Okay. I did download the content of my LJ to my harddrive the day before yesterday. I can try and tell you what I did and perhaps it'll help you as well.
The first thing you have to do is this: Log in into your LJ account and go to this site:
Switch user to the journal/community you want to check.
Look at the box "auto-convert older entries from". If it says "None", you have to chose "Western European (Windows)" from the pull-down menu. You need to do this or LJ Archive won't be able to backup your journal or community.
Click "save".
Then go to this site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ljarchive/
Then I did the following: I clicked on "download" in the green box and then this site came up:
It lists 5 different download-posibilities and I chose the fourth from the top, the one with the extention ".exe" because it should work with "any architecture" (I had no clue what "architecture" means but just though that, if it works with "any", well ...) .
A window popped up, asking about where to save the file. Chose any place you want. I downloaded it right onto my desktop but it's up to you where you want to save the file.
And now comes the "install and launch"-process.
Double-click the ".exe"-file (wherever you've put it), you get a window "Welcome to the ljarchive setup wizard". Click "next". Wait. Click "I agree". Wait. Click "install". Wait. De-check the "show readme"-box, leave the "run LJArchive"-box checked. Click "finish".
The next window says: "Welcome to the ljArchive. To create a new journal archive select the menu item File/New Archive". Do exactly that. Click on "file" (upper left corner) and click on "new archive". The next window asks you where to save the ljarchive. Select the place where you want to store your cope. I chose desktop (I can always put it elsewhere later). Click "next". The next window wants your LJ-login and your password. Type it in. Make sure that the "download comments"-box is checked. Click "next". Wait. Click "finish". Wait. Wait. Wait.
It needs some time to download the whole content of your LJ plus the comments. Get a cup of coffee meanwhile. As soon as the process is finished, it shows you a page of your LJ and from there on you're able to work with that by using the toolbar of the window.
If the download process doesn't start immediately, wait or try it again. It's sometimes pretty busy.
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Date: 2009-01-08 03:23 pm (UTC)The first thing you have to do is this: Log in into your LJ account and go to this site:
http://www.livejournal.com/settings/?c=OldEncoding
Switch user to the journal/community you want to check.
Look at the box "auto-convert older entries from". If it says "None", you have to chose "Western European (Windows)" from the pull-down menu. You need to do this or LJ Archive won't be able to backup your journal or community.
Click "save".
Then go to this site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ljarchive/
Then I did the following: I clicked on "download" in the green box and then this site came up:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143280
Then I clicked the blue "download"-link which brought me to this site:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143280&package_id=157384&release_id=403625
It lists 5 different download-posibilities and I chose the fourth from the top, the one with the extention ".exe" because it should work with "any architecture" (I had no clue what "architecture" means but just though that, if it works with "any", well ...) .
A window popped up, asking about where to save the file. Chose any place you want. I downloaded it right onto my desktop but it's up to you where you want to save the file.
And now comes the "install and launch"-process.
Double-click the ".exe"-file (wherever you've put it), you get a window "Welcome to the ljarchive setup wizard". Click "next". Wait. Click "I agree". Wait. Click "install". Wait. De-check the "show readme"-box, leave the "run LJArchive"-box checked. Click "finish".
The next window says: "Welcome to the ljArchive. To create a new journal archive select the menu item File/New Archive". Do exactly that. Click on "file" (upper left corner) and click on "new archive". The next window asks you where to save the ljarchive. Select the place where you want to store your cope. I chose desktop (I can always put it elsewhere later). Click "next". The next window wants your LJ-login and your password. Type it in. Make sure that the "download comments"-box is checked. Click "next". Wait. Click "finish". Wait. Wait. Wait.
It needs some time to download the whole content of your LJ plus the comments. Get a cup of coffee meanwhile. As soon as the process is finished, it shows you a page of your LJ and from there on you're able to work with that by using the toolbar of the window.
If the download process doesn't start immediately, wait or try it again. It's sometimes pretty busy.
Hope this helps. :-)