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On the drop box vs. carbonite, here is what someone said in a tech forum: [link]
Well, let's take a step back and think about the sync problem and what the ideal solution for it would do:
There would be a folder.
You'd put your stuff in it.
It would sync.
They built that.
Why didn't anyone else build that? I have no idea.
"But," you may ask, "so much more you could do! What about task management, calendaring, customized dashboards, virtual white boarding. More than just folders and files!"
No, shut up. People don't use that crap. They just want a folder. A folder that syncs.
"But," you may say, "this is valuable data...certainly users will feel more comfortable tying their data to Windows Live, Apple Mobile Me, or a name they already know."
No, shut up. Not a single person on Earth wakes up in the morning worried about deriving more value from their Windows Live login. People already trust folders. And Dropbox looks just like a folder. One that syncs.
"But," you may say, "folders are so 1995. why not leverage the full power of the web? With HTML 5 you can drag and drop files, you can build intergalactic dashboards of stats showing how much storage you are using, you can publish your files as RSS feeds and tweets, and you can add your company logo!"
No, shut up. Most of the world doesn't sit in front of their browser all day. If they do, it is IE 6 at work that they are not allowed to upgrade. Browsers suck for these kinds of things. Their stuff is already in folders. They just want a folder. That syncs.
That is what it does.
Typo Boy, I don't know who Michael Wolfe is, but I think I may have a gigantic crush on him. 11 years of technical writing and software testing and talking to developers and trying to explain the users' points of view... just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be built into the damned software. Stop making it more and more complicated.
Hah! I DO sit in front of a computer all day...on IE6 that I'm not allowed to upgrade.
Hee. I sit in front of a computer all day and I still want a folder. That syncs. So I have dropbox and it's awesome because I think about it not at all. I just put stuff in it, and when I need it, it's there.
Even if "there" happens to be Akron, Ohio, when I was eating a cupcake and hanging out on facebook working with my designer in Kansas and realizing I could just go over to my printer's house which was only a few miles from said cupcakerie.
Yeah, that was awesome.
Awesome indeed, Typo.
I hardly use Dropbox myself, but I loved the description.
I'm in the process of possibly selling a domain name. Currently there's a WordPress blog hosted there that I haven't updated in over a year but would like not to lose - what is the easiest/most idiot-proof way for me to move the blog onto another URL? I have the blog's new location already registered, so I'm hoping there's a if-not-one-then-very-few-clicks way to backup the existing blog and restore it at the new location.
Well, it's all about the database. You'll need to export all your tables and then import them back into the new database.
Also you'll need to edit your wp-config.php file to have the new database information.
The trick is that (at least with MySQL) that exporting will create a text file loaded with SQL commands to recreate the database. You can do a search and replace on that text file to replace the old domain with the new one. Then everything from settings to image/media links is updated to the new domain. Then you import that text file back in and presto the blog acts as if it's always been on the new domain. Then you edit your wp-config.php to point at the new database you've created.
It's more than a few clicks, but it isn't too bad. There might be a more clever way to do it, but that's what I did to move a couple of blogs.
Okay, that was actually really easy. Lost my old theme for some reason, but at least all the posts/images/comments are there. Awesomecakes.
Jessica, download the old theme (FTP), and upload it to the new site (FTP also) and you'll be able to use it again.
