Backing up weblogs: Just a list of links
If you, like I, have been wondering about the why and how of backing up your weblogs, I thought I’d list some sources that I’ve found so far. I’m not endorsing any, nor have I explored these yet…but I’ll append this post with an update to let you know which have panned out best for me.
- From About.com: How do I backup my weblogs? which suggests the free www.httrack.com
- From Next Level Biz Tips: Backing up your weblogs
Update 3/3/05: So far, I’ve starting my “back-up project” by doing things the old-fashioned way, just printing out hard copies of each blog and the source articles they are I’ve linked to. Even with this apparently simple task, I’m surprised to learn that many of my links have already gone bad. I’ve only began blogging regularly since about Dec ‘04! I didn’t realize that Associated Press news headline articles posted on sites like cnn.com or optonline.net, which I guess are just newfeeds themselves, don’t have that long a “shelf life”. I’ve since replaced some of these bad links with active links from other sites like abc.com, but now I’m wondering if I should save them as Adobe pdf files and post on a server or something….or should I just paraphrase with source notes and not link at all, like being my own newspaper editor…but then what is a blog without links. At the same time, what good is a blog with bad links. As soon as I figure out one thing there is always something else that shows up that needs figuring out. I’ll be back….
Note 3/5/05: Thanks, Toby, for the mention!
