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Static websites can be created by writing each file by hand or using a tool like a static site generator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

But what if you've already got a dynamic website that you no longer need to be editable?<\/p>\n\n

What if it was for an event that has passed, like a DrupalCamp?<\/p>\n\n

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

Then you no longer need to maintain and update it, and simplify your hosting environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

You could use Tome, a static site generator for Drupal<\/a>, or use command line tools like wget<\/code> with options like --mirror<\/code> to create a static version by crawling a live website.<\/p>\n\n

There are a few options on Drupal.org<\/a>, which will also work with other CMSes and frameworks.<\/p>\n\n

This is what I've done for old websites like our old DrupalCamp Bristol websites.<\/p>\n\n

That means they're still available for people to see, but without the maintenance and security overhead.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

Static websites can be created by writing each file by hand or using a tool like a static site generator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

But what if you've already got a dynamic website that you no longer need to be editable?<\/p>\n\n

What if it was for an event that has passed, like a DrupalCamp?<\/p>\n\n

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

Then you no longer need to maintain and update it, and simplify your hosting environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

You could use Tome, a static site generator for Drupal<\/a>, or use command line tools like wget<\/code> with options like --mirror<\/code> to create a static version by crawling a live website.<\/p>\n\n

There are a few options on Drupal.org<\/a>, which will also work with other CMSes and frameworks.<\/p>\n\n

This is what I've done for old websites like our old DrupalCamp Bristol websites.<\/p>\n\n

That means they're still available for people to see, but without the maintenance and security overhead.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }