Another blogging basic, but important reminder is that one of the great advantages of the web and specifically blogging is that you can do it from anywhere. My Dad is interested in starting his own blog so I thought I take a couple of his questions and answer them here.
“… If I do all my uploading from my school, is all my data going to be saved in our server (at school), or is it going to be saved in my yahoo account…”
My Dad teaches computers at a local High School and basically wants to be able to update the blog from school. His concern is where will his data live. This may seem like a basic question, but for many people its important to organize their posts in one location, so that they can get to it from anywhere.
No matter which blogging service my Dad chooses the posts he writes will be saved on the blog server. So, I’ve recommend using Blogger to my Dad and all of his posts that he uploads will be stored there. He’ll be able to upload his post from either his home office or from work. But is that the only place my Dad should keep his posts - No. I always recommend having a local copy or at the very least a copy of your posts stored on a separate server.
You can debate which blog editor to use - the online Blogger editor, Microsoft Word or Notepad - the simple answer is that you should always have a local copy of your work - plus a backup on a separate media, such as a CD or DVD.
“…What happens when and if I stop working here at (local high school)? Will I still be able to have access and continue to upload from another computer?…”
My Dad’s concern is basically access to his posts. Since he has internet access from his home office this won’t be an issue if he retires from his current teaching job.
Lets expand this question out a little further and consider two main issues of access - access to the server and access to local copies. A question that all bloggers should consider, “what happens if I lose my access to the server?” or “what happens if I lose my local copies?”. There’s 99% chance that you’ll always have access to your online posts - but consider the real chance that you may need to move your blog from one service to another. This is where have local copies of your posts can really come in handy for a big move. And as far as your local copies getting lost - this is what backups are for. You DO have a backup of your local hard drive, right? And if you’re running WordPress on your own domain, make sure you backup your MySQL database. This provides an extra level of security and also makes moving your domain from one host to another a much simpler project.
“… If I do all my uploading from my school, is all my data going to be saved in our server (at school), or is it going to be saved in my yahoo account…”
My Dad teaches computers at a local High School and basically wants to be able to update the blog from school. His concern is where will his data live. This may seem like a basic question, but for many people its important to organize their posts in one location, so that they can get to it from anywhere.
No matter which blogging service my Dad chooses the posts he writes will be saved on the blog server. So, I’ve recommend using Blogger to my Dad and all of his posts that he uploads will be stored there. He’ll be able to upload his post from either his home office or from work. But is that the only place my Dad should keep his posts - No. I always recommend having a local copy or at the very least a copy of your posts stored on a separate server.
You can debate which blog editor to use - the online Blogger editor, Microsoft Word or Notepad - the simple answer is that you should always have a local copy of your work - plus a backup on a separate media, such as a CD or DVD.
“…What happens when and if I stop working here at (local high school)? Will I still be able to have access and continue to upload from another computer?…”
My Dad’s concern is basically access to his posts. Since he has internet access from his home office this won’t be an issue if he retires from his current teaching job.
Lets expand this question out a little further and consider two main issues of access - access to the server and access to local copies. A question that all bloggers should consider, “what happens if I lose my access to the server?” or “what happens if I lose my local copies?”. There’s 99% chance that you’ll always have access to your online posts - but consider the real chance that you may need to move your blog from one service to another. This is where have local copies of your posts can really come in handy for a big move. And as far as your local copies getting lost - this is what backups are for. You DO have a backup of your local hard drive, right? And if you’re running WordPress on your own domain, make sure you backup your MySQL database. This provides an extra level of security and also makes moving your domain from one host to another a much simpler project.
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