ccrunner wrote:
As one who witnessed "The Great 2019 Picture Purge," knowing the basic stuff isn't working doesn't inspire much confidence in putting all of this effort into a build log that seems like it might be a whisper away from disappearing
Dean, I rely on my Build Log as the principle documentation and memory bank for my build, too. After the great picture purge I made a back-up plan. After restoring my pictures that had evaporated I saved each of my Build Log pages on my own computer.
Here’s how (Windows 10): First I set the display sequence in my Forum profile to show the oldest thread page as Page 1. Then brought up each Build Log page, set the display option to Print View and then using the browser “printed” the page, setting Printer Type as “Save as PDF.” This let me save each page (by page number) to a “Forum Build Log” file folder on my computer, pictures included. Took some time, but captured them all. Then built a spread sheet index showing each page number, the date for the first post for that page, plus some key words re what that page’s posts were about. I save new pages as they happen.
As my memory’s not getting any better, the index and saved pages has been really helpful in going back to see what I had done several years ago and why. And as long as I back up my own computer, no worries.