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    Saving Websites for Offline Viewing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Blake, Apr 5, 2007.

  1. Blake

    Blake NBR Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Hey guys, I will be going out of town this weekend on won't have access to the internet. There is a particular tutorial that I needed to have though to do some work. What is the best way of going about saving the website to I can view it offline in my browser, just like if I were online? I use Mozilla Firefox and WinXp.
     
    Blake, Apr 5, 2007
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  2. Matt

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    I'd just save the page... I'm not entirely sure how the Work Offline feature works, but I'm pretty sure it just saves the web page... I know that the following will work:

    1) File > Save Page As...
    2) Name it what ever you want, but make sure you change the type to "Web Page, complete"
    3) Then, just open the web page you saved.

    Edit: Never mind, I think if you simply click File > Work Offline, the page will be available without internet access. To get to the offline page, I think you just enter the web address. It must automatically redirect you or something.

    Matt
     
    Matt, Apr 5, 2007
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    Matt's suggestion is great and works well. A couple alternatives that I've used as well:

    1. Also check out the Firefox Add-on Scrapbook.

    2. Print the web page(s) to a PDF printer or to the Microsoft Image Printer (or some name like that). The Microsoft one comes with XP and creates a TIFF file.
     
    sanpabloguy, Apr 5, 2007
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  4. spaceman2004

    spaceman2004 Notebook Consultant

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    http://www.prospector.cz/Freeware/Internet-and-Network/Offline-browsing/

    I've used webreaper in the past.
     
    spaceman2004, Apr 5, 2007
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  5. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Matt's method is the easiest. FF 2.0 is very good about making sure all the images and tags are stored on your local hard drive.
     
    Gautam, Apr 5, 2007
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