3 ways to not break your blog

It’s probably a fortunate thing I don’t have a following yet on this blog, otherwise I might have received a few angry/concerned emails for the “lapse” in coverage.

1. Don’t leech a neighbor’s wifi.
• I was uploading the new version of WordPress (2.8) to my server via the lawyers next door. They have this available for client use, and to prevent misuse, block certain websites (namely Facebook). Unless it’s your own connection (or your that of your office), don’t trust its reliability.
2. If you’re already having problems with uploading, don’t continue.
• I had already had some issues in getting some WordPress plug-in updates to transfer. The “server” kept disconnecting, and I kept trying. I should have taken this as a warning sign not to try and upload all 500 files of a new WP install.
3. Have a back-up plan for getting back up to speed if your blog breaks.
• As I’m writing this, I’m having the damndest time trying to get things to display right. Chances are, I could just delete the directory and start from scratch, I guess? So as of now, I’m going to write each post as its own file, and keep that on my hard-drive so I can start over again.

If you blog what works for you? I’m curious to see if other “bloggers” have scorched-earth/back-up plans.