Archiving
This page is a gem.
This article is meant to be about how an average 'teen can archive gems because nothing on the internet is permanent!
Local archiving
Truly nothing on the internet is permanent, not even archive sites. That's why it's important to save stuff (e.g. images, videos, and even entire webpages) to your local hard drive and to preferably make backups. You can use special software for this part.
- Ctrl+S on your browser - Ugly
- Singlefile extension (Chrome/Firefox) - Good overall. Saves the page as you see it in one .html file. Saves full images if you open them.
- Another option: >he doesn't have a custom-programmed live sharty-compatible vichan archiver >shiggy saving individual threads
- yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork that allows you to save audio and video from YouTube and many other sites.
- ArchiveBox allows you to run your own website archiver locally (can also apparently import from browser bookmarks or history).
- Learn how to scrape websites with Python or whatever you selfish little fuck.
Shinny archive
archive.soyjak.in is a replacement for now defunct Log Warehouse based on Hayden. While it is fast and simple, it unfortunately lacks any sort of search features. It is also recommended that you archive particularly important threads manually.
This archive is deprecated and may stop being available at any moment. Users are encouraged to retrieve what they need while it is still available to the public.
/chive/
Particularly important threads, like Q&As, are also sometimes archived on-site on /chive/.
Other archive sites
DO NOT exclusively use archive.org to save webpages. Uploading files there seems to be okay THOUGH. Use archive.ph for saving pages instead, although it’s still recommended to ‘chive pages via multiple means
- https://web.archive.org/save
- https://archive.today
- https://ghostarchive.org (tranny archive)
Archive.today/Archive.ph
If you're fed up with the snail speed of the Internet Archive, or wary of using it since 4chan was blacklisted on it[1] then you WILL opt for Archive.today.
Simple archive
To do a simple archive, simply paste the thread link into the field that reads "My url is alive and I want to archive its content" and then press the button that says "save". This alone is okay for things like history documentation, especially if a thread is looooong (like this one).
Archiving media
If you HATE being stuck with thumbnails, then you can open each original image as it appears in the thread in a new tab and archive each individual link it the same manner you would a thread. You can attempt to archive videos in the same way, but they will NOT embed on Archive.today and are NOT downloadable from the archive.
Video tutorial
If you found the text tutorial hard to follow, here's a video tutorial.
Archive.org
Unlike archive.ph, archive.org seems to automatically save images so you don't get stuck with just the thumbnails. Recommended if the thread has a lot of neat screenshots.
See also
