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Taco John · #1 03-10-2005, 03:40 AM

I don't think this has been done before, but I've got this idea, and I'd like to see if it's workable...

I'd like to find a way to preserve archives by transferring sections of it to a stand-alone CD that could be popped into a drive and surfed and searched through as though the user was on the site. I could then offer the archives to community members for their own files as sort of site memorabilia.

Is there a way to do this? It would be great to preserve these posts before they get pruned, and given back to the community for posterity...

Marco van Herwaarden · #2 03-10-2005, 03:52 AM

That would need a lot of coding i think. Since the archive is also pulled from the DB, you will need to create some kind of static (non-database) version of all pages. It would also be impossible to check for permissions then.

Taco John · #3 03-11-2005, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

That would need a lot of coding i think. Since the archive is also pulled from the DB, you will need to create some kind of static (non-database) version of all pages. It would also be impossible to check for permissions then.

So it's pretty much impossible?

Zachery · #4 03-11-2005, 12:41 AM

Old Idea.....

Anyway, always possible, I believe there are some programs that would let you do it, But it would be quite abit of time and effort.

SpadMan · #5 03-28-2005, 09:05 PM

If vbulletin Archives was modified to include links to attachments, WebWhacker or a similar program could create the files for burning to CD.

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