thread Re: Possible to archive/export/backup a blog site? in Payments Troubleshooting

Possible to archive/export/backup a blog site?

sbgilbert92 — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:02:04 GMT

Hello, I was first a Weebly customer and made a website with about 100 blog posts. I'd like to somehow export the posts with their images and videos. The archive feature under Edit Site -> Settings -> Archive doesn't work for blog sites, it says, though.

Does anyone have a way around this? I'm thinking there must be some browser plugin that could essentially scrape my entire site and archive everything. Maybe even one built specifically for Weebly. Other ideas?

sbg

Re: Possible to archive/export/backup a blog site?

MayaP — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:28:39 GMT

Hello @sbgilbert92 - I see this is your first post in the Seller Community, so I'd like to officially welcome you! 🎉👏

Unfortunately there no great workarounds for this. Our Square Online Team stated they can export a CSV file of all the uploaded files and email them to the listed account owner, however there are two issues - 1) It won't contain the text within blog posts, just files you've uploaded and 2) It will be every file you have uploaded onto the account over the course account's lifetime. I hope this helps.

Re: Possible to archive/export/backup a blog site?

JK_Fiber_Art — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 23:45:28 GMT

Hello Sbgilbert92,

As @MayaP stated. there's no easy workaround and from what I have read, Weebly's design is a bit different from other ISP Hosting Services. Many Hosting Services out there offer FTP capability (File Transfer Protocol) which allows you to directly upload or download your website files. For example, I use an HTML editor on my home PC to create and test my website - once complete, I can upload all files or any changes to my live website - this gives me two copies of my site. Unfortunately, I believe this is not possible via Weebly. There are 3 party services and apps out there that state they can download a copy of your website which would include your data and graphics and would allow you to view everything on your local computer off line. If you search on "How can I download my entire website" you will find quite a bit of info. As I have not tried any of these, you may want to do some homework first. Maybe some other Community members have some experience and/or suggestions.

Another option - your web browser most likely has the ability to save 1 web page at time which can be viewed locally. For example, if using Firefox, open the web page, click on File, click on Save Page As, type would be "Web Page Complete", then save. It's not an ideal solution for multiple pages but, works great for 1 page if that's all that is needed.