{"id":1466,"date":"2021-04-12T16:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnwebsite.design\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2021-04-12T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:10:57","slug":"see-how-website-looked-in-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnwebsite.design\/questions\/see-how-website-looked-in-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you see how a website looked in the past?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title date=&#8221;off&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; meta_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; meta_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/learnwebsite.design\/media\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Blue-BG-scaled.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;180px||100px||false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;900&#8243;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.3&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/images\/logo_wayback_210x77.png\" alt=\"Internet Archive Wayback Machine\" class=\"size-medium alignright\" \/><\/a>Can you see how a website used to look?<\/strong> Yes, you can! With a free resource called <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Internet Archive<\/a>, you can see how any website looked at various points in time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why would you need to pull up an old version of a web page?<\/strong> Sometimes it&#8217;s more out of necessity than nostalgia! Consider some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your client has gone to court over an issue and needs to know exactly how a website looked on a certain day.<\/li>\n<li>Your client needs to know which version of their Terms &amp; Conditions was live on a certain day in history.<\/li>\n<li>You redesigned a website and want to showcase the before &amp; after.<\/li>\n<li>You have revised your client&#8217;s web page a few times, and now they want to see content that used to be there a few months ago.<\/li>\n<li>You need to see content that is older than the oldest &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/revisions\/\" target=\"_blank\">post revision<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>You need to find content for an older page that you deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clearly, there are several reasons why it might be helpful to pull up an older version of a website.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Internet Archive<\/a> has over 500 billion web pages saved throughout various points in time.<\/p>\n<p>Simply visit <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">Archive.org\/web<\/a> to browse what&#8217;s called the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wayback Machine<\/a>. Enter your URL and choose one of the available snapshots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there any limitations of The Internet Archive?<\/strong> You might not always find an image you need, but the text will always be there! Plus, every single revision won&#8217;t be available, but you&#8217;ll generally find several different snapshot points to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you see how a website used to look? Yes, you can! With a free resource called The Internet Archive, you can see how any website looked at various points in time. Why would you need to pull up an old version of a web page? Sometimes it&#8217;s more out of necessity than nostalgia! 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