I just wanted to let everyone know that there's a new Habari Export plugin in 
-extras. It's called, creatively, "export" and will export your blog into the 
BlogML XML format.

There is also a companion plugin that I've just committed called "Export 
Snapshot" which will keep "snapshots" of your blog (in BlogML XML format) so 
you can download or restore to a previous point in time. Right now it takes 
snapshots but doesn't provide a download or restore functionality (you'd have 
to manually grab the file if you wanted it), but it's a work in progress.

I'm about halfway through writing the companion import plugin to take a BlogML 
XML export and pull it into your Habari blog, so look forward to that landing 
in the next few days.

This whole project really started when I was looking at rewriting large chunks 
of the HabariBackup plugin so that it was ASL compatible (right now it uses a 
good bit of code from phpMyAdmin, which is GPL). The goal is to provide a 
standard-format export that can be pulled back into any Habari install on any 
Habari-supported platform. While HabariBackup struggles to provide different 
formats of 'backups' for each DB platform, the Export plugin will use the 
Habari API to backup everything to a standard XML format which can be restored 
to any Habari install or (hopefully) any other platform that supports the 
BlogML format.

One other Export plugin is planned: a mailer plugin that will automatically 
email you a copy of your XML export at a set interval. This should replace all 
the typical backup functionality and provide a convenient alternative to a 
SQL-based backup system.

Anyone interested, please give it a try. I believe I'm the only one who's 
tested it so far, but I'd like to get some other opinions. Thanks!

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