retroweb:contribs-howto
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| - First open archive.org track down a good archived copy of a website domain. Browse the dates back and forth until you see a page with minimal amount of missing pictures, broken links or other errors. Note the date you've chosen. This date will be your target starting date for the archiver. | - First open archive.org track down a good archived copy of a website domain. Browse the dates back and forth until you see a page with minimal amount of missing pictures, broken links or other errors. Note the date you've chosen. This date will be your target starting date for the archiver. | ||
| - Open the Contributor Panel and select "Archive web site". Select a domain and target date as noted earlier. Select a link depth that is realistic for the website. If it's a large website, it could take days to complete with depth=6. If the website has an initial landing page or a "welcome" page with just one link to enter the main site, you may add +1 to the depth setting. | - Open the Contributor Panel and select "Archive web site". Select a domain and target date as noted earlier. Select a link depth that is realistic for the website. If it's a large website, it could take days to complete with depth=6. If the website has an initial landing page or a "welcome" page with just one link to enter the main site, you may add +1 to the depth setting. | ||
| - | - Once archiving is complete, you will see the page under Completed Jobs and a button that allows you to edit the site. Any changes can be previewed using the development proxy server. The proxy server works just like the production server, except you're able to browse your changes immediately, and throttling is disabled. The development server will also download pages from archive.org "on the fly", if a page does not exist while browsing the site you are trying to restore. This may be useful if you're validating all the links on a page and notice missing pages - automatic downloading ensures that you do not have to manually locate a file from archive.org. | + | - Once archiving is complete, you will see the page under Completed Jobs and next to your completed job you will see an "Edit" button. This button allows you to access the file manager so you can edit the website. Any changes you make can be previewed using the development proxy server. The proxy server works just like the production server, except you're able to browse your changes immediately, and throttling is disabled. The development server will also download pages from archive.org "on the fly", if a page does not exist while browsing the site you are trying to restore. This may be useful if you're validating all the links on a page and notice missing pages - automatic downloading ensures that you do not have to manually locate a file from archive.org. |
| - You will want to fix any broken links, and images. Once you're done, you can hit publish. The website will be marked published, and be viewable in the production server within 24 hours. | - You will want to fix any broken links, and images. Once you're done, you can hit publish. The website will be marked published, and be viewable in the production server within 24 hours. | ||
| - Also, if the archive job failed for whatever reason, feel free to delete it and start over. | - Also, if the archive job failed for whatever reason, feel free to delete it and start over. | ||
retroweb/contribs-howto.txt · Last modified: 2021-01-16 09:19 by omolini
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