Thanks for replying.

"Had you done something along the same lines, you *would* have filtered out
the
"logout link" by default (-*)."

Hm, yes, I see what you mean. I'll keep it in mind if I ever need to do
something similar.


"I need to suggest you make a backup copy of the entire 550MB (-ish) of the
mirror before you make any changes to it.  Else you could possibly lose it
for
good."

Yeah, that's the first thing I did, suspecting all sorts of things might go
wrong.


"Regardless, you're probably just using the wrong starting URL (i.e. local
html file) to begin with.  Assuming the mirror was accomplished correctly,
there would be no "login" to access the localised copy.  I can't tell you how
to do this, but you should be able to go directly into the content.  If you're
hitting a login prompt at index.html, for example, you could try entering the
mirror at index2.html."

Now, there's the problem. No matter which index page I try (there's some 7000
of them) I hit a login promt, which, when I type in the username and password,
directs me to the online location. 
What I find confusing (and see as a small glimmer of hope, kind of :)) is that
when I use any other index page it sends me directly to the login prompt, but,
when I use the main index page (index.html) it first shows the successful
login screen for a moment (You are now logged in as XXX, please wait while we
transfer you), and then it sends me back to the login screen.