I'm testing my own little version of "archive.is", exclusively for Bitcointalk (see
the reason why). There's one crucial difference: I save pages logged in, showing trust on DT2.
The current version only allows archiving of profiles and trust pages.
How to use itPost LoyceClubArchive followed by the URL
anywhere on the forum (on a public board)
without code-tags, and substitute the profile or trust page you need. Post one line like this (it's okay if it's part of a bigger post):
LoyceClubArchive https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=459836
or
LoyceClubArchive https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=459836
or
LoyceClubArchive https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=459836;page=sent;offset=0
It has to be a new post, I don't detect editing. You can delete or edit the post after a short period of time.
After about 10 seconds, go to
http://loyce.club/archive/ for the result. If the list becomes long: use CTRL-F (until I create a search feature). To sort files by date, use
http://loyce.club/archive/?MD (newest first).
UpdateAs of today, all (paginated) Trust pages can be archived. Just copy the URL you want to archive.
Without offset, only the first 50 pages are shown. The default initial offset starts at "50", and shows feedback 51-550. In many cases users have less than 500 feedbacks in total. If you change the offset to 0, it shows feedback 0-500.
Note that you'll have to archive "trusted", "untrusted" and "sent" separately.
Trust me?To use this as an archived backup, you'll have to trust I don't edit the data. Before uploading, I add tags to
stop search engines from indexing and to
point search engines to the original location. Example:
I use shared hosting, but keep local backups of all files. You can use any other archive website to archive
http://loyce.club/archive/ again.
DisclaimerI'm still testing this, if something fails, I might delete files.
LimitationsOnly 1 URL per post.
I use Amsterdam time, not forum time.
Quotes are
not ignored: if you quote a post with an archive link, it will be archived again.
It should work most of the time, but if my scraper doesn't catch your request within a few seconds, my computer might be offline. In that case: just try again later.
I don't archive images (yet), so the avatar doesn't show in the archive.
I don't have the skills to create an nice GUI such as archive.is has. If someone wants to help that's much appreciated, until then, it's all about the data
There's a 10 minutes delay before the same page can be archived again.
Old versions will
not be overwritten when the same page is archived again.
You can't archive
LoyceBot (this would expose it's email address).
Theymos made some
Trust changes.
Until I improve things, only the first Trust page can be archived. As of today, all Trust pages can be archived.
Test it!Really, test it
No spamPlease
I said please
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