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a plotsforall instagram account.. would this be of interest to any of you? would you follow us?

edit: just made an account ya’ll. please follow: therealplotsforall ok? That is our account. legit just made it. anyone else is not us.

we’re not leaving tumblr, just having a backup plan 🙂

How to Backup your Tumblr

thepirateking:

fiction-is-not-reality:

I was just semi-complaining that I was still looking for a decent way to backup my +6k posts without having to use paid services or even just wordpress (which has an import from tumblr tool that asks for permission to access your blog and also make posts), when I decided to actually put some effort into my google search. 

Results were positive: I have successfully backed up my blog* 

*By which I mean: everything that I have ever posted. 
Not included: drafts, queue, likes, followers, following, comments, notes, chat. 

I followed this method (word by word), and now have a 450 MB folder on my computer with the name of my blog on it containing: 

1. Folder “Archive” (contains .html files listed by month)
2. Folder “Media” (contains gifs and images, mine has +1k files in it; might contain also audios but I have no way of confirming that because I’ve never reblogged an audio post from this blog)
3. Folder “Posts” (contains single .html files, each one a post; I have +4k files in it)
4. Folder “Theme” (contains only my avatar, but it might be a matter of if you have personalized themes or not)
5. .html file “Index” (by opening it it will give you the archive of your blog organized by month; clicking on a month will open up the archive for that month, and you’ll be able to read all the posts for that month as if you were on your blog**, except sans your theme graphic, with each page containing 50 posts)

**I can see gifs, links, embedded videos, tags, number of notes (but I can’t open up the notes, clearly), text is also correctly formatted. 

So yeah, in case anyone wants a very quick way to back up their blog, it took me less than 10 minutes. 

P.S. I didn’t have any issue, but to be on the safe side always check for spyware and virus threats before and after downloading anything. 

this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it if just for that, even if tumblr isn’t shutting down or deleting your blog.

So

.. looks like this evening will be dedicated to backing up this blog, because I (and all of my amazing co-admins along the way) have worked too hard to leave it up to chance post- December 17th. Not sure where I would move this content to, but it will definitely not be erased. Any suggestions where plotsforall can be relocated to, if tumblr takes it down?

– Lily<3

MY FRIENDS DRAGGED COAXED ME INTO GOING TO THIS HAUNTED HOUSE DESPITE MY CRIPPLING MINOR FEAR OF ALL THINGS HORROR. I TRIED TO RUSH THROUGH IT AS NONCHALANTLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID BEING CALLED A CHICKEN, BUT WHEN I FELT A CREEPY HAND ON MY SHOULDER, NATURALLY I TURNED AND PUNCHED BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS. NOW I’M WAITING AT URGENT CARE WITH YOU BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE BROKEN YOUR NOSE. ON THE PLUS SIDE, YOUR COSTUME IS DOPE?

AFTER MONTHS YEARS OF REPORTING TO A JOB THAT ABSOLUTELY KILLS MY SOUL, I FINALLY QUIT! WITH NO BACKUP PLAN OR WAY TO PAY MY BILLS ONCE NEXT MONTH IS OVER, I WALKED DANCED OUT OF MY WORKPLACE WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE ON MY FACE.. BUT NOW REALITY IS SINKING IN, THAT I’VE JUST DONE SOMETHING CRAZY IMPULSIVE AND OMG YOU’RE WATCHING ME SPIRAL OVER WHAT A MISTAKE I’VE JUST MADE AND YOU’RE SO SWEET TO OFFER TO BUY ME A DRINK BECAUSE I SURE AF CANNOT AFFORD ONE.

SO WE SEE EACH OTHER EVERY TIME I END UP HAVING TO DO LAUNDRY DOWNSTAIRS. YOU ARE SO CUTE/FUNNY/PERFECT THAT I CANNOT BREATHE. YOU’VE PROBABLY WARNED ME A BILLION TIMES ABOUT CLEANING OUT THE DRYER LINT BUT I’M ALWAYS TOO DISTRACTED TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. SOOOO IT’S TECHNICALLY KIND OF YOUR FAULT THAT MY LAST EFFORT AT DRYING MY CLOTHES STARTED A FIRE AND WE HAD TO EVACUATE WHEN THE FIREMEN CAME AND NOW YOU’RE SORTA HOMELESS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHILE YOU WAIT FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OF COURSE THE FIRE MAINLY AFFECTED YOUR PLACE. I’M SO SORRY. I HAVE AN AIR MATTRESS WITH YOUR NAME ON IT?

I’M SO UPSET. I JUST GOT DUMPED AT A STUPID HOUSE PARTY. ALL I WANT TO DO IS GO HOME AND DEVOUR A BUCKET OF ICE CREAM. BUT WHY WON’T MY CAR START? OH, BECAUSE IT’S YOUR CAR AND I DON’T DRIVE–WAIT, WHY DON’T YOU LOCK YOUR CAR DOORS, WEIRDO? ALSO, PLEASE TAKE PITY ON ME AND DRIVE ME HOME WHILE I SOB INCOHERENTLY NEXT TO YOU.

Hi Bunnies! 

We know, we’ve been doing a horrible job supplying you all with new and original plots to use for your writing (adulting is hard, ya feel?). We still have an inbox full of requests to get to, but instead of making you wait forever for us to churn out a big plot, we’re introducing GIMME PLOTS. They’re going to be shorter and in a more simplified format than the ones we usually post (fun-size, if you will), but hopefully they’ll give you the inspiration you come here for and help you forget that we’ve been neglecting you a little 😛  We love you all. Thank you for loving us still.

❤ Lily and Batman