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Originally Posted by James81  I just looked in my SBI account to see if there is any quick and dirty site-back up options, and I couldn't find anything. There's loads of functions for uploading and bringing information IN to SBI, but I don't see anything that will let you export your content/files OUT of SBI.
In other words, should you choose to switch over at some point, you're going to be doing a lot of copy/pasting and reuploading of your stuff. Hell, I don't even see a place to access the root html directory (the one where all your files on the website are stored).
What I might suggest you do is to go create a free wordpress site and, while you are creating your SBI site, make a copy of it onto the free wordpress site as you go along. That way, when you go, you can simply export your site from the free wordpress site and then reupload it to your new site when you get a new host. |
Oops, I forgot to make my original point....
Site back up options. If you do it all in a HTML Editor as I strongly recommend to most SBIers, all data will be stored on your computer. So changing hosts would mean just uploading all your computer's files with a couple of clicks.
If you are using BlockBuilder, then you do need to make other arrangements. Copy and paste heaven. That would be where you're going. But I have to ask why a BlockBuilder person is changing hosts - if they are so technophobic then they really NEED SBI as it is the ideal beginners platform.
I can think of very few situations where a BlockBuilder person would migrate to another host. Most would naturally transition to HTML first (as I feel James probably should have done) to get the most out of their SBI experience and increase their technical skills before fleeing the nest entirely. Then there would be no problems migrating.
Duplicating your ensite site on WordPress. Please don't do this - Google really doesn't like duplicate content. It's called spam, you see. And both sites will be penalized as a result, giving you lower search rankings and less traffic.
This is the risk you run when you use WordPress and take advice from everyone on the internet. You will be told all different techniques, some of them black hat and some of them genuine, but how do you know the difference? SBI will steer you right, guaranteed. SBI will never tell you to duplicate your content or engage in spammy link schemes to build traffic, which I'm sure many WP users have been misled into doing simply because they don't have a legitimate guide leading their way.