retroweb:contribs-howto
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| + | **Q: How do I know if my job has completed or failed?**\\ | ||
| + | **A:** You can view running jobs in the Contributor Panel, and looking at the job logs of your project will usually indicate if a failure has occurred. If you notice the archival job is still running, but you have made an error, you can delete a running job and start over. | ||
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| **Q: What if a recovered site is broken?**\\ | **Q: What if a recovered site is broken?**\\ | ||
| **A:** This depends. If the page is too far gone, and you cannot reconstruct the start page, we recommend you delete the site and find an alternative date with less broken links or images. If most of the pages are fine, you can fix some problems on a site manually, and missing graphics can be reconstructed. Sometimes you may find a file or a graphic that is missing but an alternative resource on archive.org or somewhere else on the net is available. In this case you can use the **Upload URL** feature in the **File Manager** which fetches a file from the Internet to the directory you specify. If portions of the website are not available anywhere, the links leading to broken areas of the websites may be commented out, so that the user is not presented with broken links. Do leave the HTML code in though, but comment it out. The hope is that eventually some broken areas can be restored with new restoration techniques. | **A:** This depends. If the page is too far gone, and you cannot reconstruct the start page, we recommend you delete the site and find an alternative date with less broken links or images. If most of the pages are fine, you can fix some problems on a site manually, and missing graphics can be reconstructed. Sometimes you may find a file or a graphic that is missing but an alternative resource on archive.org or somewhere else on the net is available. In this case you can use the **Upload URL** feature in the **File Manager** which fetches a file from the Internet to the directory you specify. If portions of the website are not available anywhere, the links leading to broken areas of the websites may be commented out, so that the user is not presented with broken links. Do leave the HTML code in though, but comment it out. The hope is that eventually some broken areas can be restored with new restoration techniques. | ||
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| - | **Q: How do I know if my job has failed?**\\ | ||
| - | **A:** You can view running jobs in the Contributor Panel, and looking at the job logs of your project will usually indicate if a failure has occurred. If you notice the archival job is still running, but you have made an error, you can delete a running job and start over. | ||
| **Q: In the logs, it looks like archiving has slowed down. Is it stuck?**\\ | **Q: In the logs, it looks like archiving has slowed down. Is it stuck?**\\ | ||
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| **A:** Yes, you can always back up your site, even after you fix and edit it. Just log on to the Contributor Panel, go to the File Manager of the your website using the Edit button, select all files, and click on the ZIP or TAR buttons to create archives of the selected files. You can then download the archive to your computer. | **A:** Yes, you can always back up your site, even after you fix and edit it. Just log on to the Contributor Panel, go to the File Manager of the your website using the Edit button, select all files, and click on the ZIP or TAR buttons to create archives of the selected files. You can then download the archive to your computer. | ||
| - | **Q: Can I capture specific URL's or files?**\\ | + | **Q: Can I capture specific URL's such as website subdirectories or specific files?**\\ |
| **A:** While this feature is planned to be added in the future, it is not currently available. If you need to add files to an existing site, you can upload them through the file manager, or use the Upload URL in the file manager to upload a link to a working file. If you need further assistance, contact one of the admins, and they will be able to modify the site files any way needed. | **A:** While this feature is planned to be added in the future, it is not currently available. If you need to add files to an existing site, you can upload them through the file manager, or use the Upload URL in the file manager to upload a link to a working file. If you need further assistance, contact one of the admins, and they will be able to modify the site files any way needed. | ||
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retroweb/contribs-howto.txt · Last modified: 2021-01-16 09:19 by omolini
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