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OK guys, a status update on the site download.
I'm using WinHTTrack Web Copier, free software, pretty simple to set up:
http://www.httrack.com/

Problem was, the default settings shut off at 10,000 links, and QRHQ has considerably more than that.
After finding the problem, I updated the download and so far I have 171,000 links scanned.
So far that is equating to 8.7GB, no clue how small it will be after compression into a zip file.
There's also an option to make a plain text copy of the website, so if you're copying a forum it'll save the posts but omit the pictures.
For the vast majority of information, that's all we really need, and the file size should be considerably smaller, perhaps even small enough to email.
I'm still planning on mirroring the entire site to get as many pictures as possible, and when it's done I'll make a thread to distribute the file to anyone that wants it.

Before I started updating the information with new settings, I gave it a try with the included software.
It opens your default browser and it acts like you're browsing a website offline (stored on the computer).
No waiting on internet connections to load a huge picture, as soon as you open a thread everything is just magically there!
I browsed the sh!t out of QRHQ, and even disconnected my router to be sure it was actually my computer that was producing the forum.
Almost got a chubby it was so fast LOL
It works just like the forum does, a few dead links are there (stuff that has to do with posting messages or rating threads etc.), but you can click on a username and it'll pull up their profile.
In the profile, you can find all of their new posts, check out their photo albums, read their blogs, etc.
The software does a great job of making sure as many of the links as possible are functional to make it operate just like the online version.
Once the mirroring process is complete, anyone that wants it will have access to the entire site in just the same way...pretty F bombing sweet, yeah?

Thinking about doing the same with this site every few months, just so there's an archive of everything that won't be lost if the site goes down.
A bonus to this is that if the SQHQ server goes up in smoke, the archive will allow Mitch (or whoever's running the show) to rebuild the site as of the last archive update.
The domain might be gone, the server might go down, website owners might have a disagreement, but the information won't be lost!

 

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