Backing up your MySpace page
July 6th, 2009
We get questions from bloggers all the time… One of the most frequent is “How do I back up my WetPaint?”. So being the computer savvy we are, we took a look at some documentation about a essential plugin for Firefox named ScrapBook. We downloaded it, tested it, and gave it a real workout. And, you know? This works for every Web 2.0 we could find!
ScrapBook is a new 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! No command line this, install plugin that, it just saves it so you can put the pieces back together if any of them should go bad on you.
How you ask? Here’s how it works.
A First, go to the ScrapBook download page (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427). Just click the green Install Now button and then restart Firefox when it tells you to.
B Once Firefox has restarted, you’re ready to use ScrapBook.
C Surf somewhere you’d like to scrapbook. Once you’re there, on the menu, select Capture Page As.
D “Capture Page As” will let you pick the link depth you’d like to archive. This is a important! This backs up all the links on your page automatically. With the depth set to zero, you wouldn’t automatically archive those extra pages. You’d be able to if it’s set to 1. 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. Your computer now has a copy! Now, go to the ScrapBook menu and click Show in Sidebar. The captured pages are listed in plain view.
So this is what we’ve got so far? You now have a local copy of all the content on your LinkedIn, etc. page. So if anything goes south, your covered. But as they show on Cable TV… “But Not only this, we have more”.
If you have a internet attached storage product like CloudBackup on your computer just make sure that it’s configuration has your personal files selected for backup. This way all your computers essential files are backed up and your social website content is too. And Firefox runs on windows, Mac, and Linux all the same. Not only will your computer have a full featured internet attached storage backup, but your social websites will be too.
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