Have you backed up your NPD portfolio yet?
Why not?
One day soon — perhaps as early as Wednesday — your favorite portfolio site, NewsPageDesigner, will go away for a while.
The current host is ending its arrangement with NPD, so Tim Frank and his folks are building a new-and-improved portfolio site. Thanks to your generosity, NewsPageDesigner has the funds to continue. The big question is: Will Tim’s crew be able to port over all the existing pages and comments?
The answer, most likely, will be no. So when the site comes back up — in January or February — you’ll likely have to register all over again and post your pages from scratch. And that’ll be impossible if you didn’t save copies of your pages.
So don’t delay. Take some time early this week to back up your stuff. Here’s a video primer by Robb Montgomery on how to get started:
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December 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Just a little clarification, Charles. I’m pretty sure the contribution site that Matt Mansfield started is now closed. Thanks to everyone who contributed, the site raised $3400 which will help NPD get started on a new server. In addition, I was hoping to find the money to purchase the database from the Sun Journal, so that everything can move seamlessly. We haven’t closed negotiations yet, but you can imagine the challenges of finding sponsors in this business climate.
December 31st, 2008 at 11:29 am
Aw, $@%(*&)!
I’ve gotta get my stuff backed up. I think. Save comments, too.
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Until tomorrow comes….