Download Single Pages from Websites with Website Downloader

Explains how you can configure website download software to only download a single page from a website.

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To see all the options available, you will have to switch off easy mode

With options that use a dropdown list, any [+] or [-] button next to adds or removes items in the list itself

Download Everything On a Single Page From a Website

While our website download software orientated towards downloading whole websites or sections thereof, it can also be used to download a single page from websites.

In this tutorial we are going to use two demonstration projects each showing slightly different ways of downloading a single page. If you can not find the options mentioned, please ensure you have clicked the button Easy mode off. This will do so advanced settings are shown.

Download a Page URL Which Appears As a Directory

Scan website > Paths
- Set website domain address and/or directory path to http://www.microsystools.com/products/
Scan website > Analysis filters
- Set limit analysis of internal URLs to those below depth level to 0
Scan website > Crawler options
- Uncheck Follow links

You can download the project file for download page which shows as directory.

Download a Page URL With a File Extension

Scan website > Paths
- Set website domain address and/or directory path to http://www.microsystools.com
- Add to initiate scanning from paths with http://www.microsystools.com/home/about.php
Scan website > Analysis filters
- Add to limit analysis of internal URLs to which match "relative path" or "text" or "regex" with :home/about.php
- Add to exclude analysis of URLs that match "relative path" or "text" or "regex" with ::^$
Scan website > Output filters
- Add to exclude output of URLs that match "relative path" or "text" or "regex" with ::^$
Scan website > Crawler options
- Uncheck Follow links

You can download the project file for download page which shows as file.

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As one of the lead developers, his hands have touched most of the code in the software from Microsys. If you email any questions, chances are that he will be the one answering.