The post for today was going to be what should you write about in blog posts.  Well, here is a case of changing your posts to fit a situation.  Thanks to Connie Ragen Green I have made a new friend, Vernon Harleston.  He’s a very positive and motivating person who shares beautiful information.  (See the bottom of this post for more information on Vernon.)

Taking the High Road

However Vernon had a problem.  Like any blogger should, he upgraded his WordPress to the newest version, (this is very important for security and other matters).    The problem is his theme and the upgrade duked it out and HighRoadism lost.  But he had faith in the high road and through friends we connected and I offered solutions to help him.

A blog is a lot of blood, sweat and tears.  You might not realize it until it disappears, but that’s not the only way it can happen.

Almost 2 months ago Kelly Maria Clark and I had enough of the back office problems on 365 Online Tips. As the WordPress Rockstar I had studied all of our options and found the only solution was to kill the site and start over.

Late Night Brilliance (or lack thereof)

The thing is, we didn’t want to kill the site during the day.  Fortunately I was working until 12:40 at a job, so I destroyed the site at 11:30 pm.  Mental note, plan and test ALL (Please repeat with me ALL) of the details before destroying a website that you want to recover.   After deleting the old WordPress website, and reinstalling I realized I could not reinstall the posts as planned.  OUCH…

Thank God for Back Ups

While I fixed 365 with a back up, the plan was export and import, however things went a bit off kilter.  As they they did whilst I was moving things around in the file manager in my cPanel and deleted a blog.  Yes, total and complete melt down there. I thanked God for back ups as my 2 year old blog of weekly posts was restored.   Kelly and I cried happy tears as the back up saved our 45 + posts on 365.

What saved me and what can save you?

A plugin. Yep, a plugin saved me.  As did knowing what to do.  So for the next few days, you can read some emergency blog-saving techniques that can keep you sane in an emergency and in general.   This will help you stay on the high road!

Thank you,

MJ Schrader

Please follow Vernon Harleston @TheHighRoad on Twitter

Please visit his blog at HighRoadism.com where he shares the high road with you.

He has a Success Blog Talk Radio at blogtalkradio.com/thehighroad