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
AUTHORS
PROTECT YOUR WIP’s
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
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Good to know what the limit is. 🙂
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Indeed Chris – it’s also worth noting that although you can EXPORT over 15MB, you can’t IMPORT more than 15MB – hence the 15MB limit I’ve advised 😀
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I am a fanatical back-up person. I cannot recommend getting into the habit of backing up, enough. Each new blog post is saved to my computer as a pdf, just in case… and I do, what you suggest, periodically. That feature isn’t just for leaving and going to a different blog.
Great post, Chris!
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Indeed it’s not Cate, it’s a means of recovering everything that may otherwise be lost 😀
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I don’t have a WordPress blog but I added this post to my resources for authors (http://www.adirondackediting.com/links). Thanks for sharing this important information, Chris! 🙂
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Thanks for doing that Susan 😀
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Reblogged this on Phoenix Rainez and commented:
Good advice just have to figure it all out ….
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It’s worth taking the time Phoenix – thanks for reblogging 😀
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Reblogged this on ldbush21.
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Thanks for reblogging Les 😀
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Thanks so much for this, I followed your instructions and my file is 5.2 MB. Does that sound ok for a blog just over a year old?
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Yep – sounds great Cathy 😀
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Thanks Chris, I had no idea I’d need to back everything up separately
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If you mean your blog Cathy – you can select All Content and download it – if it’s less than 15MB it’s OK.
If it’s ZERO – you need to download each part separately instead 😀
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Thank you so much for explaining this. I hadn’t yet discovered this feature on WP, but found your post through Colleen’s blog today. I’m all backed up, I think…. I didn’t see where it gave the file size, and will check behind myself after reading through your comments. Best wishes, WG
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If you click on the downloaded link, you should be able to see the file size WG – it needs to be more than ZERO kb and less than 15MB 😀
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Thank you 😉
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Reblogged this on BOOK CHAT.
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Thanks for the reblog Michelle 😀
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You are most welcome, my friend.
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Thanks for the information!
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Welcome Michelle 😀
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This is great, but please, next time, could you have a regular, easier to read version? This style and format is hard to deal with while the content is useful and great.
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LOL so how can I make I easier to read Beth, justify left instead of centralise the wording? 😀
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