Software to Automatically Make a HTML version of a Dynamic Website
It seems like there are a million different content management systems out there. Some like the ZLCMS system we use at Zipline are transferrable to another web host but occasionally we have run into web development companies with ‘proprietary’ content management systems. Many of these companies won’t allow their customers to transfer their website to another hosting company. Often, when we run into these situations the customers are willing to forfeit their content management just to get away from the web development company they are working with. On a few of these occasions we have been forced to hand backup an entire HTML website, updating images, links, etc.
Years ago I had a software program that would copy down an entire HTML site fairly accurately. Unfortunately, as the web transitioned to dynamic websites this software package could not keep up with the advances.
Today, I discovered a website backup utility that has done a fantastic job in my tests. I backed up several of our complicated dynamic websites and it has done a great job making them work in an HTML version. If you run into a situation where your website, or your customers website is being held hostage by a web design company this could be the perfect solution for you.
The software is called HTTrack Website Copier and it is a free GPL licensed software package.
Click here to download HTTrack
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Thanks for this Ryan!