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Archiving Drupal websites as static websites

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+title: Archiving Drupal websites as static websites
+date: 2025-03-18
+permalink: daily/2025/03/18/archiving
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - drupal
+  - php
+  - static-websites
+  - static-site-generators
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+  If you no longer need to edit content in your CMS-powered website, why not archive it as a static website?
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+Static websites can be created by writing each file by hand or using a tool like [a static site generator][0].
+
+But what if you've already got a dynamic website that you no longer need to be editable?
+
+What if it was for an event that has passed, like a DrupalCamp?
+
+If you no longer need to update the content via the admin UI, you could archive it by converting it to a static website.
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+Then you no longer need to maintain and update it, and [simplify your hosting environment][3].
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+You could use [Tome, a static site generator for Drupal][1], or use command line tools like `wget` with options like `--mirror` to create a static version by crawling a live website.
+
+There are [a few options on Drupal.org][2], which will also work with other CMSes and frameworks.
+
+This is what I've done for old websites like our old DrupalCamp Bristol websites.
+
+That means they're still available for people to see, but without the maintenance and security overhead.
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+[0]: {{site.url}}/presentations/sculpin
+[1]: {{site.url}}/daily/2025/03/15/tome
+[2]: https://www.drupal.org/docs/administering-a-drupal-site/creating-a-static-archive-of-a-drupal-site
+[3]: {{site.url}}/daily/2025/03/13/deploy