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Backing up your MySpace page
Sunday, July 5th, 2009We answer questions from bloggers all the time… The most common one is “How do I backup pages on TypePad?”. So being the web heads we are, we checked out some documentation about a essential plugin for Firefox titled ScrapBook. We downloaded it, tested it, and gave it a real workout. And suprise!? This works for every Web 2.0 we tried!
ScrapBook is a good way to keep all that content you have on any number of sites protected with a local copy that your online backup can automatically archive for you. With one program! It just saves it. No command lines, fancy plugins or holding your tongue just right. If bad things happen to one of your sites, you’ve got the content.
How you say? Here’s how it works.
A First, go to the ScrapBook download page (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427). Click the Install Now button (green) and restart Firefox when instructed.
B Once Firefox has restarted, you’re ready to use ScrapBook.
C Click onto one of your social websites you’d like to save with ScrapBook. When your there, click “Capture Page As” on the menu.
D Use “Capture Page As” to set the depth of links you want to copy. This is a important! This backs up all the links on your page automatically. If you had the depth set to 0 (zero), you wouldn’t be able to copy those extra pages. If it was set to 1, you’d be able to. But if it is set to 2, you will save all the linked pages and so on.
E After you’ve selected the different options, click Capture. A copy is now saved! Now, go to the ScrapBook menu and click Show in Sidebar. You’ll see the pages you’ve captured listed.
Here’s what we have so far? You now have a local copy of all the content on your FaceBook, etc. page. So if anything goes south, your covered. But as they show on Cable TV… “But we have more for you”.
If you have a backup to internet product like OPENRSM on your computer just make sure that it’s configuration has your personal files selected for backup. All your social website content is backed up this way and backed up with the rest of your data. And Firefox runs on windows, Mac, and Linux all the same. Not only will your computer have a full internet backup, but your social websites will be too.
