Re: capture a web site for CD production?

by "Gary Krockover" <gary(at)garykrockover.com>

 Date:  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 23:30:59 -0600
 To:  <amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu>,
"Hwg-Techniques@Hwg. Org" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  mit
  todo: View Thread, Original
Try Webstripper

http://www.webstripper.net

GK



>
> Thanks, but this site is already built (NOT using FrontPage, thank
> goodness!) I was able to pull most of it down with a utility I found on
> Tucows called Offline Explorer Pro.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Carol Parent
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:46 PM
> > To: amcbainezzell(at)alum.mit.edu; Hwg-Techniques@Hwg. Org
> > Subject: RE: capture a web site for CD production?
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I don't know how much help I will be BUT I can tell you of my experience
> > with sites/cds.
> >
> > The site that I have to maintain for the web AND cd has no
> > interaction with
> > the server.  It is intentionally designed this way as the target
> > audience is
> > municipal and industrial.  From what I understand (from my client) the
> > target audience (when in their work environment) are not
> > "allowed" access to
> > the internet.  I guess many companies/cities/etc are cracking down on
the
> > "wasted" time spent on the internet.  So the cd's are all hard
> > coded because
> > nothing can be "dynamic" as in needing the server.
> >
> > Now what I did discover is FrontPage has this nifty little thing called
an
> > "include" file which for some reason allows you to "include" data into
> > several pages using ONE file.  As long as you do the updates from within
> > FrontPage the updates cascade down thru all the pages.
> >
> > I don't know if any of the other WYSIWYG programs do this or not.
> >
> > But these "includes" sure saved me much time.
> >
> > Hope this rambling helps some.
> >
> > Carol Parent
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Ann Ezzell
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:21 PM
> > To: Hwg-Techniques@Hwg. Org
> > Subject: capture a web site for CD production?
> >
> >
> >
> > My boss has asked me to create a CD from one of our web sites. I realize
> > that some of this is probably going to have to be done manually, because
> > it's a dynamically-generated site (online virtual university), but does
> > anyone have a recommendation for a utility that will make this
> > task easier?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
>

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