Over the next day or two I’m moving 100 pages of this website again. I decided to put the kibosh on XSitePro. Although it seems to be a simple and user-friendly designer on the surface, I’ve found it quite buggy and way too high-maintenance for a large site.
They say I’m an isolated case and my computer is probably at fault. Whatever the reason, I don’t have time to argue the point. It’s actually easier to spend a week moving out of there. At least, that way there’s an end to it. There’s no way to make the move ‘neatly’ so please don’t write and complain for at least a couple of days. I will try to have all the links working again by then.
Box.net is a different type of online backup than Mozy or Carbonite. Although you will, of course, be backing up your files online, you can also move them around between folders, rename and edit them online. You can also share your files from their online location in any configuration you choose. You can give access to one folder to one person or group of people, and access to other files to other people, all at your choosing. You can also collaborate with other people in your online space.
Available as either a Personal or Business account.
Securely upload any type of file. Upload large documents, photos, spreadsheets, videos, or zip files to your online space.
Collaborate with anyone. Create shared folders on Box to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and friends.
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Access files from anywhere. Box.net is accessible from any web browser, so you can get to your files from home and work.
By default, Carbonite backs up everything in your Documents and Settings folder, including documents, photos, email and data files from applications, such as Quicken, Money, etc. Once a subscription is purchased, music is also added to the list. The default backup does not include programs, system files, temporary files, videos, or individual files greater than 4GB. You can, however, manually add any of these to your Carbonite backup. Carbonite shows what’s backed up and what’s pending by putting small colored dots on each folder. You can right-click on the folders and change your options. For more detail, read Carbonite Backup.
If you have a blog of your own, or if you read a lot of blogs, you might find this interesting. I was over at Legacy News and they’ve installed a widget that reads their blog posts. It’s called Odiogo. You click the Listen Now button and off it goes. You can download mp3 files of blog posts and listen to them at your leisure. You can even subscribe to them. They got the idea from Rick Eastman’s blog and who knows where Rick got the idea from. It’s probably spreading like wild-fire.
I’m always on the look out for better ways to keep organized. Lately I’ve been reduced to several stacks of newsprint strips on my bulletin board, one for each main category of what keeps me busy. It curls around the edges but it’s not bad. Or I could just use Chandler, an OpenSource calendar and note-organizer.
Google is complaining about my 404 pages. Although I try to keep on top of this, there’s been a sudden rash due to deleting my re-direct pages. Anyone who’s been around here for awhile knows my website has gone through several incarnations. Google was complaining about the re-directs first because they’ve had enough time to catch up. So I deleted those and that’s fine with Google but trouble for everyone else. And trouble for me because the 404 pages are coming from broken links on other people’s websites and Google can’t fix those. And neither can I.
As I speak, LDS.org is #1 on Google Trends. Nothing to sneeze at. The cause is likely this weekend’s 179th Annual General Conference of the Church. Depending where you are, you may be able to tune in to the live broadcast. Try this link and see how it goes.
