Friday, December 28, 2012

Backup Your Blog & Custom Domain Name


One of my friends just had her blog removed by blogger because they labeled it as spam.  It's a good reminder to me to back up my blog!

There are lots of sites online that easily explain how to do it.  It is so simple to do in blogger.

Go to your blogger dashboard
Click on Settings
Click on Other
Click on Export Blog
Click Download Blog

If you are in wordpress I can't help but a simple search will show you lots of sights showing you how to do it.



Also I did purchase a custom domain for my blog through blogger. I may choose a different domain name eventually but for now this is what I have:


I didn't want my full blog name because it is too long so I just used the first part of it.

There are a few things on my blog that are not working properly yet such as the Search gadget but hopefully soon everything it will all work.

Still unsure about how it works but it's something I've been going to do for a long time and finally did since blogger has made it so easy and so cheap to do.



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  1. UnknownDecember 28, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Thanks for the reminder!!

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  2. KimberlyDecember 28, 2012 at 11:10 PM

    Don't worry, everything will start working soon enough. Took me about a week when I switched to a new domain for all the kinks to work out. It just takes a while, is all.

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  3. juliababyjenDecember 28, 2012 at 11:28 PM

    Great information, thanks so much!

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  4. UnknownDecember 29, 2012 at 1:31 AM

    Thanks Kathy! I didn't realise that I could actually download my blog, that'd be easier if I wanted to transfer to Wordpress or another blogger. Btw how does it work if Blogger deletes your blog, do you need to pay for your blog to get re-designed again?

    Lastly did you use the Blogger Custom Domain or did you sign up with someone else?

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  5. Kathy HabelDecember 29, 2012 at 2:06 AM

    You can also download your template. Click on template and then in the upper right corner you can back up your template.

    I did purchase my domain through blogger - everything is done for you that way. The only thing that is currently not working is my search box. I think they use godaddy to buy the domain ($10) and they then host your for free so the only cost is $10.

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  6. UnknownDecember 29, 2012 at 5:19 AM

    Great info. Well done Kathy.

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  7. LolaDecember 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM

    Thanks for the information. I made a backup of both my blog and my template. What are the pro's of having your own domian name instead of using .blogspot ?

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  8. Kathy HabelDecember 29, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    One PRO is that you can have a shorter easier to type blog name.

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  9. MarieDecember 31, 2012 at 2:56 AM

    I had no idea that this could happen! I'm kind if new to this so thank you for warning me!

    Marie @ Marie's Bookworm Blog
    http://mariesbookwormblog.blogspot.com

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  10. BookStacksOnDeckDecember 31, 2012 at 10:24 PM

    Thanks for this post! I hadn't saved a backup in awhile! <3
    -heather

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  11. Just a Lil LostJanuary 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM

    Great reminder! :)

    On Wordpress, it's very similar..

    Dashboard
    Under Tools on the sidebar, click Export.

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  12. UnknownJanuary 4, 2013 at 3:39 AM

    Thanks ..I just back up my blog..:)

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