i only have a second but i wanted to
post my latest findings since the ballyhoo with AOL deleting entire
journals because of supposed TOS violations in which they cite improper
files being uploaded to FTP (which as far as i can see, aren't really
FTP issues at all) but rather a case of "inappropriate linking" to
material AOL considers offensive
anywayyyyy
.. if AOL has the power and uses the power to delete journals at will,
even if afterwards they determine that a mistake was made and there was
NO TOS violation, the journal is still gone .. period .. end of
discussion
so i need to backup my journal to a safe place since AOL is no longer safe
i discovered a program (free) right here .. http://www.httrack.com/
here
is there blurb for the product .. "It allows you to download a World
Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building
recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from
the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's
relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the "mirrored" website in
your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you
were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored
site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable,
and has an integrated help system."
in other words, creating a mirror of my journal safely on my computer
i
had given consideration to moving my journal, entry by entry over to my
journal on blogspot .. sheesh .. 2 years worth of entries?
so instead i decided on copying my journal onto my own computer ..
the
program took a little tweaking for setting options, specifically the
browser identity and HTML footer, which i set for using the HTT Tracker
Website Copier ..
everything
seems to be working, it only took 55 minutes to copy my entire journal
.. much easier than saving each entry separately either on my computer
or another journal
so, if anyone else is giving consideration to making your journal "safe", you might want to give this program a try :)
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