Forum:Download Offline Copy of a Wiki

Hi,

This isn't a bug or glitch, I was just wondering if there is way to do this. I have two computers, and only one is connected to the internet. I do most of my work on my personal computer and because it's not connected to the internet, I have to ferry files between two computers. I use wikia a lot to quickly check facts, and I was wondering if there was a way I could download a whole wiki instead of saving each page. Basically is there a way to download an archive of all the pages in a wiki?

The wiki I am trying to download is the STARGATE wiki. My email is qazret@gmail.com

PLEASE GET BACK TO ME! Thanks in advance, DB.


 * You can get a XML dump of the site at the bottom of the Special:Statistics page. There are no images with that file though. You can search inside the file though it is messy with all the formatting. You would probably need to run Mediawiki software on you computer with that file in order to see it as a webpage.--Sxerks 22:28, November 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I downloaded the XML file. I don't need images, but would like it to show up as a webpage. Sorry, I am a noob, what is MedaWiki software? Thanks for the quick response and moving it to the right section. :)


 * That would be complicated. You basically need to be running a web server on your computer with the mediawiki software (see install & config).  I'm not sure there is an easy way to view it as a webpage, other than using a site-ripping program (minus the images) to crawl through the site and download every page.--Sxerks 05:36, November 25, 2011 (UTC)