Export as HTML: Render Manipulate as an image, not a CDF

Question

When I Export a notebook to HTML, Mathematica renders each Manipulate GUI as an object that requires the CDF browser plugin. For example, this notebook:

... renders to this webpage:

How can I tell Export to convert the Manipulate cells to images instead of CDFs?

Perhaps ConversionRules is needed, as in this answer?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to specify ManipulateOutput option:

Export["...filename", EvaluationNotebook[], "ManipulateOutput" -> "PNG"]

Please see more details about HTML format if you need to tweak it.