Recovery source

Primary recovery targeted the live Weebly host (metallifestyle.weebly.com), guided by a prior URL discovery audit that enumerated blog permalinks, legacy post paths, sitemaps, and internal links. Pages were fetched with an archival user agent and stored as raw HTML snapshots alongside structured records.

Articles and pages

Blog posts were stored with title, original URL, publication date when present in the source markup, extracted body HTML, and media references. Static hubs and nested section pages were stored the same way. Bodies keep original HTML structure for fidelity of headings, lists, embeds, and review formatting.

Duplicates

Weebly exposed both pretty permalinks (/metal-lifestyle/…) and legacy dated paths (/1/post/YYYY/MM/…). Pretty permalinks were preferred. Dated legacy duplicates that mirrored an existing pretty restoration were removed during stewardship so each piece appears once.

Unavailable material

When a URL returned an error or an empty body, the record was kept with a preservation notice stating that the page is known to have existed but could not yet be fully recovered. Historical material is never fabricated to fill gaps.

Media preservation

Linked images hosted on the original Weebly uploads path were copied into local archival storage when reachable. Missing images are replaced with layout-preserving placeholders that cite the original asset URL. Embeds such as YouTube players remain as external references.

Non-editorial chrome

Defunct AdSense and related advertising scripts were stripped during stewardship because they are non-functional commercial chrome, not editorial content. Article wording, bylines, and dates were not rewritten.

Archival metadata

Each restored record stores original URL, recovery source, recovery date, preservation status, missing asset list, and polish date. Metadata is exposed in a collapsed archival details panel on reading pages and powers finding aids (timeline, search, series, statistics).

Restoration principles

Preserve over redesign. Document gaps rather than inventing content. Keep interpretive and curatorial material outside the publication reading room. Maintain exact author bylines without merging identities. Prefer historical metadata over generated recommendations.