Do you save copies of your published online content?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52146)
Staten Island, New York
April 9, 2018 12:48pm CST
Years ago I joined HubPages. It's a site that lets you publish content on many different topics, while giving you the chance to earn through Google AdSense, HubPages Amazon Associates Program or your own Amazon Associates account, and the HubPages Ad Program.
I have published 225 articles (aka hubs) on the site to-date. When I was publishing stuff there I never copied what I had written into MS Word, so I'd have backups of the content.
That wasn't a smart thing to do because now, as I want to have everything that's on HubPages in MS Word, I have a lot of stuff to copy. And it's a tedious task, as there is no option to download the content, let along in one shot.
To save everything into MS Word I have to open each individual hub, select all the content in it (pics and text), copy it, and then paste it into MS Word. And I have to do it 225 times.
It is frustrating, and I can't say that I really want to sit there and do it, but it has to be done. Even if HubPages won't be going anywhere any time soon I still want to have a copy of everything. I already have some stuff copied but there is a lot more to go. I will go crazy if I spend the whole day doing it. Have to do a little bit each day. I wonder how long it will take me to get it all done.
Lesson learned!
Every time I publish something new on HubPages, or on any other site for that matter, I should copy/paste it into MS Word right away. This way I won't have to spend a lot of time doing it later.
I never copied any of the mylot discussions into MS Word either... And I am sure I have hundreds. But I am not gonna worry about that now. I will deal with HubPages first.
When you publish something online do you copy it into MS Word or some other word processing software?
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7 responses
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Apr 18
I save hard copies of the pieces I care about.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Apr 18
That's the most important thing.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
9 Apr 18
When I write a longer post, I use MS Word for it. I have the copies of my 'more valuable' posts. When I write a short discussion, I write them directly into the site, so I have no copies of them. But I think I won't miss them.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Apr 18
That makes sense. I want a copy of everything I've ever written online saved to my computer. Who knows when I will need it. Plus, it builds up my writing portfolio.That's why I want to do it. Some people first write in Word and then copy to mylot or whichever site they write for. I don't do that.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
9 Apr 18
@lovebuglena Sometimes I work on an article more hours/days and it is easier to save the draft in MS Word.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Apr 18
@anikoonline Yes. And it's actually a good idea because if you try to do it online you might end up losing your work in case something goes wrong.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
9 Apr 18
I have written for many sites over time and always save my content. I actually write it in a text editor then copy and paste to the site, so I don't have to do anything else but save it to the right place on my computer. I have articles from years ago, moved from computer to computer and saved to a flash drive.
It's amazing how many times I go back and reference them. Some sites have allowed use to keep our content so it can be used again and that helps, too.
@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr 18
I always write in Word then copy and paste. Some of my longer articles on say Infobarrel I've had to edit and polish so doing it all in Word first works for me.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
9 Apr 18
Nope. Once it's written, its old, so no need for it, imo. plus itll take up lots of space.
@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
9 Apr 18
If you feel that way then there is no point in copying anything into Word.
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@Courage7 (19626)
• United States
9 Apr 18
@lovebuglena Exactly. Anything I have written that is valuable to family only is on paper and stored away safely.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
9 Apr 18
I do save my work, all 101 hubs of them, when I update them to send them to niches. I do save my novels on my external disk drive to send to agents and editors. I also save my work in a file for Upwork too. You have written more hubs than me. I always draft a copy of my hub and copy/paste it for the template. I use Scrivener and Open Office/MS Word for my novels, Text Edit and Pages for hubs.
