Preparation 1
Create a Folder in MS Word
Now you have MS Word open to create a folder you will click File>then New then (normally the new document is already highlighted) if not click new document> then on the far right under blank Document will be the word Create click on this.
A new page will open up.
Click on File.
Now from here you will then create your Folder first.
Click Save As
The below image will appear where you will right click on the Drive you wish to save your Folder on in my case it is the One Drive as shown below (you can choose whatever drive you have available to use).
Right click One drive and a smaller window pops up
Place your mouse cursor over new and you will see the word Folder come up.
Click on Folder
This will now show the words New Folder within the Drive you have selected. At this point you have created a New Folder but this is a default name and should be changed.
Right click on New Folder
Then create a folder name in my case I would call it Successfulaffiliateru as that is my website name no need to place the URL version.
You can replace yours with your website name.
Your Folder is now created. Make sure you know where it is.
Great work! You have now created a Folder.
So the next part is to now work on creating a file.
This will then be placed within your new Folder just created.
Now is the time to record where your Folder has been saved to by recording the location. By knowing where your files and folders are you can go to it a lot quicker saving you some time searching?
Why can’t I just do one file?
Creating a separate file for each page or post will be better for you in the long run , it will save you time as well as keep your sanity later on should you have issues.
If you put all you work on one file not only will it be super long but will also take time to upload or download.
Imagine you have over a period of time created over 100 pages full of blogs, posts, images, along with all your settings and posts and all this saved to one file?
Now imagine you accidentally deleted that file and you can’t get it back plus you have no backup are you going to retype all 100 plus pages from memory?
It is best to do one file per page/blog or post with the name of the file for that particular piece of content.
It is better to replace one file containing one page that one file containing your whole life’s work. Is it worth risking everything on one file?
Don't put all of your eggs in one basket."
OK back to training
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Past experiences quickly make you remember to save.
Take care have a wonderful weekend and continue to go forward each and every day.
Andre
Take care be well have a wonderful weekend that's coming up
Andre
If you have a opened file that already is in your drive whenever you wish to save you just go to click file then click save when the second window opens up.
If this is a new file that has never been saved before then you still go to File and you can either click save or save as.
The computer will recognize it has never been saved before and will open another window and prompt you to create a name for that file which will be below and before you click save you need to click the folder you wish that file to be in.
This part is explained in Preparation 2 on create a file.
The best thing to do is just get in the habit of saving your work that's why I said maybe every 2-3 paragraphs then click file then save.
Hope that answers your question Neil
Have a great day my hours are dwelling soon.
Take care be well.
Andre
Hadn't thought about people needing help creating files. See, that's why you're the BIG bro. :-) What a sweetie.
I knew the computer would normally do auto save but didn't know at the time that this can also turned off. I was using some elses computer at the time and assumed that it was being saved. That is why I don't rely on any auto saves they are normal set for 10 mins as standard but even ten min can be far too long when dealing with large spreadsheets.
Thanks sis xox back
Take care
With the downloads this will depend on what are the downloads
Are they all related to the one website?
Are they all images?
Are the all text?
Are they a mixture?
Are they both business and private or personal?
Once you answer that to yourself you can then organize what folders may be require to create and how many.
Personally i keep all private and family matters separate from business matters i guess that the old management part of me.
What I do is keep all business related matters on a separate drive.that why all personal stuff are separated and can't be mixed. part of your other question re backup is I have a couple of external hard drives where each fortnight or so I back up my work on the external drive. that way should my computer crash I have the back up away from the computer. I do the same for many of my important family matters as well.again on a separate hard drive.
I still keep them on my computer for easier access but when updated is required I back it up more often. I guess that the old accountant and management habits they have stayed with me. I am glad for that.
Back to the folders
I have a separate main folder called Wealthy Affiliate within this folder are several sub folders each with a separate website name to it.
Any websites not relating to WA would be done and attached to another main Folder under that particular name in the same fashion.
The main aspect is to keep organized to minimize issues later.
Now back to backups:
Word has been explained in above training so no need to go there.
If you are using the WordPress within WA know that backups can be done within WordPress here once you work has been created or adjusted you can export from WordPress and have it downloaded to your computer. here you can either save it to a separate folder maybe called WordPress backups and each time you do an export this could go to the same main folder called WordPress backups no need to create a file for that because you download is basally your file each with different details which you can also change to make it easier to remember what it means.
You could also save it to an external hard drive as mentioned above.
There is also the ability to import the work back to WordPress
This is all explain in Kyle's training session related to Exporting from WordPress
This is the link
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-back-up-your-wordpress-site-using-tools-export
As for how often for the backups same rules can apply
Rule 1: Save your work.
Rule 2: Save your work regularly
Emergency hidden rule: Did you remember to save your work?
Also another part with WordPress is it is a good idea to do a backup before any major changed you may be doing again this is explained in the session mentioned by Kyle above
As for Drop box i only use this for private issues with family and friends I have no need for this with business along with Cloud services.
That main part is to be organized if you need to create 20 folders to cover your400 downloads so be it. if you only need 5 folders then that's what is required.
Hope that has covered you questions
Take care and good night form me its getting late I need sleep.
Andre
Many of my downloads are free books, websites, etc and sundry bonuses (and shinny objects). So I guess I could organize them into folders. I also have quite a few folders with my e-mail account where I store important e-mails and some personal stuff (useful if travelling) I might get hacked but I usually leave some numbers out
Thanks for you advice.
Some will need one part others may fine something else that is useful. Even within another comment.
Good to see that you can indeed arranged and organize yourself with the different sections. As you said you guess that you could organize them into folders. Organize being the main focal point.
All that is need now is to keep going forward with the website and continue to create content.
Wishing you well
Enjoy your weekend.
