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Re: WordPress Backup: Do it Today or Lose it Forever

Matt Hooper — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:25:49 -0000

Hi Martin,

Interesting. I haven't encountered that problem before. I actually didn't even know the Dropbox API had a 150 MB limit. I just read through the documentation on their site and it is a documented limitation.

The backups for this site are just under 110 MB, this site isn't huge but I wouldn't consider it small. I've used this system on many sites but none are as big as this site.

You could take a look at what is being included in the backup. If you're including extra themes or other unimportant files you could exclude them from the backup.

If you find that there isn't really anything that you want to exclude, you could look at backing up to one of the other services that the plugin supports.

I don't use SugarSync but their service is similar to Dropbox. Another service to consider is Amazon S3. I use it to store and serve a few GBs of data and it's only a few dollars per month.

Thanks for the feedback!

- Matt

Re: WordPress Backup: Do it Today or Lose it Forever

Martin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:38:02 -0000

Great tip. There's just one problem: Backup to Dropbox works only with a relatively small blog:

2011/11/28 20:30.06: [FEHLER] Dropbox-API: Error: File "/tmp/.backwpup_973295135/backup_2011-11-28_20-29-06.zip" is to big max. 150 MB.

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Matt Hooper — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:23:55 -0000

Thanks for the comment Martin.

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Martin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:41:31 -0000

What I took out of this post :)

2Life Lessons aren’t In Books
It’s a bit cliché to say at this point but you won’t learn a thing about life in books. I’m not saying you should stop reading books but it is probably a good idea to stop believing everything you read. Most self-help gurus are more screwed up than the people they’re claiming to be able to help. Don’t listen to them. Don’t listen to me. Listen to yourself.Life lesson number seven: Stop listening to the shoulds and need tos, just live your life and be happy."Martinsays: Thanks

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Matt Hooper — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:07:15 -0000

Thanks Benny! Change is always good and leads the way to good memories.

Eventually you'll get used to stinky tofu. It takes a while. A long while!

You're right, lots of good food in Taiwan. I've been gaining weight for seven years...

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Benny Hsu — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:30:16 -0000

Oh man great stuff Matt.

I bet it must have been hard at first going to a completely new country but now you'll be leaving with a life full of memories.

And I don't know if I'll ever get used to stinky tofu. I've tried it three times. It's bad bad bad.

The others food in Taiwan, I love though!!! Man I miss the food so much. That's why I always gain weight when I go.

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Matt Hooper — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:56:34 -0000

Thanks! I think the best education people can get is to travel and experience different cultures. We can learn a lot from stepping outside of our comfort zone.

Re: 7 Life Lessons Learned from 7 Years in Taiwan

Erich — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:20:08 -0000

Brilliant post Matt, echoing many of my own sentiments, though I've 'only' lived in Taipei for 4 years. These and many other life lessons we can learn through traveling are invaluable!

Re: WordPress Status Dashboard

Jon Foster — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:22:34 -0000

Any idea when this might be back - looks like it's gone again.
Looks it like it'd be fab if it worked!

Re: Mastering Your Clipboards [Pastebot, ClipMenu, Jumpcut]

Matt Hooper — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:42:08 -0000

As far as I know, it's not possible to do this within an app. Double clicking the home button lets you switch between apps quickly but it is still not that smooth.

Re: Mastering Your Clipboards [Pastebot, ClipMenu, Jumpcut]

SWLinPHX — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:47:06 -0000

Is there something for iOS (or is it possible or perhaps soon to be offered) with Pastebot to use it WITHIN an app, like when chatting in a social networking app? If I have to quit the app each time and launch Pastebot to copy something new and paste where I want it in my conversation, that sort of defeats the purpose, no?

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Matt Hooper — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:51:20 -0000

Thanks a lot Kevin!

Citizen is almost automatic, there is some paper work involved and we still need to finalize everything. Other than that, everything is looking good.

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Kevin Douglas — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:49:37 -0000

Congrats on the baby and move to Canada, Matt! Hope the move goes well. Is your wife all set with her visa? If I remember, she automatically gets Canadian citizenship because you're Canadian, right?

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Matt Hooper — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:58:47 -0000

You guys should be fine in San Francisco. We'll be just outside of Vancouver so our situation will be similar.

Good luck with the little guy.

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Ian Borders — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:24:31 -0000

Her English isn't the greatest (yet) but if we did go back, would likely be San Francisco area, in which case we could live near China Town (She is half Chinese, and speaks Mandarin and Contonese). The baby is awesome. Has a bit of a cough right know which is scary when they are so tiny.

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Matt Hooper — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:05:12 -0000

Thanks Ian! I'm sure that as long as your wife's English is ok, she would be fine. We'll be in a pretty multi-cultural area so I'm sure we'll be fine. How's the little guy doing?

Re: WordPress Resources, Plugins, Courses and Updates

Ian Borders — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:54:26 -0000

Congrats on the baby! And good luck with the move. I often wonder how my wife (Thai) would fair if we moved to the US, though she has expressed interest.

Re: Get More Facebook Likes

Matt Hooper — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:22:14 -0000

Thanks for stopping by. Glad you liked what you read!

-- Matt

Re: Get More Facebook Likes

Generationloser — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:13:40 -0000

Thank you for your info Matthew! I just came upon your site, from another blog you commented on. I will surely use this for my facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/genera...

Re: How I Got to Taiwan

Matt Hooper — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:20:55 -0000

Taiwan definitely has a lot of interesting scenery, well worth a visit.
Thanks for visiting the site!

Re: How I Got to Taiwan

Alison Fishman — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:44:43 -0000

That landscape is beautiful! I'm putting Taiwan on my list of places to visit.

Re: Simplest Way to Get Images For a Website

Matt Hooper — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:10:17 -0000

Hi Lynne,

Yes, I do hourly consulting among other services. You can see a complete list of my services at http://www.matthewhooper.com/s...

Did you send me a message on Facebook? I didn't see it.

Thanks for coming by the site!

-- Matt

Re: Simplest Way to Get Images For a Website

Lynne Hooper — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:45:18 -0000

This was excellent, very clear. Thank you! Do you do consulting by the hour? You can answer to my Facebook messages if you like.

Re: Mastering Your Clipboards [Pastebot, ClipMenu, Jumpcut]

Matt Hooper — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:35:09 -0000

Since writing this article, I have switched to JumpCut and only use it now. I used to go between the two but in the end I found that I used JumpCut and I have never had a strong reason to go back to anything else.

Due to this, I recommend having a look at JumpCut because it is what I use and what I find works better into my workflow.

Re: Mastering Your Clipboards [Pastebot, ClipMenu, Jumpcut]

Michae Spielman — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:30:19 -0000

I'm new to clipMenu and while I can see it's uses (eventually, if I ever get help with it) it's maddening because there is no readily accessible help. Can you past all the entries at once? Or several? How? What are snippets as opposed to other items? Can you delete several items at once (apparently you can delete single items by pressing Control and accessing a menu -- but it is pure chance that I stumbled upon that one). Where can one find comprehensive information about the program so that us simpletons can use it?