Grab website code?

ukulele_ninja · 11-27-2007, 09:58 PM

Is there anyway I can borrow the code from a website? Heres what I am doing. I am good friends with the mayor-elect of our city and one of his goals was to redo the city website which sucks hard as of right now. I told him I was interested in doing it, and told him I would do a mock-up to present to him. Is there a way to get the current code off of the website so I can save some parts of it but expand upon other?

Also, what is a decent wage for doing this kind of work? If he likes my mock up and wants to buy the code off of me and have me maintain it, what does that run?

Punk · 11-27-2007, 10:13 PM

You could get all the files from the FTP folder.

As for the wage, if it's your first time, I've done websites for money, but again, I do it because I love to do it

ukulele_ninja · 11-27-2007, 10:32 PM

Its hardly my first time, but ive never done it for a wage. I dont have access to the FTP folder yet either. Any other way? Or just start from scratch?

Trizoy · 11-27-2007, 10:40 PM

You could see if you are allowed to view the files.. or just grab the source and show him an idea with the main page. I know my GF charges $75 an hour to design the pages, the coding is a different story..

tlarkin · 11-27-2007, 10:47 PM

1) Install Linux, Unix, or OS X on a machine (OS X you need a mac)

2) In your package manager install wget (use fink commander in OS X to install wget)

3) Once you have wget installed perform the following command in the terminal

Code:

wget -m http://domainname.com

That will mirror the whole site, code for code, and download it on your computer.

online man page:

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~bioskill/MAN/wget.html

ukulele_ninja · 11-27-2007, 10:50 PM

Well the issue with this is that the person currently doing the website is, well, still doing the website. Bob Diebold (the mayor-elect) told me off the record that this guy was getting canned. So I cant ask to see the files because no one else knows that this dude is getting the axe. I think im just gonna do a mock up from scratch.

ukulele_ninja · 11-27-2007, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlarkin

1) Install Linux, Unix, or OS X on a machine (OS X you need a mac)

2) In your package manager install wget (use fink commander in OS X to install wget)

3) Once you have wget installed perform the following command in the terminal

Code:

wget -m http://domainname.com

That will mirror the whole site, code for code, and download it on your computer.

online man page:

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~bioskill/MAN/wget.html

Awesome! Im gonna be installing ubuntu-studio in a day or so.

tlarkin · 11-27-2007, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukulele_ninja

Awesome! Im gonna be installing ubuntu-studio in a day or so.

Then for you use APT to install wget, if it doesn't already come precompiled.

example code:

Code:

sudo apt-get-install wget

ukulele_ninja · 11-27-2007, 11:12 PM

awesome! Any good website editors for linux to try? Also, can you tell me if the following programs are compatable with ubuntu:

Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Adobe Cool Edit 2.1
Cubase SX

For the website editor, Im used to Frontpage and a little Dreamweaver. So if any recomendations along those lines would be awesome.

tlarkin · 11-27-2007, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukulele_ninja

awesome! Any good website editors for linux to try? Also, can you tell me if the following programs are compatable with ubuntu:

Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Adobe Cool Edit 2.1
Cubase SX

For the website editor, Im used to Frontpage and a little Dreamweaver. So if any recomendations along those lines would be awesome.

NVU, comparable to dream weaver, free open source
http://www.nvu.com/

As for adobe....they are kind of the industry standard, the GIMP is the closest thing to PhotoShop.
http://www.gimp.org/

The rest of the stuff you may want to google or post on the GIMP forums, I am sure there are tons of Linux design buffs

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ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,838	Grab website code? Is there anyway I can borrow the code from a website? Heres what I am doing. I am good friends with the mayor-elect of our city and one of his goals was to redo the city website which sucks hard as of right now. I told him I was interested in doing it, and told him I would do a mock-up to present to him. Is there a way to get the current code off of the website so I can save some parts of it but expand upon other? Also, what is a decent wage for doing this kind of work? If he likes my mock up and wants to buy the code off of me and have me maintain it, what does that run?

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 7,011	1) Install Linux, Unix, or OS X on a machine (OS X you need a mac) 2) In your package manager install wget (use fink commander in OS X to install wget) 3) Once you have wget installed perform the following command in the terminal Code: wget -m http://domainname.com That will mirror the whole site, code for code, and download it on your computer. online man page: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~bioskill/MAN/wget.html

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11-27-2007, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,838	Its hardly my first time, but ive never done it for a wage. I dont have access to the FTP folder yet either. Any other way? Or just start from scratch?

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ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,838	Well the issue with this is that the person currently doing the website is, well, still doing the website. Bob Diebold (the mayor-elect) told me off the record that this guy was getting canned. So I cant ask to see the files because no one else knows that this dude is getting the axe. I think im just gonna do a mock up from scratch.

11-27-2007, 11:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
ukulele_ninja Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,838	awesome! Any good website editors for linux to try? Also, can you tell me if the following programs are compatable with ubuntu: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Adobe Illustrator CS2 Adobe Cool Edit 2.1 Cubase SX For the website editor, Im used to Frontpage and a little Dreamweaver. So if any recomendations along those lines would be awesome.

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