You can export the filtered list of blogs as a simple list in CSV format or export all Blog data as an XML file which preserves the relationships of all items (e.g. tasklist>tasks).  The all data export also provides a script to download files to the local computer.  The option is under “Data” located on the window toolbar.

That’s helpful.  Can I export just a single blog?

You could filter by the single blog and export a simple list containing just that blog, but I don’t think this is actually what you are expecting.  In this case you’ll take a full copy and if you need you can edit the export file on the computer clipping just the section you need.

This may sound silly, but once I have downloaded the files and have the xml, how do I view it as a web page with all the information including links to the documents that I have downloaded?

XML is a technical file format that is an export of the entire database.  It is used to import your data into another database or spreadsheet program.  The XML file cannot be viewed as a web page without reformatting it.

The additional files included in the ZIP file, download.sh (Mac)and download.bat (Windows), are used to download all the files and photos from your account into the local file directly.  The file names are keyed back to the data in the XML file. 

wget.exe is a command line utility used by download.bat to transfer files from remote Internet servers (we provide it because windows does not normally have this ability on its own and we wanted to make it a one click affair).

I have opened the file in excel and I see how would be useful for someone with a database, but that it not how I would like to archive my project blogs. Can you recommend a program or a service that can convert the XML into something that would look similar to the project blog without the interactivity? I’m looking for something that would make it look almost like the published read only project page.

How about simply printing the Project Blog to a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat or a free alternative such as CutePDF Writer?

My main issue is to have not only the text content intact but also all the files.  I’ve been looking online on how to create a template that will populate an HTML page using XML data, but the programing might be a bit over my head. 

Does Norada have a template that will do this? Or, is there a software that others are using to import their XML data and view it in a more user friendly way?

I would really like to see project blogs in the form of a blog after I have archived it and I’m guessing that other companies might want to as well. If there is not a template for this is there anything in the works that would allow users to download a HTML version of their project blog including files?

We don’t have a method to save a project blog as html w/ links to files.  However, I have logged a note for our team to review this as a potential new feature.

This would be really nice. Another option, given the power of VBA, might be to have it export to Word (I think it reads xml), with the links to files and store that on your local computer.

OrngTicTac - Sep 07, 2009 11:41am

My main issue is to have not only the text content intact but also all the files.  I’ve been looking online on how to create a template that will populate an HTML page using XML data, but the programing might be a bit over my head. 

Does Norada have a template that will do this? Or, is there a software that others are using to import their XML data and view it in a more user friendly way?

I would really like to see project blogs in the form of a blog after I have archived it and I’m guessing that other companies might want to as well. If there is not a template for this is there anything in the works that would allow users to download a HTML version of their project blog including files?