ljarchive

Okay, those who know: ljarchive off sourceforge. If you have used it, post here? I used it a *long* time ago but haven't since and close friend needs help.

Also, for anyone: it can never hurt to do a backup.

Link:

LJbackup

ETA:

For Macs, two programs were mentioned in catrinella's lj here and here.

Comments

[trobadora]

I don't even have any idea how to set it up. Basically, I got linked to this: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143280&package_id=157384&release_id=403625

Now what? Do I download all that stuff? And then what? *feels very stupid*

[cetpar.livejournal.com]

I just DL and used it. It was pretty painless.

I have a Windows PC, so I just DL the 4th file down--the one with the .exe extenstion. It's a self extracting installation so just double click and follow the instructions. Once installed do file-->new archive (I think--it tells you). It will ask for your username and password & where to store the archive, and that's it.

[trobadora]

Thank you! I'll do that. :-)

[cetpar.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

download the windows ready

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download the windows ready <a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ljarchive/ljArchive-0.9.7.exe?modtime=1143049932&big_mirror=0"exe file</a> then double click on it to install the software. then run ljA, and give it the details it needs to archive your journal.

[trobadora]

Thanks! Will try that. :-)

[wistfuljane.livejournal.com]

I see that kheryn42 already commented, but here's more instructions if anyone needed it:

1. Download ljArchive-0.9.7.exe (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143280&package_id=157384&release_id=403625).
2. Install & run.
3. File > New Archive. Indicate where you want to save it > Next. Type in your login info. If you want to backup a community, after you've type in your login info, check "I want to archive the following community" under Community and it'll listed communities you have access to. Click Next > Finish.
4. ljArchive will then automatically sync your journal and anytime you login with ljArchive. If you want to manually sync it later, go to Tools > Sync.
5. To backup your journal (instead of just saving it as a ljArchive file), go to File > Export and depending on which format you want to backup it in, choose HTML Journal Writer or XML Writer (if you want to import your entries to another blog like WordPress). Indicate where you want to save your backup and how you want to split your entries (by month, date, etc.). Click okay and ljArchive should have your entries saved where you indicated it.

ljArchive also has some other great features if you want to explore it.

[trobadora]

Thank you, that is really great! I'll try it out in more detail when I have a little more time, but this is more than enough to get started. :-)

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - I've just done it & it was very easy.

[wistfuljane.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[wistfuljane.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!