FINALLY

[shinysherlock]

 Holy crap, finally got the python backup method to work!

If you have not backed up your tumblr and you want to, try this. It's not as hard as it sounds, but I highly highly recommend watching the video on youtube that walks you through it because, for me, that's way easier to understand and I can see what everything's supposed to look like; also, the written instructions at one point say to type in a certain thing and that didn't work for me, and the video said "hey, you can leave that word out" and when I left it out, it WORKED. 

It has some limitations, but it's the best option I've found so far that leaves you with files you can actually open and view with your web browser.

Comments

[sarahthecoat]

OH i might come back to this, my wordpress backup stalled at about 1/3 of my posts, and ponying up for a year didnt resume it. IF i can make the python thing work some time next week, i will cancel the wordpress and try to get a refund.

[shinysherlock]

Yeah, the python solution was the ONLY one that actually worked for me; I tried tumblr's back up and the word press import. Same issue with wordpress for me--too big, hit my limit there pretty quick. If you try the python thing, I highly highly recommend watching the video tutorial. So much easier to follow and there was a pretty crucial step that's different on the video than the written instructions that changed everything for me. Good luck!