Be Prepared…Backup Your Blogger Blog
**Please note this post was written in my Blogger blog days. Regardless of which blogging platform you use, be proactive in maintaining backups. Never rely on Blogger, WordPress, or third-party services to do this for you. Try to keep a backup on your computer hard drive if possible.**
I had wondered if such a critter existed and it does. I got the brainy idea after Jenny Matlock left a comment on my Saturday post Ignorance? Blind-Trust? or Stupidity?
She mentioned getting something via email on how to back up your blogger account. What a cool revelation, right? I quickly Googled ‘how to backup blogger’ and this link popped up… Back up or Import your blog.
Just so you’ll know, one use of this feature is for someone wishing to migrate their blog posts to another server, but it says it can be used for preserving your posts as a backup. Needless to say, I pounced on this. At least now, I have a backup version stashed on my computer’s hard drive and I will make sure to do this routinely.
One concern I have is, after a backup can you restore your posts with the import feature listed in blogger. The answer is yes, you can restore from a previous back up. Go to the Blogger Help community, do a search using these keywords: Back up, import, or delete your blog and you’ll find instructions on how to do what you want.
However, I’m curious… has anyone used this feature to recapture their lost posts by importing the backup from your hard drive back to your blog?
Be prepared for the next blogger mishap, backup your blog like I did now!
