When downloading a site, SiteSucker will try every link, so if you don't exclude these links, SiteSucker could log you out before it downloads anything. Warning: Before logging in and downloading a site, it is very important that you use the Path settings to exclude any links that can modify the site or log out the user. Navigate to the page where you want to start downloading and tap the Download button ( ).Enter your user name and password or use the AutoFill feature (see below).In the browser, navigate to the login page.Tap Browser in the toolbar above the keyboard to display SiteSucker's built-in web browser.Modify other settings (such as Path settings, Limit settings, etc.) so that you only download what you want.Turn on the Download Using Web Views option in the Webpage settings.To download files from a site with a login page, do the following: Secure sites usually provide a login page that requires the user to enter a user name and password into a form. I’m excited to continue playing around with Sitesucker, but very impressed so far.Some servers restrict access to certain content, requiring a user to authenticate with a valid user name and password. Not a bad for a little afternoon project. This way I can begin to alter the content that currently sits at, while simultaneously familiarizing visitors with the new domain.įrom start to finish, this took less than ten minutes complete. I used Chrome’s inspect feature to figure out where the link was located in the code and then used the command+find tool to fix it in my File Manager.Īs my final step of maintenance cleaning, I created a redirect so that all visits to be redirected to for time being. I had an issue with one of my visual builder buttons still linking back to the old domain, but that was an easy fix. I refreshed my browser and boom! The site now loads beautifully (and quickly!) over HTML only. I navigated to the directory, removed the existing cloned WordPress files, and uploaded my new static HTML files. Once having the files on my local hard drive, I closed out of SiteSucker and opened up my FTP client. Within two minutes it was done! I pressed the folder icon (top bar, middle) and could immediately see all the WordPress site files that had been translated to Static HTML. I simply entered the URL and pressed enter. ^Screenshot of what the SiteSucker window looked like while it was working. Kind of a bummer, but I imagine if you do some serious archiving you’d make your money back rather quickly with the amount of time you save. ^I then cloned the original conference website from to using this method.Īfter confirming that the site was completely up to date and loading securely on the new domain, I opened up the SiteSucker MacOS app that I had previously downloaded. I started first by making the subdomain,, and then added it as an AddOn domain to the cPanel account where the current conference site resided. So between this workshop and the Domains17 site, I thought there would be no better time than the present to get going: Though I’ve recommended SiteSucker to many Reclaim users in the past, I’ve never given myself the chance to play it. As part of my preparation for the workshop, I’ve been wanting to play around with and explore some of the digital archiving tools that are already out there. So to say the least, I’ve had archiving on the brain over the last week or so. On an unrelated (or is it?) note, I’m headed to California in a couple of weeks to take part in Stanford University’s Preservation Workshop to chat about archiving digital projects and possible strategic partnerships with preservationists and technologists. What’s even more, the Domains 17 site was sitting on, meaning if we were having a Domains 19, things would obviously need to be shuffled around. I was also growing rather tired of logging in every now and then and making sure all plugins, themes, and softwares were up to date. This has meant that the conference website,, was just sort of sitting there with content that is now close to a year old. We loved Domains 17 (and are currently mulling over a Domains 19) but we deemed 2018 as a gap year a couple months back. It’s hardly news at this point, but Reclaim Hosting isn’t doing a Domains conference this year.
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