Posted by ray on 02/07/06 13:07

<cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com> wrote:

> How would a Macintosh user best go about the following:
>
> --Copying the entire contents of a message board composed of forums.
> Each forum has threads that must be opened to see the messages, with
> longer threads divided into pages.

As the pages you describe are generated as a result of queries to a
database, I'd say you can't. Without the query the page doesn't exist.
>
> I am also interested in copying other website content, such as text,
> pictures, sound, and moving images.

The contents of a web page are stored in the browser cache on your
computer, that's how you get to see it.
There are applications that enable you to download entire static
websites without actually visiting them. WebGrabber and SiteSucker come
to mind.

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