"value":"\n <p>Static websites can be created by writing each file by hand or using a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/presentations\/sculpin\">a static site generator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>But what if you've already got a dynamic website that you no longer need to be editable?<\/p>\n\n<p>What if it was for an event that has passed, like a DrupalCamp?<\/p>\n\n<p>If you no longer need to update the content via the admin UI, you could archive it by converting it to a static website.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then you no longer need to maintain and update it, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2025\/03\/13\/deploy\">simplify your hosting environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>You could use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2025\/03\/15\/tome\">Tome, a static site generator for Drupal<\/a>, or use command line tools like <code>wget<\/code> with options like <code>--mirror<\/code> to create a static version by crawling a live website.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/docs\/administering-a-drupal-site\/creating-a-static-archive-of-a-drupal-site\">a few options on Drupal.org<\/a>, which will also work with other CMSes and frameworks.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is what I've done for old websites like our old DrupalCamp Bristol websites.<\/p>\n\n<p>That means they're still available for people to see, but without the maintenance and security overhead.<\/p>\n\n ",
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