Backed up and Deleted

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   Titiaposted 4 weeks ago

   So I finally backed up and deleted all my writings. Good thing was that I always made a special map on my pc for each article, including text and photos. In the past I already copy/pasted and saved them in Word. Now I've used the Ctrl-P and saved them again in the PDF format. It was saying Goodbye to 11 years HP and before that Squidoo.
   
   I've deleted all my photos too, which took me a few hours to complete. I had to because I always used my own photos in my articles. It felt a bit sad, like I was deleting myself from the internet.
   
   I know I don't speak/write perfect English, because it's not my native language. In the beginning I was thankful towards the editors to show me the right way. However later on I sometimes laughed, because the editors started to edit articles that were already edited. And sometimes it made me mad because they changed my writings into theirs without knowing shit about the subject. So I stopped writing new stuff.
   
   I always enjoyed the discussions on the forum. Learned a lot by just reading. Soon there will be no more clicking HP each morning and then you all will be a very dear memory until the day I'll die (or loose my marbles, whatever comes first).
   
   I'll write a poem one day
   
   just to let you know
   that I love you, to tell you
   that time spend together
   meant a lot
   for I was not seeking
   yet I found you
   
   how can I express my feelings
   
   write them down
   in simple lines
   in choosen words
   not always right
   in spelling
   
   but does it matter?
   
   you will understand
   what it is I'm saying
   someday I'll write a poem
   for you my friends
   
   bound as we are in passion

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      Brenda Arledgeposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      I'm still working on saving mine to pdfs...I think it is a good option.
      
      We are bonded together through our words.  That will not change.

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   emgeposted 4 weeks ago

   I wonder what is happening?. I've been unable to post anything lately. Can anybody enlighten me? Is HubPages closing down?

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      WriterJanisposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      Yes, it's shutting down. You should have received an email about this. If you look under the official announcements on the forums, you can read all the details about it.

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      bravewarriorposted 4 weeks agoin reply to this

      New articles and edits to existing articles were disable on 11/19/2025.

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   Venkatachari Mposted 4 weeks ago

   I saved all my articles to PDFs. But some of them got blurred, here and there, by ad blocks. Even then, I can rewrite those blocked portions when publishing on my new site.

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      Brenda Arledgeposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      The PDF isn't great for poetry, but I can still save my work this way.  I'll just have to separate it later.  It's like a story in paragraphs.

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   bhattucposted 4 weeks ago

   GREAT.

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   Tamarajoposted 3 weeks ago

   I unfortunately was unable to save all my images with the articles before the edit feature shut down. I have most of them on my computer, but they are all willy-nilly, and the image sources will have to be looked up again. I think I'm going to put them on Blogger as an online source until I find something that's better. At least they will be online accessible.

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      iijuan12posted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      Is it easy to export your pages to Blogger or do you have to copy & paste them?

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   Tamarajoposted 2 weeks ago

   I'm super happy with republishing on Blogger! I like that you can link similar articles with labels. The formatting takes a little getting used to, but overall it's a good fit for me. : )

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      bravewarriorposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

      Glad you found a good home, Tamarajo!

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      iijuan12posted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your reply! I'll start looking into Blogger.

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