground and background mode differ because the former uses the version of the web page already processed by the browser, while the latter mode uses the "raw" version of the page. If a website has dynamically generated pages or if the pages are particularly poorly coded, the background mode will not produce the same (or as reliable) results as the foreground mode. When in doubt, run in foreground mode for the most reliable results.
