Project "Renascer" brings back old websites

Organizations keep domains that referenced websites which are no longer used, to prevent them from being bought or because they were just forgotten. The aim of project Renascer (Reborn) is to bring back historical websites whose content is no longer available online and whose domain continues to be held by their authors. “Forgotten” domains can […]

Arquivo404 presents web-archived pages instead of "pages not found"

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Does your website presents "Error 404 - Page not found" messages to your users? Arquivo.pt offers a solution for this problem through Arquivo404. Just insert a single line of code in the page that generates the 404 error message on your website and web-archived pages will be presented to your users instead of pages not […]

2019 websites available and Arquivo.pt surpasses 10 billion files

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The information collected from the Web during 2019 is now avaliable in Arquivo.pt (in respect to the embargo period of 1 year). Printed screen from www.politico.eu preserved by Arquivo.pt, collected in June 18, 2019. Article about the Notre Dame fire in Paris, "Notre Dame fire 'fully extinguished’ as fundraising starts". Remember and research historical events […]

EXPO'98: Twenty years by Arquivo.pt

With the theme " "Os Oceanos, Um Património para o Futuro" ("Oceans, a Heritage for the Future"), EXPO'98 took place in Lisbon, 1998. Considered a turning point for Lisbon and Portugal, from May 2 to September 30, 1998, the event attracted around 11 million visitors. EXPO'98 also had as its purpose to highlight the 500 […]

How to improve an online service (video)?

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Arquivo.pt recommendations to improve the quality of online services This presentation provides an overview of the architecture and functioning of the system that supports the Arquivo.pt web archive. It shares the main lessons learned from the experience of developing and maintaining this service for 10 years. We believe that these recommendations can be useful to […]