One tool that I have used in the past to capture static HTML web sites
is HTTrack (http://www.httrack.com/), an open source offline browsing
utility. Depending on what you are trying to capture it may work for
you.
Cory Nimer
Manuscripts Cataloger/Metadata Specialist
1108 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-6091
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From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Capturing websites
That all depends on what you're trying to accomplish. The simplest way
of doing it is using Adobe Acrobat (the full version, not just the
Reader.) Using Acrobat's WebCapture feature, you can enter a URL, tell
the program how many levels to capture, and it will produce a PDF with
all the pages and images. I just tested it, and all the links within
the document will still work. Acrobat retails for about $250 solo, and
is included with Adobe's Creative Suite 2 for a lot more money.
The non-archival nature of the document is that once captured, you no
longer have the HTML behind a webpage. To properly capture that part,
you'd need to save the HTML code page by page, and I don't know of a
utility that will do that. There are web archiving technologies out
there that will preserve the pages as web pages, and I suspect save the
HTML as well, but I'm unfamiliar with them.
DS
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David Taylor Archives
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
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Great Neck, NY 11021
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Subject: Capturing websites
I am posting this for my supervisor who is not on the listserv.
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Molly Alexander
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Association of American Medical Colleges
Does anyone know of a product which will allow us to capture
websites of 3 levels down or less for the purpose of documenting them?
This would not necessarily need to agree with archival conventions, but
would allow us to store the basic pages of a website to a file, and
would allow a sense of understanding the context of the information (at
least for the main pages). Something which could be stored on DVD would
be preferable. Thanks in advance for any advice which you might offer.
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