Creating a static copy of a dynamic website

Creating a static copy of a dynamic website.md

The command line, in short…

wget -k -K -E -r -l 10 -p -N -F --restrict-file-names=windows -nH http://website.com/

…and the options explained

• -k : convert links to relative
• -K : keep an original versions of files without the conversions made by wget
• -E : rename html files to .html (if they don’t already have an htm(l) extension)
• -r : recursive… of course we want to make a recursive copy
• -l 10 : the maximum level of recursion. if you have a really big website you may need to put a higher number, but 10 levels should be enough.
• -p : download all necessary files for each page (css, js, images)
• -N : Turn on time-stamping.
• -F : When input is read from a file, force it to be treated as an HTML file.
• -nH : By default, wget put files in a directory named after the site’s hostname. This will disabled creating of those hostname directories and put everything in the current directory.
• –restrict-file-names=windows : may be useful if you want to copy the files to a Windows PC.

source: http://blog.jphoude.qc.ca/2007/10/16/creating-static-copy-of-a-dynamic-website/

where is the code ? the websites doesn't work

where is the code ? the websites doesn't work

What do you mean? Code for what?

hello mate, can you explain why wget can NOT download any css or js? I had to manually do that.

@Grachy Please check that your wget implementation supports the -p flag.

-p : download all necessary files for each page (css, js, images)

It may possibly be under another flag.