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Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.
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Downloaded web page will not load #107

Open xtal01 opened 6 years ago

xtal01 commented 6 years ago

Hello,

First, I must say I don't know what I am doing. I am a true end user, on a computer guy. I wanted to download a old web site that no longer exists. I found a page that lead me to wayback_machine_downloader.

I followed the instructions ... went to : https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/

Installed Ruby .... then using the command line promp as instructed I installed wayback_machine_downloader

Then I tried to download this page: http://www.rocketship7.com/ from the achive

To my surprise it worked! 128 files dopwnloaded ... I see lots of files, all the pictures .. don't see the text but I may have missed this in one of the folders (5 folders in the files downloaded).

Now the problem ... I double click on the like marked "index" and get this: Error. Page cannot be displayed. Please contact your service provider for more details. (7)

So, any idea what I did wrong or if it will simply not download?

This is just an old web page about a show I watched when I was growing up ... every morning, I would watch it before heading off to school. Just would be nice to have.

Thanks so much .... Mike

gerbilOFdoom commented 6 years ago

What command are you using to download that page? If you fail to specify a time code you'll just be downloading a copy of the domain parking page.

xtal01 commented 6 years ago

Here is the page I got the information from to load and use the downloader:

https://github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloader

So according the this page, I used the following line:

wayback_machine_downloader http://www.rocketship7.com/

Do I need to modify this line or add something to it?

Thanks .... Mike

gerbilOFdoom commented 6 years ago

Under 'Advanced Usage' you will find a list of command switches for advanced functionality. The -t switch will allow you to specify a maximum timestamp, or the newest copy of the site you want to use. That function might have a bug preventing proper usage so if it doesn't work you might try the -a switch instead. -a will download every snapshot the wayback machine has taken.