Comments on: Emergency Preparedness (Saving My Blog’s Life)

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:52:32 +0000

@ Jay, um, “preparedness” is correct here.

@ J.D., our inner voice can be very helpful, if we just listen now and then.

@ LunchHourBytes, I was really pleased with the comments too. In fact, I sent out a Tweet specifically to direct people to the comments!

By: LunchHourBytes

LunchHourBytes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:51:26 +0000

Hunter, I'm very sorry that happened to you, but wow, there is a lot of great information in these comments regarding backups as well as security, so you may have saved lots of people from disaster, either accidental or malicious. Thanks! LunchHourBytes´s last blog post..Why is it OK to call someone a nerd?

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:04:38 +0000

I like your inner voice's positive outlook and perfect come back. J.D. Meier´s last blog post..Finding Your Process

By: John Hoff - WpBlogHost

John Hoff - WpBlogHost — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:44:16 +0000

@Jim Hey that's pretty cool you can write your own script. And thanks for headed over to my blog. @Jay Yeah . . . you said it properly, especially if your blog is out of date - then you've probably already been hacked at some point, you just don't know it. John Hoff - WpBlogHost´s last blog post..How To Not Track Your Own Visits In Google Analytics - Setting Up A Filter

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:52:37 +0000

it’s petty I know but please folk, the word is “preparation” not preparedness

By: Jim Gaudet

Jim Gaudet — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:40:51 +0000

@John Hoff – Thanks for the info. I run the wp-security-scan plugin, but I should pay more attention to the security of my blog. A good wake up call, I have been lazy. I like the idea of SyncBaseSE, but I hate to pay for software, so I think I will write a script to this for me, that was a great idea. Now I owe you 2 times, damn..Well, I start by subscribing to your blog..

@Hunter – Con mucho gusto (my pleasure). I try to follow the comments the best I can. Sometimes there can be a lot (I have to stop commenting on Chris Brogan’s blog) so I miss them, but I try..

Jim Gaudet´s last blog post..The Future of Web Design (POLL)

By: Akemi - Yes to Me

Akemi - Yes to Me — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:10:25 +0000

John,
Thank you for your kind offer. I hope I won’t have to bother you, but I will remember just in case.

Hunter,
She says Google just never let her in (apparently because she couldn’t give them the “right” password). Google has that kind of big bro attitude… I don’t know about login problem (whew!), but there was a time a blogspot blogger stole my content. Because there was no contact info to the author, I checked blogspot (google)’s procedure to report plagiarism. It was bad — it sounded they are happier to punish the victim than to help common sense communication.
For this reason, she warns everyone who uses any google service, including gmail, to do backup.

Akemi – Yes to Me´s last blog post..Review: The Biology Of Belief By Bruce Lipton

By: John Hoff - WpBlogHost

John Hoff - WpBlogHost — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:38:46 +0000

No sweat. Glad to see you were able to get your blog all squared away. @Akemi If it's ok with Hunter, here's a video we have on our site showing you how to restore your database; however, should you ever need to upload a backed up database, just send me an email - I'll do it for you for free. John Hoff - WpBlogHost´s last blog post..How To Not Track Your Own Visits In Google Analytics - Setting Up A Filter

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:27:05 +0000

@ John, you had somehow ended up in my spam queue, but I’m sure glad I found your great comment! Thanks for all that information.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:15:15 +0000

@ Alexander, I use that too – it’s a terrific plugin. I also make database backups through my hosting account, just in case.

@ Cody, absolutely. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

@ Jim, some of my php files had been corrupted, but I don’t know why. I hadn’t installed any new plugins recently.

@ You mean you’re hosted on WordPress.com, and you have your own domain pointing to it? I don’t know anything about blogs hosted by WordPress.com, but maybe they make regular backups for you.

@ Bamboo Forest, what Jim said. But comments and drafts are in your database, so the plugin would back them up.

@ Akemi, just making backups is a great start, even if you don’t know what to do with them. You can find out when the time comes, or find someone to help. My problem was that the login page didn’t even come up. That’s awful about your friend – couldn’t Blogspot let her back in?

@ Alexander and Jim, thanks for coming back to answer these questions.