Comments on: Hack-Proof Your Blog

By: Debb

Debb — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:44:23 +0000

never store your backups online via ftp, recently a hacker not only destroyed my blog but also my backups online so I couldnt restore my blog. download backups locally!

By: Mommy Snacks

Mommy Snacks — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:08:26 +0000

You can create static pages on Blogger, you always have been able to. But, now you can create pages with no sidebars too. Here is a tutorial to help.

http://www.bloggersentral.com/2010/02/apply-different-layoutstyling-to-static.html

By: The Happy Housewife

The Happy Housewife — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:06:37 +0000

Great question Brooke! I thought you were able to create pages in Blogger now… but maybe I am incorrect. I’ll ask around.
Toni

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:15:21 +0000

What if you have a blogger account and not wordpress?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:53:57 +0000

Duh … I’ve been using the WP plugin for wordpress but having it email to my ISP email address. This means it gets included in the backups I run for my computer so I think there’s a lot of duplication there. Think I’ll change the email address to my gmail account, as you suggest. Thanks.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:16:48 +0000

My site was hacked last August while I was on vacation. I learned A LOT from that experience, but personally I would STRONGLY recommend you have your back-ups emailed to you at an email address outside your domain. The control panel for my webhost was compromised through spyware on a computer I used so they trashed all the files I had stored out there, including a back-up file. Learn from my mistake and have them emailed to you.

By: Andie

Andie — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:08:16 +0000

This is exactly why I love coming here. I feel like this is my one stop shop for Blogging for Dummies. Thanks for always giving great advice! I’ll be passing this along!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:03:45 +0000

Perfect timing on this post! A really popular blog that I read, hosted by a really popular host, was just hacked and crashed. It looks like whole chunks of it might be lost. This was at the top of my “to-do” list!

What do you recommend for pictures? Or, what files should you back up via FTP (like Carrie mentioned).

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:12:56 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been backing up the hard way. Had no idea there was a plug-in!

By: Carrie Isaac

Carrie Isaac — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:12:31 +0000

Great post! It’s also a good idea to back up your site files via FTP regularly, as that contains your images, WordPress core files, etc.

Having a regularly scheduled back up is a HUGE relief to a blogger – if something happens, it’s still no fun, but you can breathe a whole lot easier if you know you have a very recent backup.

I recently changed all the usernames on my blogs to something other than “admin”. I think this is almost as important as choosing a strong password, as if your username is the default, that’s one less thing a hacker has to figure out. If you’re username is “admin”, you’ve already given a hacker half of your login!