Archiving Blogs
So, when I started this blog thing, I thought it'd just be for fun. And it is, but the more I do it, the more it has become a scrapbook/journal thingy and the more I'm beginning to think I want to make sure it exists for awhile.
So, I pose the question to all the bloggers out there who are far more html savvy than me (than I?): How can I save my blog onto a disc, or publish it onto a hard copy or in some way PRESERVE all my hard work in case something bad should happen to Blogger?
I'm already noticing when I go back to link older posts that some of the pictures no longer come up. What's with that?
Anyone know?
Anyone?
Bueller?
HELP!
So, I pose the question to all the bloggers out there who are far more html savvy than me (than I?): How can I save my blog onto a disc, or publish it onto a hard copy or in some way PRESERVE all my hard work in case something bad should happen to Blogger?
I'm already noticing when I go back to link older posts that some of the pictures no longer come up. What's with that?
Anyone know?
Anyone?
Bueller?
HELP!
Comments
not sure on the photo thing though. mine are all intact, with the few exceptions of when i have linked directly to a photo online instead of actually publishing it to my blog from my hard drive. i noticed that some of those photos have gone up "missing" but that is because the link is no longer live...
i am definitely going to keep an eye on this to see if someone offers you a content back-up solution!
you can clumsily back it up by changing the days to display in the Settings->Formatting to total days you've blogged, view your blog and save the result (.mht format will have pics saved in it, too, but be a large file.)
or check out blogger's solution:
HERE
in the future you can have blogger e-mail you every time you post in the Settings->Email tab
not very helpful, I realize, but about all you can do at this point...
If you're using photos from your own gallery on another site, like flikr, I don't know why the links wouldn't work.
As a note: if you are hotlinking, you shouldn't. Register on flikr to host your photos - flikr is free. I'm able to upload photos directly onto my blog, but I pay for hosting and use Word Press.
Now I actually compose in Word, save it, and copy and paste it into my Blogger compose window. It's an extra step, but I've lost my whole post a couple of times because of Blogger glitches, so it's worth it to me.
If you want them in order, you could name the files by date.
But that probably won't go over very well.
You can ask him though .... (wink wink)
Gee, did a librarian write that obtuse sentence?
Hope that helps...
SL