UPDATE: Ahh found it. Somehow I’ve removed a whole table from my database – categories – goodness knows how. I don’t remember doing that although I did delete other stuff. Anyway over the next little while I’ll be transferring info and then my lovely internets I will be whole again.
In the meantime, I’ll just blog as per normal…
I think we should start a new meme thingy though… how about “Backup Bluesday”?
Yes, I’ve been mucking around in the database.
Yes, I’ve deleted something I shouldn’t have.
No, I didn’t do a proper backup.
Yes, I’m an idiot.
If you know what I should do now. Apart from give up and start writing with a pen and paper.
Please tell me.
cellobella [at] gmail.com
* Well when I said I don’t have a proper backup… I’ve got one from a couple of weeks ago – so my question is if I restore the backup – will I lose my last couple of weeks of posts and your lovely comments??
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Hmmm… thinking deeply on this one. I did a WP to WP, and the backup, the eXtended RSS (WXR) file, didn’t affect the newly uploaded stuff.
Let’s say you want to upload from another blogsite, too, and since you’ve done it before you had to clear account information, the newly uploaded stuff still won’t get affected.
Best to ask support, though.
Not sure if I was of any help there, btw.
So driving into work this morning I came up with this theory…
1. backup posts & comments section of database.
2. restore old backup.
3. restore newly created backup of posts and comments.
What d’ya reckon? That should work… right?
Sorry I can’t help on this at all – I just hope it wasn’t my little feed problem that started all your problems!
No it wasn’t.
What a bugger CB. Glad you didn’t lose too much though, Seems you have it all sorted now
If it makes you feel any better, I have deleted my whole blog, not once, but twice *blush*