Backup your website
Before you put your new website live, you should create a backup of your original website.
Please note - the instructions here were correct at the time of writing this - the httrack software may have changed since - unfortunately that is beyond our control.
1. Download and install HTTrack Website Copier.
4. Click Action drop-down and select Download web site(s).
5. Enter the website URL on the Web Addresses: (URL) field. NOTE: Alternatively, you can add a website by clicking the Add URL... button, then adding the URL of the website.
6. If you would like setting advanced options like proxy, Flow Control and MIME types, or, if you would like to exclude certain types of files and link, click Set options... NOTE: Use this feature at your own risk.
7. Click Next.
8. Select a connection from the Connect to this provider dropdown.
9. Click Finish to start download.
Please note - the instructions here were correct at the time of writing this - the httrack software may have changed since - unfortunately that is beyond our control.
1. Download and install HTTrack Website Copier.
2. Click Next.
3. Enter Project Name and Project Category, then click "..." to select your download location. Once done, click Next.
4. Click Action drop-down and select Download web site(s).
5. Enter the website URL on the Web Addresses: (URL) field. NOTE: Alternatively, you can add a website by clicking the Add URL... button, then adding the URL of the website.
6. If you would like setting advanced options like proxy, Flow Control and MIME types, or, if you would like to exclude certain types of files and link, click Set options... NOTE: Use this feature at your own risk.
7. Click Next.
8. Select a connection from the Connect to this provider dropdown.
9. Click Finish to start download.
9. Once done, click Browse Mirrored Website to view the copy of your website.
NOTE: Not all components will be downloaded. To know which components were not downloaded, click View error log.
NOTE: Not all components will be downloaded. To know which components were not downloaded, click View error log.
10. Zip your website files into a compressed folder. You should upload this to your Google Drive folder to keep safe.
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