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Amber is a server-side plugin to keep links working on blogs & websites
If a link on your website were to go down, Amber provides your visitors with access to the preserved link.
There is no need for your visitors to download anything. It all just happens seamlessly and automatically.
Mobile compatibility provides all visitors with the ability to view preserved links.
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Amber is a server-side plugin to keep links working on blogs & websites
Amber runs directly on your server, storing content as you link. It does not transmit any data to a third party.
You can configure the link storage and delivery preferences to fit the needs of your website.
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Amber is a server-side plugin to keep links working on blogs & websites
Compatibile with WordPress and Drupal CMS platforms, and Apache and Nginx web servers.
What's the Problem?
Whether links fail because of DDoS attacks, censorship, or
just plain old link rot, dead links are a problem for Internet
users everywhere.
This isn't a new problem.1 Some centralized initiatives, such as
the Internet Archive and Perma.cc, are attempting to snapshot
and preserve the Internet.
49
percent of links
percent of links
in Supreme
court
decisions are dead 2
135,179
Wikipedia articles
Wikipedia articles
contain
dead
external links 3
But more and more, just a handful of centralized entities
host information online. Online centralization creates
“choke points” that can restrict access to web content.
The more routes we provide to information, the more
all people can freely share that information, even in
the face of filtering or blockages.
Amber adds to these routes.
What Amber Does
What Amber does
Amber is an open source tool for website owners and
administrators to safeguard the promise of the URL: that
information placed online can remain there, even amidst
network or endpoint disruptions.
By automatically storing a mirror of every page linked to on
a website, Amber gives visitors a fallback option if links go dead.
These mirrors are stored directly in the local storage space
of the website or server. If one of the pages linked to on this
website were to ever go down, Amber has stored and can
provide visitors with access to a mirrored version.
Install
Install the Amber plugin on your Content Management System or web server.
Customize
Configure the storage and delivery preferences to fit the needs of your website.
Preserve
Amber automatically preserves a copy of each outgoing link in your content.
Save the Day
If a link goes down, your website will provide your visitors with access to the preserved link.
Who Can Use Amber
Amber is useful for virtually any website or blog that
has an interest in preserving the content to which it links.
Here is a small sample of websites whose visitors would
receive an immediate benefit:
Organizations |
Individuals |
| News Outlets | Political Bloggers |
| Fact-Checking Organizations | Researchers |
| Human Rights Groups | Free Speech Advocates |
| Digital Archives | Internet Freedom Activists |
| Blogging Platforms | Lifestyle Bloggers |
| Wikis | Students |
