Blogging has been one of my passions since I started my first blog online back in 2004 when Monkey Boy was born. It has been almost 9 years since I have been actively blogging. A lot has changed since I started off as a blogging newbie.
Back then I was blogging on the blogger platform before switching over to WordPress.com and now on this self hosted WordPress blog.
I have learned a lot since I made my 1st step into the world of blogging. I know now the importance of having a back up for the blog and also backups for the template and other in both my hard drive and also a copy stored in Dropbox. It would certainly save me the trouble of redoing everything from scratch when I had to move my blog from one server to another when I had to change hosting.
Nowadays everything is online and not in hard copy. It pays to be prudent and have a few back up copies in different places so in the case that the blog is attacked by virus or gets hacked. I triple save everything now. – Hard disk, dropbox and via e-mail. I also do a photo book yearly so that we have a hard copy to look back on when the kids grow up
Do you keep a backup copy of your blog?
Are your copies online or offline?
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Ginger
August 2, 2012 at 9:07 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Great idea!! Thanks for the tip!
Modern Gypsy
August 2, 2012 at 9:48 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I’ve never bothered to find out about backing up my blog, but maybe I should. Will look up how to backup my wordpress.com blog. Thanks for the tip.
Heather
August 2, 2012 at 10:09 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
That photo is so cute!! Great post!
Maggie S.
August 2, 2012 at 10:35 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
You are so right. This is what I need to work on.
Carol
August 2, 2012 at 10:39 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Great post ~ very true ~ i do back up my blog and older one is offline ~ need to do more of that ~ wondering how you like the self hosting WordPress blogging?thanks for coming by ~ namaste, (A Creative Harbor) on Blogger
Michelle
August 2, 2012 at 10:51 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
This is definitely a good idea. I just started blogging but it’s better to save all documents right now before I’ll regret for something like this to happen to me. Thanks Dominique!
Susan Mystery
August 2, 2012 at 11:19 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I have blogging since 2004 as well. I started out on live journal then Yahoo 360 then Multiply and finally landed here. I have a thumb drive dedicated to my blog as well as on my hard drive. I have recently be able to print all my entries and placed them in a binder and find it enjoyable to read back once in a while to see what I was doing and how I was feeling.
Sue
August 2, 2012 at 11:58 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Good advice. The only back-up I have is the blog books I publish. Better than nothing, but wouldn’t help me recreate the blog if it were lost.
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sister sister
August 3, 2012 at 12:36 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I can see this is an excellent tip since a few days ago I just spent all day writing a post only to not be able to find it when i wanted to publish it the next morning. Lost in Cyberspace never to be found again. so frustrating
good tip.
hi from mk’s
emily
August 3, 2012 at 1:14 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I really should, but I haven’t done that yet.
lissa
August 3, 2012 at 2:13 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
oh, I would like to triple-backup my stuff but I think I would forget to do so. anyway, I think the server that your blog is hosted on is already being backup so I think in a way, you’re are backing up 4x instead of 3.
have a great day.
Melanie
August 3, 2012 at 3:10 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Great tip! I really need to backup all my work so I don’t have to redo it if anything happens.
Rocky Mountain Woman
August 3, 2012 at 4:14 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Yikes! I need to do a backup…
JamericanSpice
August 3, 2012 at 1:20 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Ahh he is so cute!
1. I don’t but I should. Well I do back up on the blogger part of the blog.
2. It’s on my computer. I think I should get a disc copy too.
Aloha
Paula
August 3, 2012 at 5:22 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
My host keeps a back up of my blog I hope it’s enough coz they’re so expensive. LOL!
I love dropbox, I got free space because two signed up under my name.
Filman Santiago
August 3, 2012 at 7:22 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
This is a great reminder. Been thinking of creating another dropbox account intended only for my blogs. But I still don’t know yet how. Though my host is doing it already, I still see it necessary to have my own also.
Claudia
August 3, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Good point you have there. I am actually right in the process of doing my due-diligence back-up wise. I have now an online plan to back up my zillions of photos and just purchased another external hdd to make a second/third copy when I download my pics. It is sooo important, but we just like to push it away from us, until…
Thank you for the reminder!
Laurie Kazmierczak
August 4, 2012 at 2:37 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Just began blogging this year…now must consider options♫♪
self sagacity
August 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
1) I keep a back-up on my computer, but that reminds me that I need to do another one for this month. I should do it more often, but of course I always wait too long in between
2) It is offline, although you mentions drop box, I never had the need for it on the run, so I don’t include it in my drop box, but I guess it doesn’t hurt.
Nicki G. The Blissful Wife
August 6, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Hi There
How do you back up to DropBox? You mentioned you also back up your templates…How? I have heard so much about this but don’t know how to do it. Please help! Thanks so much!
Blissful Blessings, Nicki G. The Blissful Wife
http://www.blissfulvida.com
Dominique
August 6, 2012 at 7:49 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
@Niki,
I export the .xml file from my wordpress by downloading it to my PC then dropping it in dropbox. I’m using self hosted wordpress so I download the zip of the templete which I use.
Nicki G. The Blissful Wife
August 6, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Thanks for your reply
I have a self-hosted Word Press site too! I am gonna look it up and start doing it! Thanks so much for posting this and giving me the necessary push!
Jenny Matlock
August 14, 2012 at 3:43 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
We do a nightly automatic back-up.
I am still laughing over the expression on your son’s face!
What a kute picture!
Thanks for sharing the advice and the laugh.
A+