Web Archive - Overview

The Web Archive is a standalone web application which you can open in any web browser. It consists of the the following elements:

• The PDF documents generated from the Notes documents

• JSON files which store the Notes metadata

• Notes attachments (Word, Excel, and similar files)

• HTML, CSS, and other UI files

For a complete overview of the files that are generated with the Web Archive please see our article on the Web Archive Structure.

The archive's browser interface is described in the Web Archive Interface article.

The Web Archive is launched by opening the index.html file found in the archive's root folder.

The archive’s interface features all of the application views that you chose to export. This views are fully searchable and sortable. Additionally, the links between documents are preserved and remain functional.

If you have multiple databases then you can export them to a single Web Archive in a batch process. In this case Seascape creates a separate folder for each database and also a Database Catalog page, which shows all of the databases that have been added to the Web Archive.

You can host your Web Archive locally, in a shared network folder, or any web server (eg. IIS, Apache, or other).

The Web Archives do not require Lotus Notes or Domino to run, since they are built entirely on open standard formats such as HTML, PDF, and JS. All that is needed to open a Web Archive is a web browser.

For advanced capabilities such as full-text search, user access management, and unlimited scalability, you can install the Seascape Flex server and link it to your web archive. For more information see our Introduction to the Flex Server.