Downloading an entire website for offline viewing - any free programs?

[totalnoob]

I basically need to archive an entire site that does not belong to me..every page..every link, for viewing offline. Is there an easy (and free) way to save a whole website into a form that can be opened with Firefox and browsed offline?

 

[Raghu]

HTTrack?

 

[totalnoob]

HTTrack?

Thanks. I have already tried this however the program never seemed to "finish" the job..saving over 2GB+ on a site with nothing but HTML files (no video or other media). I was hoping for an alternative that would give some assurance that it was "finished" with the archiving job.

 

[Rifter]

Thanks. I have already tried this however the program never seemed to "finish" the job..saving over 2GB+ on a site with nothing but HTML files (no video or other media). I was hoping for an alternative that would give some assurance that it was "finished" with the archiving job.

nothing will ever "finish" saving a website because the flash/java adds change every 10-15 seconds on most websites thus requiring more content to be saved.

You could probably find a program that has flashblock, java blocking, and noscript would be best but i dont know of any programs that have all those features. That would also leave alot less space needed for the backup.

 

[Unheard]

DownThemAll I believe will do it. You could also use wget.

 

[Raghu]

You can limit HTTrack to download only files with .html extensions. Also limit it from navigating out of the site.

 

[totalnoob]

You can limit HTTrack to download only files with .html extensions. Also limit it from navigating out of the site.

Giving that a shot now. Thanks for all the suggestions yall.

 

[santz]

interesting, never knew that could be done! Now i have to try it to believe it! Also very useful some times, Thanks guys

 

[Rackmountsales]

I never tried any software but when I was googling about that so I found a software called SurfOffline, not completely sure but maybe this will help you.