Create static copy of current Dev.Opera

[mathiasbynens]

• wget
• SiteSucker
• WebDevil
• HTTrack

[brucelawson]

I meant HTTrack http://www.httrack.com/

[mathiasbynens]

@pepelsbey Do you remember for which other domains (that Dev.Opera links to/embeds) we need to download the files as well? my.opera.com and such… Can you post the full list here?

[mathiasbynens]

Here’s what I came up with so far (while reading through man wget):

wget -o wget-log.txt -S --protocol-directories -E -r -m -k -p -D 'dev.opera.com,devfiles.myopera.com,people.opera.com,static.myopera.com' --follow-ftp 'http://dev.opera.com/'

@pepelsbey As soon as you post the list of other domains to be whitelisted I’ll give this a try :)

[pepelsbey]

Here's the domains list I got using WebDevil

• dev.opera.com
• devfiles.myopera.com
• people.opera.com
• static.myopera.com

[mathiasbynens]

Thanks. Btw I started the script seconds after @pepelsbey’s last message, still running. This is gonna take a while…

[mathiasbynens]

The wget command seems to have done its job :) Shall we add a new, separate private repository so I can host these static files? Or should I add them as a branch to this repo?

[mathiasbynens]

See https://github.com/operasoftware/devopera-static-backup. The URLs for the static version are slightly different of course, since they have a .html extension, but I was thinking we could use Apache’s MultiViews feature to automatically make sure older URLs still work.

I’ll file issues with the static backup in its own repository from now on.

[mathiasbynens]

Closing as this is on hold.

[mathiasbynens]

Update by @andreasbovens (posting here for future reference):

14:40:18 <andreasb> talked to sysadmin 
14:40:26 <andreasb> about move of Dev.Opera
14:40:37 <andreasb> might be a better solution to use AWS (which opera.com is using)
14:40:40 <andreasb> TBD tomorrow
14:41:00 <andreasb> ping mathiasbynens
14:41:10 <andreasb> (just wanted to get your attention :) )
14:41:36 <andreasb> there is also the possibility to keep Dev.Opera around a little longer (even although My.Opera will shut down on March 1)
14:42:14 <andreasb> so maybe it's OK to let the static copy of Dev.Opera rest for a few days (in case there's still work needed)
14:42:28 <andreasb> and pick it up once we have determined exactly what we want to do
14:42:38 <andreasb> hopefully in 2 days