264,155
AR also offers a back up from your My Home page.
Left sidebar, BOTTOM My Blog, then Export Blog Entries.
Just a few moments and all posts are exported in a zip file.
The formatting won't stick, nor will photos, but the text of all posts are in the file.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
-
Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
-
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
-
Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
-
Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
-
Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
-
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,115,878
Thinking about it. My personal solution has been to stop posting here in the rain and to focus on building pages on my website's blog.
-
Beth Atalay
Clermont, FL
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
-
Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Kat Palmiotti
Kalispell, MT
-
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
-
Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
-
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
-
Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
7,870,219
Every member should have a blogging site that they own or control.
When links fail, prospects move on.
-
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mort...
New Lenox, IL
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
-
Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
-
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
1,506,783
Most of what I post these days originates on another site or tool. AR is usually the second site I post any significant blogs to.
-
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mort...
New Lenox, IL
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Jeff Pearl
Lovettsville, VA
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
-
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
292,409
I always save all my posts in a txt file.
Both the text only and the html code.
It's good to also save the html code, because it keeps the formatting you've done already.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
-
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
-
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
2,785,306
Years ago I thought of this and had a friend of mine download and copy all my posts (what a task) but they did it for me. Then it hit me. I put that "stuff" out there to work. The real find? IT'S ME the guy who wrote all that stuff!
-
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mort...
New Lenox, IL
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
6,424,202
I may start doing backups, not likely to migrate my blog until needed.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
2,817,727
Thankfully, my biz does not depend on AR and my own website is the center. So I mainly post on there and have daily backups.
I did writea post on here after the crash and saved it.
hoping everything is restored here soon as the backlinks will help. The posts themselves are not that critical and could be rewritten if need be.
-
Gene Mundt, IL/WI Mort...
New Lenox, IL
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,458,648
I put my posts (well, except for AR specific posts) on my other website first, then copy them here. I think I'll be fine if I keep doing that. Hopefully!
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,554,697
I already draft mine on Word. I like the export tip too. I just don’t feel like reposting and reformatting them.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
2,684,769
I back up the source code for the blog posts on an external drive, or in the cloud.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
1,325,759
Good information to know.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
195,522
ActiveRain Member Support Would you keep us posted on when the restoration is complete? I have a post that is missing. I have a copy of it in Word, so it's not an issue for me to repost it. I just don't want to repost it, if there is still a chance it will be restored.
For that reason, it would be helpful to know when you have done all you can do to save what was lost. Thank you.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
913,968
That would be a good idea. Any platform can disappear. We usually operate on rented space. AR should actually be the 2nd place we post.
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
509,449
I usually created my blog in word, then copy and paste in AR. So the draft is saved on my computer. I guess I did that out of habit
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
5,257,589
I write mine in Notes so that I can dictate them on my phone and then tweak them on my computer - then, dump them onto AR. I cannot imagine losing everything.
The export option is something that then puts them into one place. I'm thinking it wise to do that once a month - especially since we've had this crash more than once.
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Susie Kay
Plano, TX
1,847,621
No, I think that things have happened before & they said they found the data it's just putting it back.
I write things in an old HTML editor & it's basically saved there from past experiences.
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
5,772,962
Kathleen,
I usually post on our site first, and on AR second...I will put my drafts on Notes. A
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
John Juarez
Fremont, CA
1,202,422
Yup
-
Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
5,244,758
Nope, just a bit of a hiatus!
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,093,347
I have been writing my posts in Word for years now so I automatically have them saved on the computer and in the cloud. It's just a couple extra steps to copy and paste to AR but it's habit by now.
I need to learn how to use Notes and dictate to my iPhone. That would be a huge timesaver.
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,168,134
it will depend upon the post. personal posts... nope, a market report absolutely.
-
Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
-
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
539,748
My primary blog is on WordPress. My web hosting provider is SiteGround. They do daily backups that can be restored by the user. I download a weekly backup of my WP site to local Samsung flash drive storage and to SpiderOak encrypted cloud storage.
WP allows you to save many draft versions until you Publish the final version of a new post. But once a post is published, if you are making lots of changes, updates, or additions, the edited version is not stored until you Update the post.
It is good practice to do a major change to a published post using a text editor, autosave it every few minutes, and then copy and paste the final version to WP or AR. I use free Notepad++ as my text editor in Windows 10, with an autosave every 60 seconds. Notepad++ is a more powerful replacement for the default Notepad software in Windows.
-
Diana Zaccaro Broker A...
Cocoa Beach, FL
1,291,481
AR has always been a back-up and secondary blogging venue for me, Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist ... as I have my main/primary blog site elsewhere. AR offers beneficial "extras" that my other site does not ... primarily the social aspect and relationships that it has cultivated. That is HUGE in my eyes and the reason I've outlasted AR's bumps in the road ...
Gene
809,829
Learned the value of OFF-SITE backup years ago. Just watch the system you use, cassette taps are not the best.