capture website

  • Thread starter Thread starter peewee herman
  • Start date Start date
P

peewee herman

Does anyone know how to automatically download ALL the
webpages within a domain name.
Can this be done in Frontpage or is there some other
software for it?
Thanks
PH
 
Yes ,
Open FrontPage and go to:
File | Open Web | http:// your domain name | USER NAME | PASSWORD |
 
This assumes, of course, that it is a FP site and you have the user
name and password!

If not (either of the above), you can get a pretty good "working copy"
of any site by using "site reaping" utilities. This is also a good way
of "packaging" a FP site for viewing from (e.g.) a CD for someone
without easy internet access. I use Webreaper (www.webreaper.net), but
there are a fair number of other candidates.
 
Di

Thanks, but it didn't seem to work
I take it this only works if the FrontPage extensions have
been installed?
Herman
 
With FrontPage, you can use the Import utility to do this, if you are not
the owner of the site. It works just like a browser downloading pages, but
saves the pages and folder structure of the remote site into a local web. Of
course, no matter what software you use to download a site in this way (not
publishing, but making HTTP requests for pages as a browser would), will not
be able to download ASP and other dynaimcally-generated pages, but only the
HTML that they generate.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
http://www.takempis.com
Big things are made up of
lots of little things.
 
With FrontPage, you can use the Import utility to do this, if you are not
the owner of the site. It works just like a browser downloading pages, but
saves the pages and folder structure of the remote site into a local web. Of
course, no matter what software you use to download a site in this way (not
publishing, but making HTTP requests for pages as a browser would), will not
be able to download ASP and other dynaimcally-generated pages, but only the
HTML that they generate.
Click to expand...

So how would I overcome this problem? I frequently get "the wizard
was unable to create the folder". I typically import an entire site,
to enable me to develop a price quote on maintenance work. I want to
be sure that I have the site and all of its files in their entirety,
to avoid any "surprises".

Lily
 
Ask the client for the login information for the site.

If the site is hosted on a FP enabled server, then you can open it directly
in FP and then publish to your local machine if you want.

If the site is hosted on a non-FP enabled server, then use a FTP application
to download the site to a folder on your HD, then open this folder in FP.

Without login information, you will never be able to have access to all of
the content, just what a browser sees.
--

==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, Forums, WebCircle,
MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================
 
1. Databases and Database Connections Strings.
2. Actual ASP, PHP, CGI-Perl, CFM scripting source code.
3. Actual FP Shared Border and FP Include Page files.
4. Actual Server-Side Include files.
5. FP Theme Configuration Files.
6. FP Navigation Structure Configuration Files.
7. Photo/Images/Documents not directly displayed on the home page either or
other pages linked to the home page.
8. Pages created by querying a database, if user input is required.
9. Content requiring a login to access.
etc.
Click to expand...

YIPES....definitely candidates for additional maintenance costs.
Thanks for your time and help.

Lily
 
Back
Top