WordPress.com Forums » Topic: 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 WordPress.com Forums » Topic: DOWNLOADING MY BLOG TO MY OWN COMPUTER TO BACK IT UP en Sat, 25 May 2013 22:01:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 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.

]]> raincoaster 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-1070647 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:12:00 +0000 raincoaster 1070647@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can just add the Email button to your sharing options and email each post as you make it.

]]> 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-1070633 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:01:25 +0000 rocketone 1070633@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ backing up

Al lthe WordPress information seems to say that exporting to an XML file to my computer is only for the purpose of re-exporting only to other blog platforms.

I cannot open the XML file on my intel mac running snow leopard and so I presume this is because it is only for exporting to a blog platform.

Is this the case ? If it is, then it defies common sense that has not been made clear enough.

And, so, how do I download a readable version of my blog.

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