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The screenshots below show a typical use of pageVault to search an archive and view a site as it appeared at a certain date and time.

The site used for demonstration purposes is AustLit: The Australian Literature Gateway. This site is neither affiliated with nor endorses pageVault. Pages from this site where captured for demonstration purposes using the method described in the pageVault Trial documentation.

  1. Default pageVault home page showing the Archive Roots, which are the default home pages of web sites in your archive:

    default home page

  2. Ditto, showing popup calender to specify part of a date range:

    default home page with popup calendar

  3. Search result for a "list" search constrained by a date range. From here, you can either show the specific date/time of each result in the archive, or you navigate directly to the first and last version of the page in the specified date range.

    List search result

  4. Here the specific date/time of each result is shown:

    Specific date/time of each result

  5. Metadata for an archived page (the final result above) is shown. The term "metadata" describes information about the response gathered by pageVault and the HTTP response headers.

    Metadata for an archived page

  6. An archived page is shown as it was originally delivered. All embedded and referenced objects (such as scripts, stylesheets, images) are delivered as they were initially. Hyperlinks are all operational, and will retrieve pages archived in the time-frame of the shown page. That is, the site can be viewed as it was at some chosen time in the past.

    A pageVault archive viewer control box is inserted in the top left hand corner of the viewed page (more on this next...):

    Viewing an archived page

  7. Viewing an archived page with the pageVault archive viewer control box expanded.

    When minimized, this box allows you to navigate to the first, previous, next or last version of the page you are viewing, or to maxmize or hide the pageVault archive viewer control box.

    When maximized, more options are available, including the initiation of "auto-play" which automatically steps through previous or later versions of the page at a user-configurable rate.

    Viewing an archived page with the pageVault
archive viewer control box expanded

  8. Here the auto-play has been activated to step through previous versions of the page. Note that the pageVault archive viewer control box now contains a "pause" button which pauses the auto-play.

    Viewing an archived page with pageVault
auto-play

  9. Using the search facility to find pages with 2 or more versions during September and October:

    Searching for changed pages

  10. Search result for this query:

    List search result

  11. Details for the last shown URL ("/sdi") are shown:

    result details

  12. And both versions are compared (in this case, shown side by side in standard resizable HTML frames). Each version has its own pageVault archive viewer control box...

    Comparing two versions side by side

  13. ..which can be expanded to link to more information:

    Comparing two versions side by side each with
their pageVault archive viewer control box expanded

  14. Using the search facility to find a changed version after 9am on the 8th of November 2002 which should be immediately shown (skipping the list shown in the previous example):

    Searching for and showing a version of a page

  15. And here it is immediately shown:

    Search result shown immediately

  16. And here the pageVault archive viewer control box is shown, showing the date and navigation options:

    ..showing pageVault archive viewer control box

  17. From the shown result, a link is selected ("Possums in the roof"), and that page is shown as it appeared at the time of the previous page:

    Navigating to show a linked page

 
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