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BenHur Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 Hello, Unfortunattely, after several years, our forum is not active anymore. But with a lot of post, we want to keep the history available. We're looking for a solution read only. Do you know a solution for having an export of the site in static ? (no more interaction / no more registration/reply and no more database etc.) I will try HTTrack Website Copier later this week but maybe if you know something Thanks again,
Luuuk Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) Hi, I know that you intend to create a "simple page" with "no database" but wouldn't for now be sufficient that you just disable most features on the site? For example: ACP > System > Applications > under System disable most modules (probably you need to keep only "System")ACP > System > Login & Registration > disable all Methods, disable new registrationsACP > Community > Forums > Permissions from the dropdown menu for each forum > for all groups deselect everything except "See forum" + "Read topics". Have not checked what can be more disabled. Edited May 14, 2023 by Luuuk
balazsp Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 @BenHur how big is your site? I was looking for a similar solution, but with a site with 2M+ posts/100k users. So far wget seemed to be the most stable, httrack kinda crashed around 50k pages. Luuik's solution without security patches and whatnot, is a very temporary fix IMO - although a working one. But if you add a modsecurity filter or apache config section that blocks all POST requests, it could work. People can navigate around the archive using the static links.
Luuuk Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 1 hour ago, balazsp said: Luuik's solution without security patches and whatnot, is a very temporary fix IMO - although a working one. Oh yes. I know what exactly you are up to. As I said: "for now" = just wanted to provide a temporary "solution" until the whole page will be secured in other way. Could not provide any other way since I did not test the spiders at all. balazsp 1
Marc Posted May 15, 2023 Posted May 15, 2023 There is no such built in way in which to make things into static pages
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