Blog Tip: Back Up Your Blog!

back up your blog

What would you do if your blog disappeared? Would you freak out and be sick to your stomach? Because I would. Don't risk losing all that content you've worked so hard on. It's super simple to back up your blog and only takes 5 minutes.

This tutorial is for the Blogger platform but I suggest you back up your blog/site regularly, no matter what platform you use.

BACK UP YOUR TEMPLATE
+ Go to Template and click on the "Backup/Restore" button in the upper right corner.
+ Click that and then “Download Full template.”
+ If/when you ever need to restore your template, just upload the XML file.

BACK UP YOUR POSTS
+ Go to Settings and click the "Other" link.
+ At the very top of the page, you'll see "Blog Tools." Click the "Export Blog" link.
+ All your posts and comments will save in an XML file format.
+ If/when you ever need to restore your content, click the "Import Blog" link (next to export) and upload the XML file.

Try to backup your posts once a week (or at least one a month), deleting the previous version each time, just in case your blog "disappears", you'll only lose the last few posts. You only need to back up the design template once, unless you're always making tweaks, like me! ;)


So tell me, do you already backup your blog? Or worse, has your blog ever disappeared?! Eek!


19 comments:

  1. Thanks so much for blogging this!!! I was trying to figure it out. I'm backed up now!!!

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  2. Thanks so much for this, I have never backed in two years! I have just done, it is quick!

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  3. Surprisingly I don't back up my blog that often. I usually only do it when I'm making big changes to the design because I'm scared I'll accidentally wipe it out. This is a really good idea though. Thanks for sharing, and I love the new look!!

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    1. Honestly, I rarely back mine up too! It's def been a few months since I have, but this has happened to a few bloggers I know! :( I need to get better at backing everything up! Better to be safe, then sorry!

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  4. Aaghhh! I totally need to do this and haven't backed up in over a year. First thing on my to-do list tomorrow morning. Thank you for the simple instructions too.

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  5. Jessica! First of all I love the new design. I'm always so amazed with what you do. Everything is always simple, classic and beautiful!

    Second, thanks so much for posting this!! I've backed up the template, but I haven't done the posts so I should probably do that!

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    1. Thanks girl! Just made a few simple changes, but I'm loving it too! ;)

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  6. i love your new blog design!! and thanks for this info. i'm always terrified of losing files and such!

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    1. Thanks Jane! It's very easy, but if you have any questions, let me know! :)

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  7. Oh, yes! I think I have my blog set up to do a back-up once a week or once every 2 weeks. I hope it's doing it okay! It would be sooo devastating if it all disappeared!

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  8. Oh man, I think I'll die if my blog is dead really.
    Thanks for the tip tho c: you have a really nice
    blog layout! Xx

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  9. Thank you kindly for the reminder! So quick but so easy to forget :)

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  10. I back my blog up weekly because I've lost my blog once before, back when WP was very unstable and things were easily lost. It's such an important thing to do but I don't think new bloggers really get this advice so this post is awesome!

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  11. Great tips! I don't back up my blog nearly as much as I should...I'm off to do that right now ;)

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  12. Hi Jessica, Thank You so much for this tip..never have done this! I would need your help to re-install! Your blog looks great....MIss you!!!! xoxo

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  13. I haven't lately, so thanks for the reminder! I did have one time that Google shut down a blog, and I still have no idea why it happened! Ugh. Fortunately it wasn't something I'd invested a lot of time into and it was before I got serious about blogging.

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  14. Oh gosh, this is such excellent advice. I didn't know that you could back up posts. I just did it. Thanks for the tip!

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