Tuesday 8 July 2008

Belt and braces

It dawned on me recently, just how devasted I would be if my blog disappeared in a puff of blog dissolving ether. I have invested so much time and effort into my regular ramblings, that to lose them would be an unthinkinable calamity and in view of that, I have been feeling a nasty little nip of vulnerability lately!

Time to put the old thinking cap on. With brow furrowed, I popped over to Blogspot's help pages hoping I would be able to create a back-up copy to store on my computer, but not only is my technical knowledge embarrassingly limited, I also have the very female problem (sorry girls!) of having the kind of mind which unhelpfully blanks when presented with written (or drawn!) instruction sheets. I confess I'm more of a 'push buttons and keep your fingers crossed' kinda gal - not the most useful of qualities when faced with a potentially fatal button click for my dear old blog. Blogspot offered a comprehensive, yet seemingly complicated process for back-up, but also put the fear of God into me, by warning of potential button clicking disasters.


At which point I chickened out of the do-it-yourself process and decided to ask the other blog scribing 'Teddy Talk' forum members if they had discovered a really simple solution unbeknownst to me. I waited, and waited some more and then ... silence ensued. Are there really that many bloggers out there with no back-up for their hard work? Shockingly, it would seem so. One helpful TT'er politely pointed me in the direction of Google, so with no idiot proof option available to me, I took her advice and put in a hopeful, if simplistic, search ... 'back up my blog'. Not much to ask you would think eh? But after ploughing through several supposedly helpful Google suggested website pages, I was still too nervous to tweak any of my 'Bearing All' settings for fear of losing the lot. Then this link caught my eye:

https://www.blogbackuponline.com/techrigy/

It was as easy as that. With one little click I was on my way and five minutes later was fully backed-up, so if anything terrible should ever happen in Blogland (war, pestilence ... that kind of thing!) 'Bearing All' can be restored and all will be well with my tiny world. I will definitely sleep a little easier tonight!

5 comments:

  1. Thanks Paula - the thought hadn't crossed my mind either, but thanks to you - it's all done in a few minutes.

    Thanks for sharing!

    Jackie x

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  2. Thanks! Not only do you create awesome bears, you are a fount of knowledge as well!!

    Hugs
    Anji
    gsolfot

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  3. I do know exactly what you mean by where is the simple method? I keep saying where is the on/off switch? Why do men design things so that they are almost incomprehensible?

    Off to check it out.... tx...

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  4. ... so they can reign supreme Vee ... or so they like to think! Unless they baffle us with gobbledigook, they stand no chance of outwitting us! Ha!

    I hope I've managed to be of some help and that you all find this a simple, yet effective solution to protecting your precious blog work.

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  5. Many thanks Paula, that is very helpful and
    will go and check it out.

    Enjoy your weekend.

    Hugs
    Carolyn

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