#Microblog Mondays 13 : My 100th post and the back-up question

10 Aug 2015

#Microblog Mondays 13 : My 100th post and the back-up question

Last week I reached the milestone of publishing the 100th post on my blog. It took me one and a half years of blogging to reach here. Though it came real slow but, still, it made me happy that I managed to stick around for so long.

I have a lot to thank for – my school friend and blogger Shweta for holding my hand in the beginning and helping me toddle in the world of blogging, my blogger friend Vinitha who supported and encouraged me through this long journey and all the readers who visited time and again and were generous enough to let me know whatever I was doing was not in vain. My heart is filled with gratitude.

Yesterday, I was discussing about my 100th post and my gratitude with my husband and he raised the topic of back-up.

He asked me, being the IT guy he is – “Do you take back-ups of the posts you write?”.

I wondered what back-up? Everything is online on wordpress then do I really have to think about this?

He mentioned “Suppose in this dynamic world wordpress decides to shut its business one day and without prior intimation then what will you do? Will you be okay with losing every story you have written with your heart about Dhruv and yourself?

I said no but taking back-up of 100 posts is going to take a lot of effort. Now what do I do, being the challenged self when it comes to technology? Copy-paste each post in MS word?

I am perplexed.

Do you take back-ups of your blog posts? Is there any other way you can suggest other than copy-pasting for taking back-ups?

Linking up with Microblog Mondays at Stirrup Queens.

Posted in Microblog Mondays and tagged 100th post, Back-up, Blogging, Copy-paste, Gratitude, MS Word, Technology

29 thoughts on “#Microblog Mondays 13 : My 100th post and the back-up question”

Falak Randerian on Aug 10, 2015 at 10:02 am said:

Congratulations Anamika… And no, it won’t take much time. There is a one click option on Blogger for Backup, I’m sure WordPress will have it. Just Google and see. All the best

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 10, 2015 at 10:16 am said:
  
  Thanks Falak. The one click option for backup on blogger sounds great. You are right. I will google and find out.
  
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Shailaja/ The Moving Quill on Aug 10, 2015 at 10:32 am said:

I think there is one for wordpress too. Will also Google and let you know if something comes up.

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you Shailaja :). I am going to try out exporting as suggested above.
  
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Vasantha Vivek on Aug 10, 2015 at 1:08 pm said:

hai Anamika,

Kindly read by re blogged article for this :
https://vivekvasantha.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/how-to-backup-the-content-on-your-wordpress-blog/

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:50 pm said:
  
  Will do 🙂
  
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lifestyleproblog on Aug 10, 2015 at 5:38 pm said:

That is fantastic… congrats! I use WordPress Backup to Dropbox. You could check the available plugins and find one for backup.I think Jetpack has a backup option too!

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:50 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the detailed tip Ankita 🙂
  
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Lindsay on Aug 10, 2015 at 8:30 pm said:

Congratulations on your 100th post! I am glad to have met you through this forum. 🙂 Keep on bloggin’ on!

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:49 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much Lindsay 🙂 I am glad tooooo for having met you.
  
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shilarya on Aug 10, 2015 at 10:35 pm said:

Congrats on ur 100 posts.. Just now my heat skipped a beat thinking of this WordPress shutdown all of sudden… I think I should also do some backup work

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you Shilpa. And yes do export 🙂
  
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emma on Aug 10, 2015 at 11:06 pm said:

Yay on 100 posts! That’s awesome 🙂

I *think* if you go to the WP Dashboard, you to “export” your blog and you’d get a back up that way. I know I had to export my blog posts and import them again when I went from WP.com to self-hosted.

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:46 pm said:
  
  Thank you Emma 🙂 And thanks too for suggesting to Export.
  
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Mel on Aug 11, 2015 at 2:23 am said:

I do always make back ups. I use the export option on the blogging software, I use the backup function in my c-panel, and I copy and paste all posts into a Word Doc. Yes, yes, yes make backups.

Congratulations on hitting 100!

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:40 pm said:
  
  Thanks alot Mel 🙂 Export option is surely I am going to work upon.
  
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nabanita on Aug 11, 2015 at 11:38 am said:

Congrats on your 100 blog posts and wish you many more to come…And I use the export option to take backup of my blog..You can do the same I guess..Look into the settings..

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:39 pm said:
  
  Thank you for the tip 🙂 I will try.
  
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parulthakur24 on Aug 11, 2015 at 12:37 pm said:

Congrats on 100! You are awesome and you should keep writing to spread the joy and wisdom!
Back ups? Yes, I follow my blog so I get all my posts in my mailbox and that helps. But would love to know if Google throws up a better result. I am 250+ posts new and I am a bit scared of losing data 🙂

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:38 pm said:
  
  Thank you Parul 🙂 When I saw your facebook update about achieving the milestone of 200 posts I wondered how much time I am going to take to reach there. I think since I like blogging and recording the life as it is progressing I will eventually get there too. Fingers are crossed. 🙂
  
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  - parulthakur24 on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:40 pm said:
    
    Oh yes, you will get there. Relax! Just keep writing beautifully the way you do. My 100th was slowest but rest all, I did not even notice 🙂
    
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deathstar44 on Aug 13, 2015 at 12:19 pm said:

Happy 100th! Oh yes and backup!

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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Alok Singhal on Aug 15, 2015 at 9:11 pm said:

Congratulations, Anamika…multiply 100 times.

Interesting question, i don’t take any back-up as well. Not sure how to take one…but sites like WordPress just don’t shut down as such (i think so)!

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 15, 2015 at 9:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you Alok. You are writing amazing posts and you should better keep them safe. Going by popular verdict here in the basis of the comments on this post, it is advisable to take backup and the methods enumerated are many. I am soon going to do it.
  
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  - Alok Singhal on Aug 15, 2015 at 9:32 pm said:
    
    Yes, would be glad if you could post the best options.
    
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  - the bespectacled mother on Aug 15, 2015 at 9:36 pm said:
    
    Sure 🙂
    
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ajaybpai on Aug 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm said:

Congratulations @Anamika, on your proud moment. Your blog is very well maintained though it has reached its 100th post. Do share with us readers, the ingredients that has helped for this achievement. I still remember the reason, why I was hooked to your blog, and it is because of Dhruv. Your narratives about him is excellent. Wrt to backup; I normally do the backup once a month. Blogger has that facility.

All the best to you.

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- the bespectacled mother on Aug 21, 2015 at 7:34 pm said:
  
  The ingredients that helped me for this achievement…….Please note the wisdom coming from a seasoned blogger (that is me hahahahha) – write from your heart, build strong thoughtful relationships with the readers, don’t get into the rush of drastically increasing your blog ranking or visitor traffic because they exerts huge pressures and last be content.
  My blog feels grateful for your kind words about the narrative. Thank you Ajay 🙂 🙂
  
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