Do-it-yourself web archiving

Resources for creating preservable websites

Guides for digital scholars and web developers

Requirements and best practices for web preservation - Library and Archives Canada
This guide recommends best practices when designing web resources to maximize the ability of web archiving tools to acquire and preserve them.

Creating Preservable Websites - Library of Congress
This guide recommends best practices to keep in mind when designing websites, to help ensure successful preservation of your websites by any archiving institution.

Digital Preservation: Best Web Development Practices – City University of New York
This guide recommends development practices to ensure the ability of web crawlers to best capture your website.

The Endings Project: Building Sustainable Digital Humanities Projects
The Endings Project has created a set of implementable principles to ensure the longevity of web-based research projects.

Guidelines for Preserving New Forms of Scholarship – New York University
These recommendations guide publishers to create web-based publications that are more likely to be preservable.

GO:DH Minimal Computing Group
This group provides a space for generating and sharing discussion and resources exploring the practice and impact of minimal computing in the context of digital humanities.

ArchiveReady
ArchiveReady is a free online tool for testing the preservability of your website.