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Unit 09 · lesson

Link and Metadata Audit

A portfolio with broken internal links feels unfinished even when every page individually looks good.

Build a route inventory

List intended public routes:

/
/about/
/projects/
/projects/<project>/
/journal/
<post routes>

Use your actual permalink structure.

Verify navigation, project indexes, post indexes, image links, and cross-references.

Check the deployed site as well as local output.

Base-path errors often wait until production.

External sites change.

Check project repository links, references, and social/contact links.

If an external resource is optional enrichment, a future dead link should not make the portfolio unusable.

Metadata

Inspect generated <head> for:

  • meaningful <title>;
  • description strategy;
  • canonical/SEO tags if your chosen architecture creates them;
  • feed/sitemap references if used;
  • no copied tutorial identity.

Source ownership

When the same metadata is wrong everywhere, fix the shared layout/config/plugin source.

Do not edit generated HTML.

Evidence checkpoint

Record:

Routes checked:
Broken links found:
Metadata issue found:
Source repaired:
Production re-test: