In another article we talked about how it is possible to study the history of the internet, seeing how all the sites of the past have evolved and how they have changed, which ones still exist, which have disappeared and so on, from WayBackMachine .
A comment stimulated this post because on the WyBack Machine there are old web pages but not those of a few months ago. The Internet is a world in constant evolution, just as many sites are born, many others are scattered, their contents are totally eliminated or changed. There are other sites, too, that have a very high attendance and therefore often go offline and cannot be reached for several hours on certain days. If these sites then contain important and useful information, it can be frustrating to wait for them to come back online. Another field of application could be to want to browse internet pages from a pc not connected to the network.
READ ALSO: Open sites offline, without connection, on PC and mobile phones
As written in another post, you can always open disappeared sites and web pages not found (404) using cached copies, in particular the Google Cache Copy.
Without discovering the hot water, remember that you can download an entire internet page as an HTML file on Chrome and Firefox using the Save Page As option from the Options> Other tools menu. The faster you can save the web page you are looking at by pressing the CTRL + S keys together. For more options to download a web page in HTML, you can use the Save Page WE extension on Chrome which allows you to download the HTML file in full, without any exclusion. The downloaded file is saved as a single HTML file that can be opened in any web browser.
Download entire websites
In this list we see some programs to download a backup copy of a site in full on the PC, also useful in order to consult it without being connected, even if the site no longer exists and, if you want, modify it .
1) The best tool for making copies of websites is another program called HTTrack.
The program is simple to use for everyone but it also has several options for advanced users and webmasters who want to take advantage of the codes of sites already made to find examples of development and import them on their own.
On the HTTTrack website you will also find a detailed step-by-step guide to understand the main features and use it efficiently. HTTrack, available on Windows, Unix, Linux and BSD, allows you to download an entire website, directly to your computer and is able to save all the paths, the directories of the site, the html code, the images and all the files that are on the server where the domain is hosted.
2) A good program is simpler and allows you to download entire websites and all pages with links and it is Fresh WebSuction .
Just indicate the address of the site and, if you want, also the type of file to download such as, for example, html pages, images, photos, audio files, videos, documents and archives.
3) Excellent is also PageNest, free, for Windows, which describes itself as an " offline browser " to save a web page or entire websites in order to view them offline, without a connection. Easy to use, just write the internet address of the site and then press on Download to save the selected web pages and all the links inside.
4) Cyotek WebCopy is a powerful program to copy a website to a folder on your computer, access the site map, download administrative areas of the site after entering the required credentials, and more. The application can be really useful for those who want to download websites without using an FTP client. You can download an entire website or just a select number of pages. Just enter the website URL in the field, select the download folder and press the Copy Site button from the toolbar. Other useful features are the ability to change user agents, add domain aliases, export images downloaded from websites, and check the URLs that have HTTP redirection. Cyotek WebCopy works on Windows 10, Windows 7 and 8.
5) You can also save files from the internet and web pages in Google Drive with a single click using the appropriate extension for the Chrome browser.
Other services to create a copy of a website in order to always keep it online even if it disappears is the Codeguard.com website that creates a cached copy of any web page.
Another way to download websites is with an offline browser to save sites and surf without a connection .
A comment stimulated this post because on the WyBack Machine there are old web pages but not those of a few months ago. The Internet is a world in constant evolution, just as many sites are born, many others are scattered, their contents are totally eliminated or changed. There are other sites, too, that have a very high attendance and therefore often go offline and cannot be reached for several hours on certain days. If these sites then contain important and useful information, it can be frustrating to wait for them to come back online. Another field of application could be to want to browse internet pages from a pc not connected to the network.
READ ALSO: Open sites offline, without connection, on PC and mobile phones
As written in another post, you can always open disappeared sites and web pages not found (404) using cached copies, in particular the Google Cache Copy.
Without discovering the hot water, remember that you can download an entire internet page as an HTML file on Chrome and Firefox using the Save Page As option from the Options> Other tools menu. The faster you can save the web page you are looking at by pressing the CTRL + S keys together. For more options to download a web page in HTML, you can use the Save Page WE extension on Chrome which allows you to download the HTML file in full, without any exclusion. The downloaded file is saved as a single HTML file that can be opened in any web browser.
Download entire websites
In this list we see some programs to download a backup copy of a site in full on the PC, also useful in order to consult it without being connected, even if the site no longer exists and, if you want, modify it .
1) The best tool for making copies of websites is another program called HTTrack.
The program is simple to use for everyone but it also has several options for advanced users and webmasters who want to take advantage of the codes of sites already made to find examples of development and import them on their own.
On the HTTTrack website you will also find a detailed step-by-step guide to understand the main features and use it efficiently. HTTrack, available on Windows, Unix, Linux and BSD, allows you to download an entire website, directly to your computer and is able to save all the paths, the directories of the site, the html code, the images and all the files that are on the server where the domain is hosted.
2) A good program is simpler and allows you to download entire websites and all pages with links and it is Fresh WebSuction .
Just indicate the address of the site and, if you want, also the type of file to download such as, for example, html pages, images, photos, audio files, videos, documents and archives.
3) Excellent is also PageNest, free, for Windows, which describes itself as an " offline browser " to save a web page or entire websites in order to view them offline, without a connection. Easy to use, just write the internet address of the site and then press on Download to save the selected web pages and all the links inside.
4) Cyotek WebCopy is a powerful program to copy a website to a folder on your computer, access the site map, download administrative areas of the site after entering the required credentials, and more. The application can be really useful for those who want to download websites without using an FTP client. You can download an entire website or just a select number of pages. Just enter the website URL in the field, select the download folder and press the Copy Site button from the toolbar. Other useful features are the ability to change user agents, add domain aliases, export images downloaded from websites, and check the URLs that have HTTP redirection. Cyotek WebCopy works on Windows 10, Windows 7 and 8.
5) You can also save files from the internet and web pages in Google Drive with a single click using the appropriate extension for the Chrome browser.
Other services to create a copy of a website in order to always keep it online even if it disappears is the Codeguard.com website that creates a cached copy of any web page.
Another way to download websites is with an offline browser to save sites and surf without a connection .
