Look for the existence of the links, not for

the actual urls

common/djangoapps/terrain/steps.py

@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ def should_see_a_link_called(step, text):
     assert len(world.browser.find_link_by_text(text)) > 0
 
 
+@step(r'should see (?:the|a) link with the id "([^"]*)" called "([^"]*)"$')
+def should_have_link_with_id_and_text(step, link_id, text):
+    link = world.browser.find_by_id(link_id)
+    assert len(link) > 0
+    assert_equals(link.text, text)
+
+
 @step(r'should see "(.*)" (?:somewhere|anywhere) in (?:the|this) page')
 def should_see_in_the_page(step, text):
     assert_in(text, world.css_text('body'))

lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.feature

@@ -5,29 +5,24 @@ Feature: Homepage for web users
 
   Scenario: User can see the "Login" button
     Given I visit the homepage
-    Then I should see a link called "Log In"
+    Then I should see a link called "Log in"
 
-  Scenario: User can see the "Sign up" button
+  Scenario: User can see the "Register Now" button
     Given I visit the homepage
-    Then I should see a link called "Sign Up"
+    Then I should see a link called "Register Now"
 
   Scenario Outline: User can see main parts of the page
     Given I visit the homepage
-    Then I should see a link called "<Link>"
-    When I click the link with the text "<Link>"
-    Then I should see that the path is "<Path>"
+    Then I should see a link with the id "<id>" called "<Link>"
 
     Examples:
-    | Link         | Path     |
-    | Find Courses | /courses |
-    | About        | /about   |
-    | Jobs         | /jobs    |
-    | Contact      | /contact |
+    | id      | Link   |
+    | about   | About  |
+    | jobs    | Jobs   |
+    | faq     | FAQ    |
+    | contact | Contact|
+    | press   | Press  |
 
-  Scenario: User can visit the blog
-    Given I visit the homepage
-    When I click the link with the text "Blog"
-    Then I should see that the url is "http://blog.edx.org/"
 
   # TODO: test according to domain or policy
   Scenario: User can see the partner institutions

lms/templates/footer.html

@@ -8,27 +8,27 @@
       <nav class="nav-colophon">
       <ol>
           <li class="nav-colophon-01">
-          <a href="${marketing_link('ABOUT')}">
+          <a id="about" href="${marketing_link('ABOUT')}">
               About
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-02">
-          <a href="${marketing_link('JOBS')}">
+          <a id="jobs" href="${marketing_link('JOBS')}">
               Jobs
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-03">
-          <a href="${marketing_link('PRESS')}">
+          <a id="press" href="${marketing_link('PRESS')}">
               Press
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-04">
-          <a href="${marketing_link('FAQ')}">
+          <a id="faq" href="${marketing_link('FAQ')}">
               FAQ
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-05">
-          <a href="${marketing_link('CONTACT')}">
+          <a id="contact" href="${marketing_link('CONTACT')}">
               Contact
           </a>
           </li>