It's Gone - lost it!

[jesse1dog]

Do not rely on a link to the article, picture, idea, or tip. It might not be there when you need it.

I should have been more thoughful.:bang:
Carl Arendt died at the beginning of this month.
Who was Carl Arendt?
Carl ran a website devoted to model railroads/railways. Not just any models but models built in small spaces, and I really do mean small.
The site was a cornucopia (lovely word) for ideas with text and pictures often added on a bimonthly basis.
I had many 'links' to these interesting ideas and helpful tips.
Since Carl's death the site has 'disintegrated'. All the photos have gone and non of my links can be activated
I've lost this source of inspiration and information.
On reflection I should have made a paper backup!

So what happens if RFF ceases to exist?
Is there information here that you would really regret not having access to?
The answer is to makes sure that you have some form of backup either on your disk or as hard 'paper' copy.

Do not rely on a link to the article, picture, idea, or tip. It might not be there when you need it.

jesse

 

[Sparrow]

... well, I'm certainly not going to print it all out! think of all those poor trees

 

[ChrisN]

So what happens if RFF ceases to exist?

It's already happening, as old posts and images are removed to save space. I've often gone looking for old material I knew existed, but which is now gone.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Have you tried the Way Back Machine?

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

 

[Tzelet]

Try the URL's in archive.org

Mr Wilson beat me to it 🙂

 

[jesse1dog]

Yes: tried the way back machine: thanks for the link.
Some access to the site but no pictures and I get this message:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /scrapbook/page82/index.html on this server.


Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Apache/1.3.42 Server at carendt.com Port 80


jesse

 

[PatrickONeill]

I save vital webpages to evernote.

before that, I would render the page in pdf and stuff it on my hard drive,

but this way with evernote, I can get to that information anywhere. desktop, netbook, cell.. you get the idea.

 

[gliderbee]

If you have enough space on your hard disk (and external hard disks are cheap these days), you could use one of these free programs that can copy a whole site on a local drive.

It takes a long time the first time, but after that, it's just a question of adding what changed.

E.g.: http://www.httrack.com/

Stefan.

 

[jesse1dog]

Much appreciate the suggestions.
Perhaps they will be useful to other RFF members too.
I'll have a go at them and see what happens.

jesse