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cacheborn · 12-21-2011, 05:11 PM

In view that the forum may close down, I was wondering what are the ways to backup your threads. One way I can think of is save pages as MHT (there is a firefox extension for that.) Any other ideas?

st33med · 12-21-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cacheborn

In view that the forum may close down, I was wondering what are the ways to backup your threads. One way I can think of is save pages as MHT (there is a firefox extension for that.) Any other ideas?

There are cached pages in Google so long as the spiders keep trying to access the forums, and there is the Wayback Machine which is an Internet archiver.

Internet Archive: Wayback Machine

st33med · 12-21-2011, 05:25 PM

Oh dear, the Wayback machine only has a page from July.

cacheborn · 12-21-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by st33med

Oh dear, the Wayback machine only has a page from July.

Yes, that's what I thought. It does not back up everything.

Irisha · 12-21-2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by cacheborn

In view that the forum may close down, I was wondering what are the ways to backup your threads. One way I can think of is save pages as MHT (there is a firefox extension for that.) Any other ideas?

What is MHT? How to do that? Could you, please, explain it in more detail?

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Irisha

What is MHT? How to do that? Could you, please, explain it in more detail?

When you save a web page as MHT, it saves everything including the graphics. So later when you read it, it's almost as if you are reading it online.

https://www.registeredworks.com/tutorials/mht.htm

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 12:32 AM

If you use Firefox, this extension is very useful for this.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unmht/

Irisha · 12-22-2011, 04:03 AM

Thank you, Cacheborne. I didn't have enough time for Technology and Technical Skills forum. Do you know any other forum like this? I want to publish a book online, but I have no idea where to go and what to start with. Planned to ask my questions here...

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Irisha

Thank you, Cacheborne. I didn't have enough time for Technology and Technical Skills forum. Do you know any other forum like this? I want to publish a book online, but I have no idea where to go and what to start with. Planned to ask my questions here...

What kind of forums are you looking for. For self publishing there is a good blog with lot of info.

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing

Irisha · 12-22-2011, 04:50 AM

Thank you for the link.
But if I have questions where can I ask them?

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 05:03 AM

For writer of all levels there is a forum. It's quite huge, maybe even bigger than this one. But you will get lots of info there.

Absolute Write Water Cooler - Powered by vBulletin

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 05:04 AM

Check E-publishing section.

E-Publishing - Absolute Write Water Cooler

Irisha · 12-22-2011, 05:57 AM

Thank you so much for your help, Cacheborn.
It was great to have such a Forum with such awesome people like you and many other.

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 06:09 AM

You are welcome Irisha.
Glad to be of help.

Wax Frog · 12-22-2011, 06:25 AM

I'm betting somebody is going to archive AJBMA

ButterflyWoman · 12-22-2011, 06:27 AM

Backstreet Browser (free!) allows you to download an entire site, or just sections of one. I've used it to download a few sites that I really enjoy but which I've thought might disappear from the net (so far, they haven't, but the web is ephemeral).

BackStreet Browser - Offline Browser, Download Entire WebSite at High Speed!

I wouldn't try to download the entire forum here, though, unless you've got unlimited and very fast bandwidth and a pretty grunty machine with a lot of open drive space. 1million+ posts is a lot of bandwidth and a lot of storage space!

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 09:21 AM

I don't think I have that much bandwidth. I will only copy some of my threads.

cacheborn · 12-22-2011, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Wax Frog

I'm betting somebody is going to archive AJBMA

That would be cool.

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Irisha Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 857	Thank you, Cacheborne. I didn't have enough time for Technology and Technical Skills forum. Do you know any other forum like this? I want to publish a book online, but I have no idea where to go and what to start with. Planned to ask my questions here...

12-22-2011, 04:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
Irisha Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 857	Thank you for the link. But if I have questions where can I ask them?

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cacheborn Family Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,439	For writer of all levels there is a forum. It's quite huge, maybe even bigger than this one. But you will get lots of info there. Absolute Write Water Cooler - Powered by vBulletin

12-22-2011, 05:04 AM	#12 (permalink)
cacheborn Family Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,439	Check E-publishing section. E-Publishing - Absolute Write Water Cooler

12-22-2011, 05:57 AM	#13 (permalink)
Irisha Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 857	Thank you so much for your help, Cacheborn. It was great to have such a Forum with such awesome people like you and many other.

12-22-2011, 06:09 AM	#14 (permalink)
cacheborn Family Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,439	You are welcome Irisha. Glad to be of help.

12-22-2011, 06:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
Wax Frog Legendary Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Going from Somewhere to Elsewhere Posts: 10,374	I'm betting somebody is going to archive AJBMA

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ButterflyWoman Family Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Down the infinite rabbit hole Posts: 1,575	Backstreet Browser (free!) allows you to download an entire site, or just sections of one. I've used it to download a few sites that I really enjoy but which I've thought might disappear from the net (so far, they haven't, but the web is ephemeral). BackStreet Browser - Offline Browser, Download Entire WebSite at High Speed! I wouldn't try to download the entire forum here, though, unless you've got unlimited and very fast bandwidth and a pretty grunty machine with a lot of open drive space. 1million+ posts is a lot of bandwidth and a lot of storage space!

12-22-2011, 09:21 AM	#17 (permalink)
cacheborn Family Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,439	I don't think I have that much bandwidth. I will only copy some of my threads.

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