# Converting discourse topics to read only pages **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-discourse-topics-to-read-only-pages/69636 **Category:** Support **Created:** [8. September 2017 um 15:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-discourse-topics-to-read-only-pages/69636 "2017-09-08T15:04:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei) #### Post date: [8. September 2017 um 15:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-discourse-topics-to-read-only-pages/69636/2 "2017-09-08T15:07:00Z")
This topic might help you: > [@A basic Discourse archival tool](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-basic-discourse-archival-tool/62614): > > Archival tool updated with Codex May 2026 It seems that it’s pretty tricky to save an entire discourse site to a static version. According to [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archive-an-old-forum-in-place-to-start-a-new-discourse-forum/13433/10) by Jeff Atwood, it’s “much harder than you’d think”. It doesn’t appear that this is a priority for the Discourse team, either, which is perfectly understandable. For my purposes, though, I found that I really needed some way to generate basic, static HTML versions of my Discourse sites. I’ve been using Discourse for a couple of years now as a d… Make sure to read through it, multiple alternatives have been discussed there 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-discourse-topics-to-read-only-pages/69636)._