Website reading offline

drlolly · 08-25-2009, 10:29 AM

Is it possible with my iLiad to capture a whole website to peruse at leisure on my iLiad complete with all the links and pages. I don't want to open every page when I am on my PC, but look at it later.
For instance, I have a 30 day trial of a journal and want to see how it would work on my iLiad. The trial is only available online. I thought of downloading it onto my CF card.
Any ideas anyone?

Shaggy · 08-25-2009, 11:14 AM

With some third party tools you can install a web browser and turn on the WiFi network. The slow refresh speed of eInk makes it a bit tedious to surt the web, but it would work.

Alternatively, there used to be some software tools that would capture an entire website and save it locally as a series of HTML files. I haven't played with them in years, so don't know if they're still around or if there are better versions today. This was before a lot of the content online was dynamic, it may not work as well for offline reading these days.

wallcraft · 08-25-2009, 12:05 PM

At one time, plucker (supported by FBReader) was a good way to do this. Today, I suggest trying Calibre to produce MOBI. Calibre can build ebooks from on-line periodicals for you, and may already have "recipes" for the ones you want. Or you can use a web site download program to get the pages on your PC and then run Calibre over the local copy.

ericshliao · 08-25-2009, 01:40 PM

Adobe Acrobat 8.0 or above can capture the link tree of an URL and convert it to pdf. I think it's the best way to read website offline on iLiad.

wallcraft · 08-25-2009, 02:14 PM

See also Reading HTML / Browsing in offline mode, where web2fb2 is one option mentioned.

drlolly · 08-25-2009, 06:11 PM

Thanks so much. I will go off and explore the options. I'm just a baby still at this!

drlolly · 08-28-2009, 11:02 PM

Thanks everyone. It was so much fun, even though I don't know what I'm doing. I tried to mirror a big website (on 9 hrs and still didn't finish) and that didn't work. I did a small one which was OK.
I think I need to add more filters to the big one as it was too dynamic, but I am in kindergarten here.
I give up there. I will email them and see if they can make it available to read on my iLiad as a subscription.

08-25-2009, 10:29 AM	#1
drlolly Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Iliad	Website reading offline Is it possible with my iLiad to capture a whole website to peruse at leisure on my iLiad complete with all the links and pages. I don't want to open every page when I am on my PC, but look at it later. For instance, I have a 30 day trial of a journal and want to see how it would work on my iLiad. The trial is only available online. I thought of downloading it onto my CF card. Any ideas anyone?

08-28-2009, 11:02 PM	#7
drlolly Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Iliad	Did it! Thanks everyone. It was so much fun, even though I don't know what I'm doing. I tried to mirror a big website (on 9 hrs and still didn't finish) and that didn't work. I did a small one which was OK. I think I need to add more filters to the big one as it was too dynamic, but I am in kindergarten here. I give up there. I will email them and see if they can make it available to read on my iLiad as a subscription.

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08-25-2009, 11:14 AM	#2
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	With some third party tools you can install a web browser and turn on the WiFi network. The slow refresh speed of eInk makes it a bit tedious to surt the web, but it would work. Alternatively, there used to be some software tools that would capture an entire website and save it locally as a series of HTML files. I haven't played with them in years, so don't know if they're still around or if there are better versions today. This was before a lot of the content online was dynamic, it may not work as well for offline reading these days.

08-25-2009, 12:05 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	At one time, plucker (supported by FBReader) was a good way to do this. Today, I suggest trying Calibre to produce MOBI. Calibre can build ebooks from on-line periodicals for you, and may already have "recipes" for the ones you want. Or you can use a web site download program to get the pages on your PC and then run Calibre over the local copy.

08-25-2009, 01:40 PM	#4
ericshliao Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 687 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Dell X51v; iLiad v2	Adobe Acrobat 8.0 or above can capture the link tree of an URL and convert it to pdf. I think it's the best way to read website offline on iLiad.

08-25-2009, 02:14 PM	#5
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	See also Reading HTML / Browsing in offline mode, where web2fb2 is one option mentioned.

08-25-2009, 06:11 PM	#6
drlolly Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Iliad	Thanks so much. I will go off and explore the options. I'm just a baby still at this!

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