After checking the emails this morning I noticed quite a few people trying to find information on how to recover their deleted blog entries.
Interesting.
Well, one of the ways to accomplish this is to make sure you maintain a solid backup schedule for your blog database. That of course is assuming that you are in fact the one running it. Another method, simplistic as it might seem, is to maintain a copy of each entry that you post. Copy and paste a copy into a document that you store offline or similar fashion. The key being that you would want to be able to restore it in the event that your shiny new MacBook Air (for example) took a tumble down the stairs.
There are tools available that will help smooth the process of making backups. A handy plugin for WordPress written by Scott Merrill and now maintained here (link: http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/). Also there are step by step instructions for going through the restore process as found here. Bearing in mind I’m only pointing to WordPress related articles. You can find the information pertaining to your own blog database restore with a quick Google search.
Of course all of this is based on the idea of proper planning and having good recovery procedures. Think of it as I do my morning coffee. You need it to survive. Sadly, there is little to be done in the case of “Oops I deleted everything and I have no backups”. Well, in that case you’re pretty much screwed.
[tags]Wordpress Database, Recover Blog Entries, Blog Backups[/tags]
Thanks for this info, especially on restoring, because I was trying to figure that out. Currently I’m moving Da Hustle from my current host to another one, and needed to know how to restore it there.