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xp_even
Oct 26, 2008, 04:00 AM
I want to save web-pages in the format that they are displayed in the browser.
I use Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3.I don't like to save the page from the browser window as it creates a folder along with the save file.
Please suggest a good software or technique to do so.
Thanks

NeedKarma
Oct 26, 2008, 04:12 AM
HTTrack Website Copier - Offline Browser (http://www.httrack.com/)

vingogly
Oct 26, 2008, 06:34 AM
Sound like you want a single flat file containing the page's contents. Assuming you have a Windows machine, check out the Firefox extensions PrintPDF and pdfit. I don't know to what extent they will preserve embedded links in the generated PDF.

Note that page behaviors (mouseover, etc.) will not be preserved in a PDF. A PDF is just a "snapshot" of a page with or without its links preserved. I doubt you'll find much software (if any) out there that will "flatten" a site into a single page - this would be extremely difficult to accomplish for a number of technical reasons.