[opencms-dev] Create a static offline copy of a site

[Paul-Inge Flakstad]

Hi Christian

We used httrack to create the offline version. I had to get it done that day, so I didn't have time to figure out the static export by trial and error. When I have some time to spare, I'll have a go at it and see if it works.

Anyway, thanks for your reply.

Cheers,
Paul

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From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Christian Steinert
Sent: 13. juni 2009 12:36
To: The OpenCms mailing list
Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Create a static offline copy of a site

Paul-Inge Flakstad ha scritto:

Hi List

We need to create a static, offline version for one of our sites, that will make the content available to users without an internet connection. These static files will be stored on a CD or some other media, and browsed from there. I was thinking of using specific software for the job, but...isn't this just the same as doing a static export in OpenCms..? I have never done a "manual" export in OpenCms, so if anyone can answer this (and maybe provide some pointers on how to do it - this has to be done today) I would appreciate it.


Hi

static export should be usable for this, if you configure it in such a way that it creates relative links instead of absolute links.
However, a while ago (read: early opencms 6) I had trouble with relative links and at that point I switched my static export to use absolute links instead. I have not tried to export with relative links at a later time. Static export is configured in opencms-importexport.xml. The opencms wiki should also have have a bit of information on static export.

One limitation of static export is, that it of course exports the complete web site. If you want to make the main site downloadable but don't want to include large media resources then this might be a problem. For creating a working partial copy of a site, an external download program might be the better choice then. A program that I can recommend is httrack, which exists for both *nix and Windows.

So, If you want an offline version of a complete site, I think static export with relative links configured is worth a try. If you want something more complicated, try out httrack and automate it through a job or something like that.

hth
Christian


Cheers,
Paul



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