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Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:53 am
by GaryChildress
Is there a way, some sort of program that will copy whole websites? Is there a way to easily save to hard disk a website and all its internal links so that you can browse the site offline?

Ever since Geocities went defunkt I've been concerned about losing access to some of my favorite websites like http://niehorster.orbat.com. There were some really good WWII websites on Geocities and now they are gone forever. I'd like to prevent this from happening to me in the future. [:(]

Thanks.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:00 am
by sprior
Be careful about copying other people's material, it may be copyright and they might be sensitive about it.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:13 am
by junk2drive
The other problem is obsolete hardware. Save to 8-track? Beta? VHS? 5.25 floppy? Someday, whatever you save to will be a problem.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:03 pm
by ilovestrategy
ORIGINAL: junk2drive

The other problem is obsolete hardware. Save to 8-track? Beta? VHS? 5.25 floppy? Someday, whatever you save to will be a problem.

OMG. 5.25 floppies. I suddenly have flash backs of multiple disks installing Ultima 6 and Star Trek 25th Anniversary! [:D]

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:17 pm
by Bodhi
HTTrack is one: http://www.httrack.com/

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:28 pm
by junk2drive
ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

ORIGINAL: junk2drive

The other problem is obsolete hardware. Save to 8-track? Beta? VHS? 5.25 floppy? Someday, whatever you save to will be a problem.

OMG. 5.25 floppies. I suddenly have flash backs of multiple disks installing Ultima 6 and Star Trek 25th Anniversary! [:D]

How about Ultima without a number on an Apple IIe? I still have the notching tool for those floppys.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:06 pm
by MikeBrough
ORIGINAL: junk2drive
How about Ultima without a number on an Apple IIe? I still have the notching tool for those floppys.

How about Ultima without Ultima in the title? I remember Akalabeth on the IIe. Happy days.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:50 pm
by E
ORIGINAL: junk2drive

How about Ultima without a number on an Apple IIe? I still have the notching tool for those floppys.

Where were you two months ago when I had to buy a new one for my still-running Apple II's? *not-kidding-grin*


RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:05 pm
by Lützow
WebArchive

is your friend for ancient websites.

RE: Saving the Web for Posterity

Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:38 pm
by pelle75
Im a big fan of the scrapbook extension for firefox.