As a webmaster of a web site. Usually I need to backup my web site trimly for safe or mirror it to another location. Sometimes we can not browse an interested web site completely and need to browse it offline. How should we do? If there is a powerful and helpful tool that can help us. Of course, here is a good news for us. Thank for WebSite, the publisher of WinHTTrack, the powerful and easy to use offline browser. It is an ideal solution for webmasters and web designers. Following is the detailed introduction of this powerful and handy offline browser.

HTTrack is a very cool, very handy and somewhat evil program. It is an free open source program for Windows and Linux that has been designed to download an entire website. The way that it works is it automatically starts with a root index HTML file and it will download all pages and images linked. By it is default setting it will modify the saved HTML so all the links are relative and we can browse the entire site off line. So I tried it out with my website and a few of my favorite web comics. I saved a copy of galecool.com and ninaworm.com. All the web pages, images and links were there. The comments forms were there but pushing the post button lead us to the real site. It does do it is work instantly and I would not use it on a slow connection but with a bit tweaking we can download copies of our favorite websites to browse off line. This is going to come in very handy my notebook it is a bit like a super deluxe version of AvantGo for normal PCs. However this does raise some ethical situations. Since we can download entire sites with ease and format them for off line enjoyment we can capture huge amounts of content with out looking at the ads or clicking on the ads. This can be slightly sketchy and if we crank the limits up so we increase the HTTP connections we can flood and crash some weaker servers if we are not careful. It can not get any authenticated or secret data from a website. Sure we do get a hell of a lot of content but it is all stuff that the authors put on the web in the first place.

One thing that sort of sucks is all site forums that are linked are downloaded so we get a hell of a lot of pages that we were not looking for. Also this only gets the products of a database and does not get the actual DB or source files for dynamic PHP or ASP pages. I was able to download all the archive strips of Diesel Sweeties, PVP, Penny-Arcade and Coffee Brain for my own reading enjoyment when I am not connected to the internet. Like when I am on a ferry across the sound. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system. We can set various parameters (for example, whether to include images; exclude specific URLs; or stay within the URL domain, as opposed to following external site links.) The software is efficient and notifies us of problems encountered. The interface is available in many languages, including Dutch, Polish, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Italian. Note: A few non-critical settings such as language, window attributes and recent file list are written to the Windows registry. This is a cool and slightly freaky program.

In addition, WinHTTrack is free for us and it does not contain any adware or spyware, so we can use it safely and undisturbed. It is a standalone software and does not need any extra software and hardware requirement. It works with most recent variants of Windows and its current version is 3.42.

In a word, WinHTTrack is a very nice, easy to use and full-functions offline browser. Not only can beginners use it simply but also experienced users can also use it for advanced application. It is an ideal solution for webmasters and web designers. With all these features, simple interface, excellent usability and free trial - why are you still reading? Download the free trial now and experience what powerful and effective it is at once! If you feel this utility is helpful indeed, introduce it to your friends please!

HTTrack is an easy-use offline browser utility. It allows you to transfer a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all structures, getting html, images, and other files from the server to your computer. Links are rebuilt relatively so that you can freely browse to the local site (works with any browser). You can mirror several sites together so that you can jump from one to another. You can, also, update an existing mirror site, or continue an interrupted transfer. The robot is fully configurable, with many options and features. The software is Open Source.

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this offline browser software.