Comments on: Using Google Cache to Recover Blog Pages

By: Sam Small

Sam Small — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:41:25 +0000

Hi Thanks for the response. Actually Google saved my ass on this. I was able to do a site: search for my site and calling up the google cached versions of my pages I was able to copy out relevant portions of the code, the parts that went into the wordpress pages, not the wordpress code and using that was quickly able to replicate my entire site in a few hours.
Thanks for the tip.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:09:40 +0000

you can get the text from google cache, but not the code…

By: Sam Small

Sam Small — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:42:13 +0000

my wordpress folder got deleted by accident. My host, Godaddy, had me build a new mysql file and they restored the old database into that new file. I did the restore of the wordpress folder so my uploaded files are present, but when I reconfigured the wp-config.php to the new identity so they see each other the blog comes back essentially empty, none of my old posts, pages, comments etc. are present.

I see that none of my widgets are in place, it’s as if the theme was reset to default. Also, all my plug ins are in the plug ins folder but none are activated nor applied.Wouldn’t my customized theme have come back with the restore of the WordPress folder? Or is there some pointer to the mysql that WP is not seeing right? The new mysql has a different user name and database name than the old, but I updated wp-config.php to see the new mysql.

Is there some other file that needs to be updated with those new names so the theme i customized comes back?

Google has them cached for now, can I get the code from Google and plug the pages back in somehow? If so how?

Thanks in advance.
Sam

By: Snam

Snam — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:41:43 +0000

I need some help! I lost all my widget settings when I tried to change templates. I have the most recent cached page from google but I do not know how to use it to restore my blog. I tried viewing the source and copying and pasting it but I get errors from blogger.
This is my original site: http://howtoearnmoneyonline-snam.blogspot.com/
This is the archived version that I WANT back: http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:4keDRz61ITwJ:howtoearnmoneyonline-snam.blogspot.com/+http://howtoearnmoneyonline-snam.blogspot.com/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a

Please help me ASAP! I will be online so please post a comment or email me or something!

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By: kometbomb

kometbomb — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:41:30 +0000

I find the Wayback Machine bookmarklet very useful (link below, scroll down a bit). You could also create a similar bookmarklet for a suitable Google search.

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

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By: Stephan Miller

Stephan Miller — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:56:28 +0000

I've had to use that trick more than once. Once I used it to find out how to unlock a GM car stereo. There is a phone call you have to make to do it. Then all you do is type in some numbers and it gives you a code. The dealership charges for this. I found a forum post through Google, but GM got to the site first and took the post down. Using ye olde Google cache, I saved myself what was $30 at the time. I don't mind spending money, but paying someone to make a five minute phone call, too much. Stephan Miller's last blog post..Blog Monetization Strategies

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:42:14 +0000

Thanks for the tip! Glad I stopped by to drop kick your EC spostareduro's last blog post..Shari Voigt's ?Strange but True?