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HTTrack is a free and open source web crawler you can use to download entire websites. By default, HTTrack arranges the downloaded site by the original site's relative link-structure. Once you download a website with HTTrack, you can browse it in your preferred web browser. This wikiHow will teach you how to use HTTrack on Windows or Linux to download a website to your PC.
Quick Steps
- Open HTTrack and enter a new project name.
- Click Download web site(s) or another action.
- Enter the website URL(s)
- Select your preferences.
- Click Finish .
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Install HTTrack. You can download it from https://www.httrack.com . The software is available on both Windows and Linux. -
Open HTTrack and choose a project name. This will be the name of the folder containing your project. One project can include copies of multiple websites.Advertisement -
Optionally, enter a base path. The default path creates a websites directory in your home directory, but you can choose another location if you'd like. -
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Select an action. Click the menu at the top, and choose the option that fits what you want to do. The most common options are:- Chose Download web site(s) to mirror a website with its default options.
- Choose Download website(s) + questions if you want to be prompted about links to download. [1] X Research source
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Enter the URL(s) of the websites you want to mirror. If you're downloading multiple websites, place each URL on a separate line.- You can click Set options… to choose other options, including certain file types to download or skip, recursion preferences, and the address of your proxy server.
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Click Next . -
Choose your final preferences and click Finish . If you want, you can choose options such as delaying the start of the downloading or disconnecting when finished first. -
Watch the site(s) download in real time. HTTrack will now download the websites you entered with your preferred preferences.
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QuestionCan I use HTTrack to copy all of the code on a website? Also, can I use this code to develop on my own site?Ollie PottertonCommunity AnswerIt depends. If you're planning to rip the website from a forum or from big websites, those websites depend on scripts located outside of the website, so the code is only compatible with that website. I suppose if it's a small website and doesn't depend on a database, then that might work.
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