HAD MY LAPTOP STOLEN

**paddythewriter** · 06 April 2018, 03:12 PM

Hi,
Some nice person has stolen my laptop which had my two web sites on it.
All I have now are my hmtl files on my server (Godaddy) but not the original Xsara files.
Is there any way that I can download the hmtl files to work on them in Xsara?
I did have the web sites backed up on USB sticks but they stole those as well, next time I'll use Cloud for backing up.
Any suggestions anyone?
Thanks
Paddy

**Boy** · 06 April 2018, 03:53 PM

Sorry to hear about your ill fortune, Paddy.

In Xara you cannot work with html files but what you can do is import the elements of your site and reconstruct the pages and, next, the site's navigation bar. Go to: File/Import from Web address... and enter the URL. Good luck!

**gwpriester** · 06 April 2018, 04:26 PM

Yeah, that's a bummer.

To add to Bob's advice. Xara (no s) can import the contents of a page and place the visible objects on the MouseOff layer. You will need to rebuild the navigation bar and recreate any objects that are on any layers other than the MouseOff layer. Also you can only do one page at a time.

But still and all it is a few steps better than having to rebuild the site entirely from scratch.

**Egg Bramhill** · 06 April 2018, 08:42 PM

As Gary says, bummer! We all forget to back-up.

**gwpriester** · 07 April 2018, 12:50 AM

Well yeah, but if your back up is on the computer that was stolen?

That said, the price of back up external drives has really fallen. I purchased a SS 4TB drive for a bit of change over $100 US. It's about the size of a deck of cards.

**ss-kalm** · 07 April 2018, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Well yeah, but if your back up is on the computer that was stolen?

That said, the price of back up external drives has really fallen. I purchased a SS 4TB drive for a bit of change over $100 US. It's about the size of a deck of cards.

Really ... In Ontario, you couldn't get a 4TB conventional HDD for that! A decent 256GB SSD is about C$130.00

**jamesd** · 07 April 2018, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Well yeah, but if your back up is on the computer that was stolen?

That said, the price of back up external drives has really fallen. I purchased a SS 4TB drive for a bit of change over $100 US. It's about the size of a deck of cards.

Wow! It would cost €1,000 - €2,000 here

Can I ask where you got it and what model? It would be worth using a re-ship company to get one to here