Comments on: How to Move Your Site from Geocities to a New Host http://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/ expert tips & tech support Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick B.http://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-5288 Nick B. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:03:48 +0000 http://tiplet.com/?p=1466#comment-5288 I'm using the wget option but you need to limit the rate otherwise the site will give you "Error 503 - over capacity".wget -m -w 2 --limit-rate=5k http://uk.geocities.com/ is working for me. -m = mirror site -w 2 = wait 2 seconds between each get --limit-rate=5k = limit bandwidth to 5kGood luck! I’m using the wget option but you need to limit the rate otherwise the site will give you “Error 503 – over capacity”.

wget -m -w 2 –limit-rate=5k http://uk.geocities.com/ is working for me.
-m = mirror site
-w 2 = wait 2 seconds between each get
–limit-rate=5k = limit bandwidth to 5k

Good luck!

]]> By: Kathttp://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Kat Sun, 03 May 2009 17:53:08 +0000 http://tiplet.com/?p=1466#comment-1371 TonyThanks so much. I was looking on how to bail it out. I gave Geocities the benefit of the doubt that maybe they would have an export tool for users so they could save everything in one go. Nope. Enter Linux as usual. Thanks so much for sharing.Kat Tony

Thanks so much. I was looking on how to bail it out. I gave Geocities the benefit of the doubt that maybe they would have an export tool for users so they could save everything in one go. Nope. Enter Linux as usual. Thanks so much for sharing.

Kat

]]> By: Tonyhttp://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Tony Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:06:21 +0000 http://tiplet.com/?p=1466#comment-1085 Correction to wget procedure In linux: -k is the option to convert links but it is limited as follows: (from the man page ) After the download is complete, convert the links in the document to make them suitable for local viewing. This affects not only the visible hyperlinks, but any part of the document that links to external content, such as embedded images, links to style sheets, hyperlinks to non-HTML content, etc. Probably the same in Windows. Correction to wget procedure
In linux:
-k is the option to convert links but it is limited as follows:
(from the man page )
After the download is complete, convert the links in the document
to make them suitable for local viewing. This affects not only the
visible hyperlinks, but any part of the document that links to
external content, such as embedded images, links to style sheets,
hyperlinks to non-HTML content, etc.
Probably the same in Windows.

]]> By: Tonyhttp://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Tony Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:03:52 +0000 http://tiplet.com/?p=1466#comment-1081 In linux: wget -c -t 0 -r -l4 http: etc will download to 4 levels and rewrite the links so all is "hosted" on your own PC Also available for Windows as wget.exe - search the web. In linux:
wget -c -t 0 -r -l4 http: etc
will download to 4 levels and rewrite the links so all is “hosted” on your own PC
Also available for Windows as wget.exe – search the web.

]]> By: Billhttp://tiplet.com/tip/how-to-move-your-site-from-geocities-to-a-new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Bill Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:11:41 +0000 http://tiplet.com/?p=1466#comment-1064 Yahoo/Geocities does not allow people who only have free accounts to download via FTP - at least not per their help file at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/gftp/gftp-09.html...any automation tricks? Yahoo/Geocities does not allow people who only have free accounts to download via FTP – at least not per their help file at http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/geocities/gftp/gftp-09.html

…any automation tricks?

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