How to clone a website
Cloning a website is the act of copying or imitating a website that already exists, probably to make changes, get some ideas, and more.
The idea and process of cloning a website is common in web development, but it should be for the genuine purpose of creating your own unique site, because obviously you don't want to just completely replicate someone else's website.
There are several ways to clone a website, but in this blog post, we will talk about how to use a software called HTTrack to clone a website.
HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.
It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories and getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link structure.
1) Installing the software: visit the HTTrack website to download and install the HTTrack software used to clone our desired website(s).
2) After successful installation, Get the URL address of the website you want to clone. Copy the address, and then open your software (HTTrack).
3) Start a new project.
put in the name of the project.
also select a project category to be on the website.
Also, select your preferred base path where the website will be saved after the cloning process. For some Windows default-based, it is c: \my websites.
4) Hit next, select action Download web site(s) for a new project or select update existing download to complete a project that stopped half way.
In the web addresses: (URL) part, paste the copied URL. You can also copy two websites; to paste the second URL, click on add URL.
5) Adjust the settings, click on Finish, and wait for the operation to complete. The time of completion is primarily determined by the number of files and pages on the website(s).
6) Once the operation is completed, locate the copied website for the base path selected in step 3. Open your pages to access the website.
Although there are so many ways to clone websites, this is one of the fastest ways to clone a website.
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