Back Up Your Blog - Not Kidding

  If your like me, you might have started out on Blogger and hosted with them too. In blogger there is an option under settings that says backup. It saves a file to your computer. I thought that meant my blog was on my computer. Oh how wrong I was. Let me start at the beginning!

   I was welcomed into a blogging program to work with a company. They give me a coupon code to order from them to review them on my blog and I put their blog button that they provide the HTML for on my blog.

   About Noon today I do this. Suddenly my beautiful blog is a mess. The side bar is at the bottom and no links work. So I take the button off. Only damage done and I can't get my blog to function, and I can't fix it. Nothing is working. For hours nothing is working. I get help from a few other bloggers and they can't figure it out either. What I thought was a back up was not and it did nothing to fix the issue.

 Now if I hosted with a hosting company and not blogger then could turn my blog back to how it was before noon, before I messed it up. As I am blogger hosted however, there is virtually not customer service. What can one expect from a free service thought right? I guess I expected more.

  My blog designer gets back to me and then she starts working on it. She fixes many of the things I and others played with trying to fix it in the first place but is stuck like us on the links and side bar. I think she got the links to work before she had to get to bed tonight. I would imagine her head is hurting too. LOL She is very relaxed and understanding about this. I promised to pay her for the fix.

   I have blogging partners now insisting though that I move to wordpress with a host and I can't blame them. With a blog that has near 800 posts and is bringing in money, I can't afford for it to be down and those I partner with need to be able to depend on me. I am behind on reviews and I have a paid sponsor post that needs to go up as well. Not to mention all the paid sponsor posts that are already on my blog that I am responsible for keeping up and active on it! I love all those I work with and I want to make them happy.

   I wish I would have switched to wordpress at the start of the year. Everyone said I should and I didn't see the point. I promise I understand now. So if your a little blogger like me trying to make it in a big blogging world, my opinion is to get on wordpress with a host. Yes, this little blog will be moving over there at some point as well! First thing first, get my first blog moved and safe and working, and looking good.

  I am not sure if I will ever be a blogging goddess or if I will ever be aspiring to be one. One thing is certain I am learning a lot and I will not give up as this is something I love!