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Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

Friday, July 28, 2006
17 years ago3,277 views

I need to find a blog backup utility that can work with Blogger blogs.
Something such as BlogCollecter -
http://asprise.com/product/blogcollector/ . I have tried this, but it
did not backup all of my posts. I have also posted this on Google Answers. Any help would be appriciated.

My blog: jakeslifeandview.blogspot.com

/pd [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Jake, for my blogspot account, I just pipe the content into groups. This creates a backup of all my content!!

Sohil [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Use the email address Google Groups provides you to directly post and enter the email where Blogger asks for email address to email the posts.

Like pd, it's a great way to do it.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

I was always able to FTP-export the full blog onto my server. Of course, this switch in the settings might get rid of your blogspot domain or might not be compatible once you chose blogspot hosting. Other than that isn't it enough to find a site-backup tool that works on any HTML, following links within a specific sub-domain scope?

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

I need to have all of the posts, and I started my blog about a year ago, so I can't afford to lose the old posts.

/pd [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Jake ..core reading is here..

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41447

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Have you try this?
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41447

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Use WGet and parse the HTML files.

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Use http://www.httrack.com/.
I backup your site for you, http://xrl.us/psom, every single page. (zip file)

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Haochi, thanks a ton. What did you use?

/pd, I've seen that, but I need a way so that I can backup my blog whenever I need to, without taking that long. Any software has to be for Mac OS X. Thanks everyone, for your help.

Haochi [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

I used HTTrack, it's for Windows though, if you are a Mac user, use WebGrabber, recommended by Lifehacker.
http://www.epicware.com/webgrabber.html

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

WGet is much more powerful and it's a command-line utility from the Linux world.

WGet for Windows: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

WebGrabber is great, but it still doesn't get my earliest posts.

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

It saves my posts up to Aug 7, 2005.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Jake, do you want to move to a new platform? Or just back-up the files and continue on Blogspot?

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

I'm not sure. I'm thinking about getting my own server and redirecting to a new site, but I'm not sure. For now, I'll just continue on Blogspot.

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

The Google Answers link is here – http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=750432 in case anyone wants it.

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

WordPress has an "Import From Blogger" option that will backup a snapshot of your blog.

Jake's View [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Never mind, I got a response from Google Answers. Thanks to everyone!

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