There are all still there, you just need to highlight the text you want to copy and then 'copy and paste' the contents into Word or another new blog.. http://www.ebuild.co.uk/blog/5/entry-206-house-on-a-narrow-plot/

It looks like others are working on moving their blogs and advertising a new alternative web site, spotted this today http://www.ebuild.co.uk/blog/13/entry-423-moving-my-blog-to-a-new-site/

Maybe you could ask eBuild admin, as others appear to have done, for special access to move your blog.

Posted By: caliwagMust say I am keen to recover all my blogs and book reviews...sadly I don'y even know how to print them or the bookmarks...maybe I should hand write them, is life too short?

Right click and Save Page As… (or whatever your browser calls it). Firefox gives various options for saving the whole page, just the HTML, text and “All Files” (not explored what that means).

Whole page stores the HTML as a file then puts all the associated CSS, images, etc, in a directory with a similar name. E.g.,

edavies@george:~/temp$ ls Sooo..\ What\ did\ Viking\ House\ do\ to\ get\ under\ ebuild\'s\ skin\?*
Sooo.. What did Viking House do to get under ebuild's skin?.html

Sooo.. What did Viking House do to get under ebuild's skin?_files:
ac.js                     functions.js         spacer10x10.gif
addCart.gif               GBEzine_Logo6.jpg    style_002.css
adlog.html                global.js            style_003.css
adverts.js                nav_buzz2.gif        style_004.css
ajax.js                   neutral.gif          style.css
akvaterm_advert_2011.gif  quote.css            surprised.gif
angry.gif                 quote.js             tongue.gif
bigsmile.gif              sad.gif              top_curve_yellow2.gif
confused.gif              shamed.gif           top_curve_yellow.gif
cool.gif                  shining_star.jpg     vanilla_002.css
cry.gif                   shocked.gif          vanilla.css
devil.gif                 smile.gif            vanilla.js
ecology.jpg               smilies.js           view_page.html
functions_002.js          spacer10x10_002.gif  wink.gif

For people wanting to keep threads etc in a personal archive Evernote is a good searchable platform I have used previously. There is a desktop version I have used previously.

Youc an pick up whole pages at once, and then search them in your own environment.

I once recorded the (scores iirc) of public apologies issued by Richard Dawkins to people he had impugned or misrepresented :-). Worked like a dream.

Yo can also navigate up to late March 2016 via the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160326070801*/http://www.ebuild.co.uk/

Or presumably the Google cache.

And I believe the blogs are still editable, based on the new entries which have appeared. I have not tried though.

Ferdinand

Ah,

That is thebuildhub vs buildhub.

Confused.

Have to say this is why I pay for my own hosting although I never managed to keep up with writing a blog!

As the saying goes, you get what you pay for

Plenty of ways - and tools - out there to grab a copy of your blogs or individual pages if you want them. The downside is they normally pick up any of the ads etc along with the content and you have to take a punt on how many levels of URL you want to grab.

I had to do this a while back for someone who lost access to their site (ie lost all admin passwords...) and they used HTTrack to download the site - what they didn't realise was one of the advertisers URLs went to their product pages and they downloaded about 2Gb of data from someone elses website...!

The other issue you have with downloading any of the sites - even this one - is the copyright. eBuild reiterated its Ts & Cs a couple of weeks ago and if you read them you will see that the contributors grant ebuild the licence to re-use, not anyone else. If you take a copy of the site as a reference for your own use then that is OK, if you take a copy to try and reuse the content then you breach both the initial contributors copyright and eBuilds copyright....

For the relatively small amounts of content almost all of us have on ebuild it is tidier to work from the thread / search index pages which each include the full text of approx. 25 articles, and save to eg Evernote or just Save As HTML to the local disk.

I have about 1200 articles and I could archive the whole lot including full text in a searchable form, including attachments, in about 90 minutes.

If anyone needs it, I could put a HowTo together.

Ferdinand

For blog articles I would suggest:

1 - Save as HTML.
2 - Clip to Evernote, so you can share it in original form with others online.
3 - Save as a PDF file to be convenient for printing or attaching to emails. That could be via an option in your web browser, or your computer may have a "Print to PDF File" or "Print to DIsk" in the list of printers on your system, which will ask you for a file name before sending the article there. As a PDF you will get to keep all the comments with the article.

Ferdinand

Posted By: vordIf anyone has better contact details, or if things are getting sorted and my intervention is not required do send a whisper.

From what Jeremy has written on his blog it seems as though Ebuild will be resurrected in it's current format soon.

"I'm deeply saddened by the loss of Ebuild. it's been a part of my on-line life for eight years. To quell rumours, I've had to take this blog down so that I can move it to a new site, in order to comply with the terms of a contract I have with a supplier. In the meantime, keep your eye on this website, http://www.buildhub.org.uk/

I will post the new blog web address here as soon as I've overcome the technical challenges - I'm very much at the bottom of the learning curve when it come to putting stuff on a web site and it's made me appreciate what went on behind the scenes at Ebuild! All I can say at the moment is that the blog will be copied across looking pretty much as it did here, and it will be on my domain, mayfly.eu."

xxxxxxxxxx
You, and any company including xxxxxxxxx, do not have my permission to reproduce, in any form, my copyrighted material from the eBuild forum.
Please make sure that there is no reference at all to my posts in anything you publish or discuss in public.

Edit: 15/05/2016 19:28
Name and company removed by request

Herick

ST has posted one comment, I will refer you back to my previous comment.

You do not own the copyright to publish that information in any format unless it is your own content.

If you choose to do so, you will breach not only the copyright of Webguides Ltd, but also the individuals who have posted there. That will most likely result in a series of cease orders which you cannot ignore.

I'm not sure if this is in ignorance of the law or blind stupidity, but taking actions like that actually threaten the future of ebuild not preserve it. If Webguides take it down because of your actions, I expect there will be a lot of pi**ed off people who would much prefer it to remain as is.

There are a lot of people who would like to buy ebuild - I suggest the admin sticks it on eBay and everyone can bid what they like but in the meantime I suggest you read the copyright statements carefully on ebuild, and take into consideration what people are helpfully trying to advise you to do.

Another refugee here, taken me 3 weeks to raise enough funds to join GBF.

Whatever happens, forums don't survive this sort of outage. If it comes back it won't be the same. Which is a shame as I need some help.

Posted By: Gotanewlife

Posted By: daikingas I need some help

Since half the big boys from over there were already over here and the other half here know a thing or 2......you could always ask.

You may come to regret saying that...

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PS you can choose the "Format comments as 'Text' button on each of your posts (just below where you type) to display quotes properly OR choose the 'Html' button to display links properly but not both.</blockquote>

Http://google.com


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