How to Copy a Website

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Learning how to code websites in HTML and CSS can be a long and arduous process, especially if you are trying to teach yourself from scratch. While you can buy books that will walk you through the process of HTML coding, sometimes there are concepts you need to see in action in order to fully comprehend them. The ability to copy a website will allow you to you dissect the coding process, bit by bit, this helping you to understand exactly how HTML coding works.

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Steps

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   Download a website copying program. Although you can use most browsers to save a website to your computer, using a website copying program will allow you to save all of the images and subdirectories included in a website. This gives you access to all of the different files that work together to create a website.
   • The most popular and powerful website copying program is HTTrack, an open source program available for Windows and Linux.
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   Set the destination for the copied files. Once you’ve opened your website copying program, you’ll need to set a destination folder for the website files. Make sure to create a dedicated folder for your website copies, or you may have difficulty tracking them down in the future.
   • Give your project a name to help you locate it.
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   Make sure the program is set to download the entire website. Some programs such as HTTrack give you multiple options when it comes to downloading the website, such as only downloading specific filetypes. Ensure that the program is configured to download the entire website.
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   Enter the address you want to copy. Depending on your program, you may be able to enter multiple addresses at once. Enter any addresses that you want to copy the website of into the box.
   • If you are using HTTrack and the website you want to copy requires you to log in, use the “Add URL” button to enter the website address as well as the username and password.
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   Start copying the website. Once you have setup your copying program, you can begin the copying process. Depending on the size of the website, the download process can take a significant amount of time and bandwidth to complete. Programs like HTTrack will show the progress of all the files you are copying to your computer.^[1]
   • HTTrack could theoretically download the entirety of the internet to your computer, so make sure that all of your settings are correct!
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   Check out your copied website. Once the download is complete, you can open the copied website and browse it directly from your computer. Open any of the HTM or HTML files to browse through the pages that you have downloaded as if you were viewing them online. You can also open these files in a web page editor to see all of the code that makes them work.