Introduction
So today we will be learning how to Download Entire Website for Offline Browsing using HTTrack Website Copier. This tool is free of cost and requires very little skill for using it. You will be able to browse any website even without internet connection. You can use the downloaded website content for offline reading as well. The trick works in almost all browser like Chrome, Firefox, UC Browser, Opera etc. So lets get started.
What is HTTrack Website Copier
HTTrack is a free and open source Web crawler and offline browser, developed by Xavier Roche and licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3.
HTTrack allows users to download World Wide Web sites from the Internet to a local computer.[5][6] By default, HTTrack arranges the downloaded site by the original site’s relative link-structure. The downloaded (or “mirrored”) website can be browsed by opening a page of the site in a browser.
HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is configurable by options and by filters (include/exclude), and has an integrated help system. There is a basic command line version and two GUI versions (WinHTTrack and WebHTTrack); the former can be part of scripts and cron jobs.
HTTrack uses a Web crawler to download a website. Some parts of the website may not be downloaded by default due to the robots exclusion protocol unless disabled during the program. HTTrack can follow links that are generated with basic JavaScript and inside Applets or Flash, but not complex links (generated using functions or expressions) or server-side image maps.
How to download a website for offline viewing using HTTracks
Follow the link given ahead and download HTTrack Website Copier
Step 1:
Click Next on the Welcome Page.
Step 2:
Type Project and Category name (choose any name you prefer) in the field and click Next.
Step 3:
From the drop-down menu in front of Action, select Download web site(s).
Step 4:
In future, if you want to update the downloaded data, select Update existing website and follow the rest.
Step 5:
Click Add URL and paste website address after copying.
Step 6:
Click Set Options. Untick use proxy for ftp transfers check box. Then Click Ok.
Step 7:
Click Next, then finish.
Step 8:
Now the website download process will start.
Step 9:
It will take certain time depending upon data size and finally get finished. So this is how you can Download Entire Website for Offline Browsing
How To Browse The Downloaded Website
Step 1:
Navigate to C drive or whichever drive you have saved the website.
Step 2:
Open My Web sites.
Step 3:
Open the folder of the offline website you want to browse.
Step 4:
Open the index file. Make sure the index file uses the Chrome (or any web browser) as the default application.
So this was all about how to Download Entire Website for Offline Browsing. Thank you for reading.
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