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<blockquote data-quote="FoxWander" data-source="post: 5029022" data-attributes="member: 1356">I'm looking to find a program/tool/utility that can let me download/save offline copies of forum posts. There are many posts here I'd like to have available offline as well as several at the WOTC site I'd like to save also.&nbsp; I know there are options like bringing up the printable version to copy/paste into a word doc but that screws up the familiar formatting.&nbsp; I can also just click on File and save the page, but then I have to save each page of a multi-page thread individually, then open and close files to go from page to page.&nbsp; I was hoping there might be something which can make the process easier and get a more useful file out of the it- something that retains the forum formatting as well.&nbsp; Ideally I'd like to save an entire post (or whatever I want of it) exactly as it appears in the forum as a single file AND be able to cut out extraneous page elements (like ads and site links) just keeping the info in the post.I realize I'm hoping for a lot- and it's probably something which doesn't exist, but perhaps there's a combination of tools or firefox add-ins that can make it work.&nbsp; If anyone can point to something that can do all this, or has a process to do it, I would be very thankful.Finally, the reason I ask.&nbsp; Obviously there's a ton of useful info here that could be nice to have available without a web connection.&nbsp; But on a more lasting note, if this server were to die (or get reformatted or upgraded) a lot of good stuff could be lost forever.&nbsp; That almost happened here once but at WOTC, ever since the forum &quot;upgrades,&quot; a TON of useful, informative posts are gone for good.&nbsp; Their character optimization forums may be a crazy land of munchkinry run amok, but the class handbooks and similar threads were full of solid, useful and mostly non-insane advice.&nbsp; There used to be a thread that compiled all the most <a href="http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=482636" target="_blank">useful links</a> but now it's a wasteland of broken links cause those posts are just gone.&nbsp; Now that I have plenty of home-server space (with backups) I'd like to save all the stuff online that I use over and over again.&nbsp; And something that can save a thread in an easy to use format is the first step.&nbsp; Hopefully someone can point me to an easy (or at least somewhat easy) way to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoxWander, post: 5029022, member: 1356"] I'm looking to find a program/tool/utility that can let me download/save offline copies of forum posts. There are many posts here I'd like to have available offline as well as several at the WOTC site I'd like to save also. I know there are options like bringing up the printable version to copy/paste into a word doc but that screws up the familiar formatting. I can also just click on File and save the page, but then I have to save each page of a multi-page thread individually, then open and close files to go from page to page. I was hoping there might be something which can make the process easier and get a more useful file out of the it- something that retains the forum formatting as well. Ideally I'd like to save an entire post (or whatever I want of it) exactly as it appears in the forum as a single file AND be able to cut out extraneous page elements (like ads and site links) just keeping the info in the post. I realize I'm hoping for a lot- and it's probably something which doesn't exist, but perhaps there's a combination of tools or firefox add-ins that can make it work. If anyone can point to something that can do all this, or has a process to do it, I would be very thankful. Finally, the reason I ask. Obviously there's a ton of useful info here that could be nice to have available without a web connection. But on a more lasting note, if this server were to die (or get reformatted or upgraded) a lot of good stuff could be lost forever. That almost happened here once but at WOTC, ever since the forum "upgrades," a TON of useful, informative posts are gone for good. Their character optimization forums may be a crazy land of munchkinry run amok, but the class handbooks and similar threads were full of solid, useful and mostly non-insane advice. There used to be a thread that compiled all the most [URL="http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=482636"]useful links[/URL] but now it's a wasteland of broken links cause those posts are just gone. Now that I have plenty of home-server space (with backups) I'd like to save all the stuff online that I use over and over again. And something that can save a thread in an easy to use format is the first step. Hopefully someone can point me to an easy (or at least somewhat easy) way to do that. [/QUOTE]

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