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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Looking for a Web Person to Create a WordPress Staging/Backup site for this blog.


I can supply the backup files and the Template backup.  I need someone who can create a backup site for this blog.   I think it should be in WordPress.  It should include all the posts and comments, pictures and videos in the current blog.  It would be great if it used the same Template as the current blog.  I want to keep the current blog going indefinitelty, but we need a backup site that could be used if Google suddenly decides to "deprecate" blogspot. 

Please let me know if you can help or if you know someone who can.  We will pay.  We can discuss this before any work begins.  

Thanks.  73  Bill


18 comments:

  1. Good call Bill, Google is well known for deprecating good things..

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  2. Bill, I have the same concern about my blogger blog. I believe there is a way to migrate from blogger to Wordpress but I haven't tried it. It looks like it's a feature of a commercial Wordpress.com account https://wordpress.com/support/import/coming-from-blogger/ Not sure about replicating your current (beautiful) layout though.
    If no one better steps up, I'd be happy to collaborate.
    Peter

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  3. Goggles Doctrine was once “DO NO HARM”. That didnt last very long

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    1. I think you are thinking about medical doctors. I think Google's version was "Don't be evil." Hmmm.

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    2. Yup. Evil is harmful. Anyway a backup is essential. GroupsIO is an effective vehicle and has been around a while. I am on their daily. Have you looked into their plarform ?

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  4. Been there.Done that.Unhappy with wp. https://www.techtraininghq.com/reasons-why-wordpress-is-bad/

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    1. Yep same here, WP is an endless catchup on updates that breaks stuff. Constant target of getting hacked. Over complicated to use and and excuse for "website designers" for an overpriced "Maintenance" contract". I use Squarespace.com for all my sites without a hit of troubl. HOWEVER I see why Bill likely has no other choice because to my knowledge it's not possible to copy the content of his current site and blog to anything other than WP ;-(

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  5. Hi Bill. I'm running multiple instances of WP on an Odroid on my home fiber. I can always add another, assuming you need less than a 100 megs :-) Wouter ZS1KE

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  6. Hey Bill, I'm a developer specializing in backend stuff and I often do work with a friend who is a front-end/wordpress dev. If you're serious, I'd be happy to talk over what you need and what options there are to get there. Which of your many email addresses should I hit you up at?

    -AI7PR

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    1. Great -- Contact me at bill.meara@gmail.com
      Thanks!

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    2. dear bill:
      https://fitsmallbusiness.com/how-much-does-wordpress-cost/

      nothing is free and prices tend to increase with time. you will need security etc. this is 'planned in'

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  7. Well, for almost 20 years Blogspot has been free, and pretty good. And backup on the Internet Archive is also free and is also pretty good. But thanks for the info. 73 Bill N2CQR

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  8. Clearly the previous post was about WP Bill. BlogSpot,although free to use
    comes from bigtech and the evil billionaires who cost us freedom, harm democracy, harm the middle class and above all rob privacy and security from millions of us. That is the cost.

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  9. I suggest you print his entire blog with the comments on paper and distribute it for free

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  10. hmm, put it on internet archive as well!!
    I could be interested in helping
    I might drop you a mail bill!!

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  11. Bill,
    This is the mechanism behind the "sea change":

    https://qz.com/ai-chatbots-google-search-internet-bots

    The better we understand the mechanism, the better our chances of dealing with it.
    73!

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  12. Hi Bill. Do you still want to migrate to WordPress? I've been using WordPress for 15 years. It's very stable and updates rarely cause problems. If you're interested, use the contact form on my site: https://writenowdesign.com/contact-us/

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  13. And he is offering his expensive WP hosting services……. WordPress Website Standard Package $550
    WordPress Custom Website Package $999

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