WordPress.com Forums » Tag: backups - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/backups WordPress.com Forums » Tag: backups - Recent Posts en Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Data Backup" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/data-backup#post-1251302 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:25:48 +0000 timethief 1251302@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oops! sorry about the unintended duplication.

]]> timethief on "Data Backup" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/data-backup#post-1251301 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:25:23 +0000 timethief 1251301@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/ as every post and page you create will produce a backup copy automatically on your own computer.
(2) If you provide full posts in the RSS feed subscribe.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> timethief on "Data Backup" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/data-backup#post-1251299 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:25:04 +0000 timethief 1251299@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/ as every post and page you create will produce a backup copy automatically on your own computer.
(2) If you provide full posts in the RSS feed subscribe.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> timethief on "Data Backup" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/data-backup#post-1251298 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:24:49 +0000 timethief 1251298@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/ as every post and page you create will produce a backup copy automatically on your own computer.
(2) If you provide full posts in the RSS feed subscribe.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> thedailybusinessdirectory on "Data Backup" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/data-backup#post-1251296 Wed, 01 May 2013 20:23:57 +0000 thedailybusinessdirectory 1251296@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How can I backup data of my blog?

]]> thistimethisspace on "back up my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/back-up-my-blog#post-1227798 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:35:50 +0000 thistimethisspace 1227798@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/ as every post and page you create will produce a backup copy automatically on your own computer.
(2) If you provide full posts in the RSS feed subscribe.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> thistimethisspace on "back up my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/back-up-my-blog#post-1227794 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:34:25 +0000 thistimethisspace 1227794@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can periodically create an XML export file of your content to store on your own computer. http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

]]> viracnon on "back up my blog" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/back-up-my-blog#post-1227790 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:32:34 +0000 viracnon 1227790@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ how do i back up my blog?

]]> timethief on "How can I back up my blog so that it never gets lost/wiped/deleted?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-back-up-my-blog-so-that-it-never-gets-lostwipeddeleted#post-1107142 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:29:14 +0000 timethief 1107142@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/
(2) If you provide full posts in the RSS feed subscribe.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> chilliandmint on "How can I back up my blog so that it never gets lost/wiped/deleted?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-back-up-my-blog-so-that-it-never-gets-lostwipeddeleted#post-1107123 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:58:26 +0000 chilliandmint 1107123@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Is my wordpress.com blog backed up with you automatically. I would hate to loose it! Is there anyway to secure that it never gets wiped accidentially?

]]> timethief on "exporting the site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/exporting-the-site#post-1092356 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:01:48 +0000 timethief 1092356@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is a wpMU (WordPress multi-user) blogging platform. We do not have access to the database here at WordPress.com. We can create XML backup files which we can store on our own computers.
(1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/
(2) Subscribe to Your Blog’s RSS Feeds, if you provide full posts in the feed.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> medicineforreal on "exporting the site" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/exporting-the-site#post-1092316 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:10:43 +0000 medicineforreal 1092316@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ back up the database on my wordpress site

]]> thistimethisspace on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1075230 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:49:30 +0000 thistimethisspace 1075230@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This me timethief but I'm logged in under my other username. I'm glad I was able to help you, Carol. Best wishes with your blogging and Happy Thanksgiving too. :)

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1075224 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:26:34 +0000 mountaincoward 1075224@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi, I've set up my RSS feeds on Google Reader and included one for my own blog.

I may well yet set up a 'test' website and copy everything to that (as well as possibly using it for development) so thanks for that suggestion.

Thanks for all your help on this - I couldn't believe how quick you were replying and with so many good suggestions :-)
Carol.

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072593 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:51:35 +0000 timethief 1072593@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ if you are using a Chrome browser then it does not have a built-in feedreader so you need to get an extension for that. Here's the link for that extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072588 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:48:55 +0000 mountaincoward 1072588@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm having a read of what Google Chrome (my web browser) has on offer for RSS feeds and storage. So I'm probably going to investigate the RSS feeds thing another night as I'm on earlies tomorrow.

I've made a backup of my whole blog to disk anyway tonight and will do that regularly in future.

Thanks for your help so far :-)

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072574 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:37:25 +0000 timethief 1072574@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I was thinking it would give me a copy of my posts as written?

No that's not going to happen. An export file is an XML file and if you open it in anything other than a plain text editor you corrupt the content.

Microsoft WORD is not Web compliant but if you use Windows Live Writer then you will have a backup on your own computer of every post and page you create in it and publish to your blog from it.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/windows-live-writer/

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072569 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:33:16 +0000 mountaincoward 1072569@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm looking through that support page. I've tried that RSS URL for my posts and it comes out in .xml code - is that right? I was thinking it would give me a copy of my posts as written?

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072564 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:27:54 +0000 timethief 1072564@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Every WordPress blog has multiple built in feeds. There's nothing you need to set up. :) See http://en.support.wordpress.com/feeds/
This is the RSS URL for your posts http://mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.com/feed/

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072556 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:17:46 +0000 mountaincoward 1072556@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm debating about setting up a private blog already since your first comment.

But just now, I'm struggling to find where my RSS feeds are!

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072544 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:08:51 +0000 timethief 1072544@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I just thought of something else. I recommend setting up a private blog as a duplicate blog of your main site. Scroll down to "Every blogger needs a test blog" http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/19/how-to-select-a-wordpress-com-theme-part-1/

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072541 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:06:36 +0000 timethief 1072541@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Importing is easy.

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072537 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:03:50 +0000 mountaincoward 1072537@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks Timethief...

I think option 3 is what I would be looking for. If I saved my 'whole blog' export .xml file to disk, how easy a task is it to re-create the blog from it if someone did do major damage?

Going to have a read of option 4 now...
Thanks again...

]]> timethief on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072526 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:45:19 +0000 timethief 1072526@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ For backups:
(1) The Safe Bet - Use an Offline Blog Editor
http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/
(2) Subscribe to Your Blog’s RSS Feeds if you provide full posts in the feed.
(3) Periodically Export Backup Copies and Save them to Disc
http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/
(4) Back-up using using Feedburner and Gmail
From: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/27/disaster-planning-backups-for-bloggers/

]]> mountaincoward on "How Can I Backup my Blog?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-backup-my-blog#post-1072523 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:41:39 +0000 mountaincoward 1072523@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I pretty much have backups of most of my blog posts in 'Word' on my laptops. However, I've been reading worrying posts on the forum about sometimes hackers getting into your account and deleting all your blog posts. Obviously, even with my words and photos backed up on my PC, it would be a nightmare to re-do the whole blog again. I have chosen the most difficult password I can remember but, obviously, no password's infallible.

I'm sure it must be possible to somehow backup my blog in its entirety? if so, how can I do that please?

]]> rocketone on "DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-my-blog-to-my-own-computer-to-back-it-up#post-1071648 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:26:00 +0000 rocketone 1071648@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've had a look at winHTTrack. It appears on its website to say it is a free download ( which it is) but they fail to say it may download free but it simply won't be allowed to retrieve files until you pay about £70 for a license.

I spent about five hours letting it read my hard disc before I found all this out.

I really don't appreciate that kind of weasily behaviour.

But, the real problem seems to be that the list of files from which you choose which ones you want to retrieve all have strange names or even just numbers. None of them have file names that I recognise from the files normally on my computer.

This means I simply didn't have a clue which files to retrieve and so I just threw out the whole lot of useless junk as an utter waste of time.

]]> tacs2012 on "DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-my-blog-to-my-own-computer-to-back-it-up#post-1070855 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:53:07 +0000 tacs2012 1070855@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yeah it is a pretty useful tool, if i'm not mistaken there is a demo of it on youtube, easy installation and simple to use, you'll have all your pages (copied for offline reading) in moments. saves endless amounts of click copy or click save.

Good luck,

]]> rocketone on "DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-my-blog-to-my-own-computer-to-back-it-up#post-1070715 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:08:15 +0000 rocketone 1070715@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thannx for the suggestions everyone. That winHTTrack solution sounds interesting I'll Goggle it.

]]> tacs2012 on "DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-my-blog-to-my-own-computer-to-back-it-up#post-1070705 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:35:20 +0000 tacs2012 1070705@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ if you want to download offline webpages of your whole site, use winHTTrack website copier, once installed pick a folder to save your site to, then add your blog link in the address field and then click start..

It will take a while to run, and it will copy the entire contents of your site, some things you wont need so you can just delete them after the program has finished running.

anyways, when the program has finished running you'll be looking for a folder name; rocketspage.wordpress.com

in that you'll have all your archive posts and your categories.

This whole process is far easier than the above suggestions, you'll take forever with the amount of content you have.

Hope this helps

]]> mannamedmicah on "DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-my-blog-to-my-own-computer-to-back-it-up#post-1070697 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:54:01 +0000 mannamedmicah 1070697@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One simple option is to click "Save Page As.." in your browser. Make sure you have the Save As Type set to Webpage, Complete. This will download the webpage, all the graphics, etc to your hard drive. You will have to do this to each page in your website.

I'm not sure if this option exists on an Apple, but it works in Windows.

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