Question Problems downloading Webpages

[888qqq]

I use Firefox browser and W10 on my desktop pc.

When I save a Webpage I choose "Save page as" then click "Save". The Webpage saves to my Downloads folder as a Firefox HTML document and an accompanying folder which contains the photos on the Webpage but also .js, .css, .webp, etc. files. What is the purpose of the accompanying folder? Is it best to choose "Webpage, complete" or "Webpage, HTML only" as the format when saving?

In order to open the downloaded Webpage, Firefox opens a tab to that Webpage. So if the owner of the Webpage deletes the Webpage will I still have access to it? Why do I need internet access to open downloaded HTML documents?

Thanks for any replies.

 

[Jimminy]

I use Firefox browser and W10 on my desktop pc.

When I save a Webpage I choose "Save page as" then click "Save". The Webpage saves to my Downloads folder as a Firefox HTML document and an accompanying folder which contains the photos on the Webpage but also .js, .css, .webp, etc. files. What is the purpose of the accompanying folder? Is it best to choose "Webpage, complete" or "Webpage, HTML only" as the format when saving?

In order to open the downloaded Webpage, Firefox opens a tab to that Webpage. So if the owner of the Webpage deletes the Webpage will I still have access to it? Why do I need internet access to open downloaded HTML documents?

Thanks for any replies.

That extra folder has all the files the web page uses, so it will work like it did when online. Choose "Webpage, complete", so you'll get all the extra files the page needs. You can open the page by double clicking it in windows explorer. If desired, you can do that and additionally make a bookmark for it. The bookmark will point to your local copy rather the internet.

It should still work long after the webpage is gone from the internet. In fact, forever, as long as it remains on your disk drive.

You should not need to be online to load your local copy. If so, perhaps it's a quirk of firefox, maybe to check for the latest page version? I use seamonkey, so maybe it's different.

 

[888qqq]

Thanks for the informative response.

 

[Jimminy]

Yo

Thanks for the informative response.

You're welcome. One thing I forgot to mention; Your locally stored web page should also work if you use some different browser in the future, instead of firefox. It's not tied to the browser that downloaded it. It's just a little chunk of data downloaded from the web and stored locally.