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Hey you Silly Rainers - Back that Blog Up

By David A. Podgursky PA

Real Estate Agent with THE PODGURSKY GROUP @ Re/Max Direct

June 28, 2007 10:02 AM

Just wanted to make a quick mention of a new site that might come in handy.

Thus far I have posted on using Windows Live Writer to compose and post your blogs to AR and to your personal blogs. In reverse, copying HTML to Live Writer and saving as draft will back your info up for safety on your hard drive...

but what if your HD dies??

Try this site...and let me know what you think.

I did all three of my blogs... yes, even ActiveRain!

The first thing you do is set up an account...

then you add your blog posts...one by one

you will do a FULL Backup to start out

then the system will read your RSS feed daily to get your new posts backed up.

The achilles heel might be if you're only using ActiveRain. I have only gotten it to back up 27 of my posts. That means that 108 posts are still at risk.

Another nice feature is that you can manage the posts... which will reveal those all important HTML codes for you to copy and paste!

Lastly, there are MOVE and RESTORE features. If your blogsite goes down, you can restore old posts. If you leave Wordpress for Typepad, just tell it where to move the posts!

Enjoy... and comment on your findings - whether you have better luck backing up your AR posts!

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Ann Guy

NA - Allentown, PA

Ugh! My hard drive went about 3 weeks ago. I lost years worth of stuff, you would think I would have learned!

Jun 28, 2007 10:55 AM

Karen Hurst

RICOASTALLIVING.COM - Warwick, RI

Rhode Island Waterfront!

Backup stuff always makes me nervous! Does this mean blogs are "not" for all eternity? Good info.

Jun 28, 2007 10:59 AM

David A. Podgursky PA

THE PODGURSKY GROUP @ Re/Max Direct - Boynton Beach, FL

THE PODGURSKY GROUP - Make the Right Move!

Ann... someone did a post on that today... don't give up on the drive!! go get a hard drive enclosure and connect it to another computer via USB - you could still save the files.... for whatever reason techs just don't even try. i had 2 "dead" hard drives and the tech told me this would never work... it did

and it did for many other people I spoke to!!

Scott, Dale and Matt - thanks!

Leah!! BAD GIRL!! SAVE AS DRAFT every 5-10 min of typing! Same as in Word, Excel, Point etc!

Jun 28, 2007 11:00 AM

George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

David, I might try this, but I have two hard drives on my computer. I use one as my main drive and the other as my back-up. I have been doing this for years and it has always worked well for me, but your suggestion seems to be something that is worth me considering doing.

Jun 28, 2007 11:34 AM

Michael Eisenberg

eXp Realty - Bellingham, WA

Bellingham Real Estate Guy

Thnaks for the tip, Backup is something I sure need to do more of, first my computer then my blog.

Jun 28, 2007 01:11 PM

Renée Donohue~Home Photography

Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI

Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

Super cool tool David, thanks for sharing!

Jun 28, 2007 01:18 PM

Robert D. Ashby

Cruise Planners of South Florida - Plantation, FL

Providing Personalized Travel

Great info David. I am going to try it. I have been trying to figure out a way to back up everything easily.

Jun 28, 2007 02:01 PM

Pam Hofmann

Third Tennessee Realty & Associates, LLC - Crossville, TN

Your Crossville, Lake Tansi & Fairfield Glade Specialist

Wow

great tip, I'll give it a try

Jun 28, 2007 02:03 PM

ok so the title was a bit of a "Name that Tune"/Pop Media reference... and no one's mentioned it yet !!

Jun 28, 2007 02:18 PM

Kimberly Grant

Exit Leon Crawford Realty - Huntsville, AL

Real Estate Agent - Huntsville Alabama

I am going to give this a try. There is nothing worst than working up a sweat typing up a great little post only to hit submit and you get that white page with the tiny writing saying something about an error. Then you go back and its GONE!! ughhhhh..... I will see if this helps!

Jun 28, 2007 02:39 PM

Linda Reynolds

Bradenton Real Estate - Linda Reynolds - Bradenton, FL

Bradenton Real Estate

Interesting thought, I can see it coming in handy for moving your blog from one place to another but not sure about backing up for the other reasons. I type my posts in Notepad and save them there until I am ready to post them so I guess that is my form of backup.

Jun 28, 2007 10:59 PM

Thomas Weiss

Thomas R. Weiss - West Palm Beach, FL

I'm checking in a few minutes, sounds great..

Thanks,

Tom

Jun 29, 2007 02:25 AM

Betsy Talbot

Married with Luggage - Seattle, WA

This is a great tool (I'm backing up as we speak). I usually write in Google Docs, which saves as you write, but once I post in draft mode I always make some changes, and maybe even add pictures, so the copy I have in Google Docs is not always true to the finished product. This is going to be a great tool for me, so thanks for sharing!

Jun 29, 2007 04:21 AM

Kimberly - if THAT is what you're looking for... definitely look @ my posts on Windows Live Writer...

this is for after you've posted, then it goes and hunts down your post and saves it for you.

Everyone else... Better safe than sorry!

Jun 29, 2007 04:58 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

I backed some up...need to do the rest...bookmarked to check out in am.

Jun 29, 2007 09:07 PM

David L. Britt

Platinum Realty, LLC - Olathe, KS

MBA

David, great tip! You can always use a backup system!

Jul 03, 2007 04:07 PM

Scott Hoag

FBC Mortgage - Clearwater, FL

Preferred Lender / Mortgage Company

wow! blog backup? never thought that would be important, but I guess I have spent a lot of time writing...good idea David

Jul 04, 2007 04:56 PM

Janie Coffey

First Coast Sotheby’s International Realty - Ponte Vedra, FL

Uniting Extraordinary Homes w/ Extraordinary Lives

thank you so much for sharing this. We so often forget to back up until it is toooo late and soooo much is at stake. This is a wonderful resource. Thx Janie

Jul 12, 2007 02:52 AM

who isn't using this??

Sep 12, 2007 07:17 AM

Stephen Joos & Chris Brubaker- HouseFront

HouseFront - Denver, CO

Wow, I didn't even think about that, I back up everything else why not my blogs?? Great advice, I am definitely checking out the service.

Sep 12, 2007 09:02 AM

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