A fellow jewellery artisan and friend had a HUGE!! absolutely monumental stuff-up happen today, and it got me thinking just how many others there could be out there who are not prepared should the unthinkable happen..
Ok - so do you have a website or online store???...regardless of who it is through - have you taken screen shots of all your pages????? Do you have a CSV sheet with all the info of your products on it??? Do you know all the photos you have on your website/store and are they easily accessible without sifting through volumes of folders?? Do you know what your DNS codes are if you have your own website??
No??? hmmm!....so what happens if your host goes belly-up tomorrow??? Or the place you have your site at goes *defunked*??
You are what is commonly called *up that famous creek not only without the paddle - but some bastard also stole the canoe!*
Here are my 5 Tips on making sure if the unthinkable happens and your *online* store/website has monumental issues - you are at least prepared!!
1/. Get yourself a Flash-drive with a large capacity on it...and ONLY! use it for backing up the following data once you have it all sorted out....
a) Your screenshots of your site/store
b) a CSV delimited file of all your products
c) all pictures relating to your site/store you uploaded.
d) Your relevant DNS records from the Registry in your country
2/ Take a screenshot of every page of your website/store - if you don't know how to do this - click on this link - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireshot/ to get the add-on for Firefox - if you are running it - of *FireShot* - which is a screen capture program compatible with Chrome and Firefox. Here is the link for Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/capture-webpage-screensho/mcbpblocgmgfnpjjppndjkmgjaogfceg?hl=en
3/ Create a CSV delimited file through Excel of all your products - (this file is easy to create - just make sure you have the appropriate headings on the top before saving it as a *csv* file in Excel. If in doubt check YouTube out.
4/ Create a folder in your Photo Editing program to store all photos you put on your website/store...and make sure you use it ONLY!! for that purpose and update it often.
5/ When you get a website - make sure you have records of ALL!! relevant DNS records from the Registry in your country - for Australia here's the link - http://www.netregistry.com.au/support/modifying-domain-name-servers-or-dns-records/
And yes - doing all the above can be time consuming - but ask yourself this....how VALUABLE is this information???
Think of it this way - spending a bit of extra time making sure you have the above in place could make all the difference between smacking your head against a desk or wall, or swearing like a trooper because some bastard who isn't responding to your emails or calls has you sitting in limbo!
So should the unthinkable happen and you have everything above in place....at least you can be like a boyscout or girl guide and be prepared! ;)
as usual - Happy Creating!
...and above - Smile! It's FREE!!
Ok - so do you have a website or online store???...regardless of who it is through - have you taken screen shots of all your pages????? Do you have a CSV sheet with all the info of your products on it??? Do you know all the photos you have on your website/store and are they easily accessible without sifting through volumes of folders?? Do you know what your DNS codes are if you have your own website??
No??? hmmm!....so what happens if your host goes belly-up tomorrow??? Or the place you have your site at goes *defunked*??
You are what is commonly called *up that famous creek not only without the paddle - but some bastard also stole the canoe!*
Here are my 5 Tips on making sure if the unthinkable happens and your *online* store/website has monumental issues - you are at least prepared!!
1/. Get yourself a Flash-drive with a large capacity on it...and ONLY! use it for backing up the following data once you have it all sorted out....
a) Your screenshots of your site/store
b) a CSV delimited file of all your products
c) all pictures relating to your site/store you uploaded.
d) Your relevant DNS records from the Registry in your country
2/ Take a screenshot of every page of your website/store - if you don't know how to do this - click on this link - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireshot/ to get the add-on for Firefox - if you are running it - of *FireShot* - which is a screen capture program compatible with Chrome and Firefox. Here is the link for Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/capture-webpage-screensho/mcbpblocgmgfnpjjppndjkmgjaogfceg?hl=en
3/ Create a CSV delimited file through Excel of all your products - (this file is easy to create - just make sure you have the appropriate headings on the top before saving it as a *csv* file in Excel. If in doubt check YouTube out.
4/ Create a folder in your Photo Editing program to store all photos you put on your website/store...and make sure you use it ONLY!! for that purpose and update it often.
5/ When you get a website - make sure you have records of ALL!! relevant DNS records from the Registry in your country - for Australia here's the link - http://www.netregistry.com.au/support/modifying-domain-name-servers-or-dns-records/
And yes - doing all the above can be time consuming - but ask yourself this....how VALUABLE is this information???
Think of it this way - spending a bit of extra time making sure you have the above in place could make all the difference between smacking your head against a desk or wall, or swearing like a trooper because some bastard who isn't responding to your emails or calls has you sitting in limbo!
So should the unthinkable happen and you have everything above in place....at least you can be like a boyscout or girl guide and be prepared! ;)
as usual - Happy Creating!
...and above - Smile! It's FREE!!
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