NetMechanic Inc. on Monday unveiled HTML Repair, Web-page-analysis software that will become part of the company's HTML Toolbox Web-site diagnosis and maintenance software.

HTML Repair will run from NetMechanic's Web site, systematically analyzing HTML code for errors. It then will provide a diagnostic report. Customers will have the option of having all detected HTML errors corrected automatically.

"HTML isn't a what-you-see-is-what-you-get language. Different browsers and different versions of Web browsers interpret HTML differently," says Tom Dahm, NetMechanic's chief operations officer. These different interpretations can have an impact on a business when information, particularly statistics presented in HTML-formatted tables, is posted in a format that's difficult to read or is misleading.

"Without a large technical staff to thoroughly test HTML code, a lot of Webmasters don't know these problems are out there," Dahm says. "The only way to make sure your page looks the same across a number of browsers is to use something that acts as a proofreader."

One of HTML Repair's most significant features is its ability to provide an example of how a fixed page will look contrasted with a view of the uncorrected HTML page, says Greg Crowther, a freelance Webmaster. Crowther, who has used a prelaunch version of HTML Repair, uses it to clean up coding on pages as he writes them.

NetMechanic offers HTML Toolbox free of charge for Web administrators looking to test HTML links, as well as to check load time, spelling, and browser compatibility. Use of the HTML Repair service requires a $35 annual fee for small sites--those with 100 Web pages or less--and a $200 subscription fee for sites with 101 to 400 pages. Each subscription to HTML Repair applies to a single URL, and entitles the user to an unlimited amount of HTML testing.