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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.
Moving WordPress: [link]
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.
Mozy just changed their pricing so we may not stay with them.
From lifehacker, The Best, Most Affordable Alternatives to Mozy for Unlimited Backups
It's not that Mozy hasn't been a great cloud-based backup service, especially for beginners. But the sudden price jump is catching many off-guard, especially users of the unlimited plan. Here's where else you can look if you've got a good bit of data to back up.