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We answer questions from bloggers all the time… One of the most frequent is “How do I back up my MySpace?”.  So being the web guys we are, we checked out some documentation about a essential plugin for Firefox named ScrapBook.  We went, we downloaded, we put it through the ringer. And, you know? This works for every Web 2.0 we surfed!

ScrapBook is a great way to keep all that stuff you have on any number of sites protected with a local copy that your web backup can automatically archive for you. With one program! No installing plugins, jockeying around on the command line… It just saves it so you can recover if they go bad on you.

How you are wondering? Here’s how we did it.

A First, go to the ScrapBook download page (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427). Click the Install Now button (green) and restart Firefox when instructed.

B Once Firefox has restarted, you’re ready to use ScrapBook.

C Click onto one of your social websites you’d like to save with ScrapBook. Once you’re there, on the menu, select Capture Page As.

D Now, with “Capture Page As”, you can pick the depth of links you’d like to save. This is a important! This is how you can automatically back up all the links on your page. You wouldn’t be able to copy those extra pages if the depth is set to zero. You’d be able to if it’s set to 1. However, if it was set to 2, you’d be able to click links on the second page and so on.

E After picking the options you want, click Capture. Your computer now has a copy! Now, go to the ScrapBook menu and click Show in Sidebar. The captured pages are listed in plain view.

Here’s what we have so far? You now have a local copy of all the content on your Squidoo, etc. page. So if anything goes south, your covered. But like they say on TV… “But Not only this, we have more”.

If you have a online backup product like CloudBackup on your computer just make sure that it’s configuration has your personal files selected for backup. That way you can have all your social websites backed up and preserved with the rest of your computers essential data. And Firefox runs on windows, Mac, and Linux all the same.  Not only will your computer have a full online backup, but your social websites will be too.


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