Do you backup your email and email settings? Have you ever tried to transfer from one email client, like outlook, to a different email client such as Mozilla Thunderbird? Well, if you have had any of these email events or just backing up and restoring email account information, then you know something can always go not as planned.
When trying to backup a Mozilla Thunderbird compatible email client in order to transfer the email and email settings to Thunderbird using MozBackup, something went terribly wrong in the restore process, the original Thunderbird default profile and emails were overwritten completely by the new profile! 
Now what do to do, all of the important email settings are GONE?
After a moment to take a deep breath, the solution was to simply restore the backup of the original Thunderbird profile from a previous MozBackup backup of the original before transferring. Remember to always backup the current version of any files before restoring or transferring any data! MozBackup creates a .pcv backup which is actually a compressed zip file. The profile data that have to be manually restored if using Windows Vista is located in folder C:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\, in XP profiles are located in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\. The difference in XP, is that all of the Thunderbird Profile data is in one place. Whereas, in Windows Vista, Thunderbird profile data is stored in AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\ and the profile master list is located in AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profiles\ which we will not alter in this process. Continue reading ‘How To Restore Mozilla Thunderbird Email Profile’
Blogs are becoming the standard for web sites today. One of the most popular blog platforms is WordPress. WordPress is typically “self-hosted”, meaning that you have to install it on your own web host service. As with all data, you must backup up your blog and website data for those just in case events. For example, an upgrade to a site may cause the site to stop functioning properly, what are you going to do? If you had a recent back up of the site all you have to do is upload your back up version and poof, back in business!
WordPress makes many of the tedious tasks involved in building and maintaining a web site or blog easier with the use of plug ins. The WordPress blogging platform have many plugins that can do almost anything you would want to do to customize your site. These plugins are contributed by members of the WordPress community that they share with all of us who use WordPress. Thanks to them for their great contributions of plugins which makes WordPress more than just a blog!.
One of the the most valuable plugin available to WordPress is WP-BACKUP! For this explanation, WP-BACKUP Version 1.5 is used. Upload the files in the wp-backup plugin folder except readme.txt and backuprestore.php to the wp-content/plugins folder in your site. Copy backuprestore.php to your wp-content/plugins directory. Also, create a folder named backup in the wp-content folder where your back up files will be stored. Then go to the plugins page from the admin screen and click activate to start using wp-backup.
Once activated, go to the admin and select backup/restore and start the wp-backup admin panel. Continue reading ‘Backup WordPress Blog’
Need to surf the web, check email or check out the latest web videos? If so, you will need a couple of things first. Of course at the minimum, a computer is needed and it has to be connected to some ISP or “Internet Service Provider”. What kind of ISP you would need, depends on your location. There are ISPs who advertise daily about broadband, DSL , Wireless, or Cable connections, but when it comes down to it, if you live in an area just outside of their reach, none of them can help you get those exciting broadband speeds!
I know this sounds like soo 20th Century, but until a recent move, connecting to the internet has become a top interest. After over five years of using DSL service to connect to the internet, Verizon does not provide DSL at the new location, despite it being only four miles down the road. Their reason given was that “the service center to that location is different and currently does not have DSL capability”. So why all of the advertisements that fill up our television time, boast about DSL and other broadband services as if they are available in that tv service area? What about people who live in rural America, are they not a market deserving of prime communications products? Continue reading ‘Connecting to the Internet’
Now what do to do, all of the important email settings are GONE?
