#WORDPRESS #BLOG OWNERS PLEASE NOTE…

Posted on by Chris The Story Reading Ape

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING

IMPORTANT CHANGES

To my (still relevant)

DON’T DELAY – BACKUP TODAY!

post in October 2014!

Because you never know what the day may bring

So Stay Safe – Not Sorry

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AUTHORS

PROTECT YOUR WIP’s

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BLOGGERS

PROTECT YOUR BLOGS

(For WordPress Users)

ADMIN

TOOLS

EXPORT

EXPORT (again)

FIRST TRY to

set it to ALL CONTENT then press

DOWNLOAD EXPORT FILE

CHECK to ENSURE the downloaded file has a size value LESS THAN 15 MB

IF the file reads ZERO – then delete it and do the following

GO BACK to Admin – Tools – Export – Export

Select POSTS

Select START and FINISH dates (say from January to December of the first year)

DOWNLOAD EXPORT FILE AGAIN

THEN

CHECK to ENSURE the downloaded file has a size value LESS THAN 15 MB

If it DOES.

Make a folder for the POSTS

labelled with the period the file covered and transfer the file into it.

THEN – go back and download the following period.

CHECK – ENSURE less than 15 MB

Make new folder for POSTS labelled for the period covered

Transfer the downloaded file into it.

REPEAT

until ALL your POSTS are downloaded and safely in labelled folders!

NOW

Go back and do the same for your

PAGES, MEDIA and FEEDBACK

Place them in separate folders,

duly labelled PAGES, MEDIA and FEEDBACK,

plus the periods covered

Once this is done, you no longer need to back-up your OLD posts

for the previous years

ONLY the current period you are in

As an example

my POSTS folders cover:

April to December 2013 file is 9.2 MB

Jan to May 2014 file is 12.2 MB

Jun to Aug 2014 is 11.2 MB

Sep to Nov 2014 is 14.5 MB

Dec 2014 to Jan 2014 is 14.8 MB

Feb 2015 to ? is currently 3.6 MB***

*** is the only POSTS file I need to back-up daily until it is almost at 15MB

After which I’ll make a new folder for the next period

My PAGES (2.9 MB) and FEEDBACK (39 KB) folders

currently cover April 2013 to Feb 2015

So until their size values almost reach 15 MB,

I’ll continue to back up FEEDBACK

for the whole period each day

BUT ONLY when I change or add to PAGES 

will I need to do any further back-ups

If you require any further clarifications,

please let me know and I’ll TRY to answer or advise you

Please DO NOT hesitate to ask

It’s better being SAFE than SORRY

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104 thoughts on “#WORDPRESS #BLOG OWNERS PLEASE NOTE…”

  1. Many thanks for the detailed info on backing up my blog–this is really helpful as I have copies of everything but never thought of backing up my WordPress. Guess this is my Sunday project. . . 🙂

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  6. Good advice and detailed directions, Chris. I also follow a broader regime every six months, I use my ftp client to download the entire server directory structure and all files onto my hard drive from my site server. If I have to migrate, it’s an easier job!

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    • Thanks Sally – I only discovered this issue after setting up a test blog to experiment with and discovered that even though I’d backed up my blog daily – the backup WASN’T THERE (ZERO) – so a few quick words with WP and a little digging helped me discover my error and rectify it 😀

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    • Thanks Jo – I only discovered this issue after setting up a test blog to experiment with and discovered that even though I’d backed up my blog daily – the backup WASN’T THERE (ZERO) – so a few quick words with WP and a little digging helped me discover my error and rectify it 😀

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