In case SW might close in the future, what can I do about my articles I wish to save?

I have written something like 3,227 articles here and I found out that I can't get them all in one bundle and save them from here. They said that they don't have a way to do that here and that really bothers me, because I want them all and I worked so hard on them. I don't know how to get them all into one file. It seems like when I transferred my posts over from EP, I was looking at them and it seemed like the whole article was not there, so that really concerns me and so I asked the staff if I could have all my articles that I wrote here, sent to me and they said they can't do that, but also my EP articles were sent in a zip file and I don't know how to unzip them. I don't understand that technical stuff, but somehow I was able to click on a post I had written and got to read it, but it just didn't seem the same. I just want them sent to me an easy to open format, like esch article would be in pdf form and also have it so that if I wanted to copy my articles, I could also do that from the pdf document , but it looks like I'm going to lose all my articles and that really bothers me, cuz I wanted to make a book of them for myself, so I could hand them down to my daughters and grandchildren. I wish I had a solution. I just can't copy them all one by one, that would take forever. I've always been good with doing everything else on the computer it seems, but I don't like these deals where you have to unzip things and make it more complicated. And then it seems like if they send it to me in a zip file, I have a time trying to get it to open and all that stuff and I just hate it. There has to be a better way.

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Punches · 46-50, F

By articles do you mean posts? If so, are you wanting to save everyone's replies as well?

3200 posts seems like a lot but what I would recommend is when you prepare a new storage space (and a back-up that is NOT on the same device) just skim things to see what really needs saved. You may decide some things are not real important.

Here are the steps I would take, without getting too technical -

1) Make a new folder on your device and name it something like "SW Posts"

2) Open it and create more folders, if you wish, and rename those with specific titles pertinent to the types of posts.

Now you are ready to to start copying and pasting you articles and/or posts.
Start with the earliest page, which right now is this one -
https://similarworlds.com/LadyGrace?page=130

When you open your favorite word processor program, you can just copy and paste the contents of the post to it. Of course name the file then store it in one of those folders that closest matches what the thread is about.

You can create more folders as needed.
Somewhere keep a note of what article you left off with so when you go back, it will be easier to pick up where you left off.

another clue, see that link where it says 130? That can be changed in the address bar for easy access to whatever page you were on when you left off. Make a note of what page you were on each time you quit working on it for the day or time being.

Once you get going, it probably won't take as long to save everything as you think. I do not know about two days like adstar said but maybe a few weeks to a couple months depending on how much time each day you work on it.

EACH TIME you save thing to those folders though, make sure you back up your work to a USB drive, the cloud, or something that is not the device you are working on. You do not want to just lose your work if your table or computer crashes.

LadyGrace ·

@Punches You are so kind to take all the time and trouble to write all this to me. I am saving it all to my tablet. No I'm not wanting to save the replies, just my posts, just the ones that are important to me. Thank you so much. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

Punches · 46-50, F

@LadyGrace glad to help, I know it was quite a read. But also consider if you're not saving every single one of your posts then it will take even less time than what you're expecting.