In one of my blogs there is some key data that I needed to look up. It made me think how I would recover my postings if blogspot failed - like fotopic did recently.
Two methods.
1. http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?max-results=100
Visit your blog using the above URL with the results parameter set to the number you want to backup and 'yourblog' set to your blog name. From your Browser page menu 'Save as..' to your hard drive. This saves the XML file, which can be opened in your Browser.
2. Download the 'Blogger Backup' utility here http://bloggerbackup.codeplex.com/releases/view/12201
Install on your PC. The utility gives more control over the back up. Can include comments for example.
These will not save images locally. But you'll have images you uploaded stored on your PC anyway.
What you end up with is an XML file which has a load of 'tags' in amongst your text. Either you'll need an XML reader to make sense of it or you can copy and paste all the content into this utility http://www.nicertutor.com/xml.cgi to remove the tags and then copy and paste that into your word processor.
Geez, anyone know an easier way?
Important:
For either method, in your Blog 'Settings' for 'Site Feed' set the 'Full' parameter otherwise you will only get part of each posting.
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