Comments on: Backing up Your Website

By: Is it possible to build a nice looking web site with minimal knowledge?

Is it possible to build a nice looking web site with minimal knowledge? — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:52:55 +0000

[...] between backups and the server crashes. i.e. You loose that 8 hours of work. Where as if you backed up the site yourself you could put the site back together with your lastest updates once the server is back [...]

By: What is your greatest fear about running an online business?

What is your greatest fear about running an online business? — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:32:02 +0000

[...] If you have your own backup of the site and don't just rely on the web hosting for backup (because they could have backed up [...]

By: undelete files

undelete files — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:23:34 +0000

It is good to note that every time you are working for something be sure to have a backup of your files so that whatever worst that will happen, you won’t be sorry.

By: computer tricks

computer tricks — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:18:05 +0000

Backing your code is really very necessary to avoid future problems .nice tips

By: Backing Up Files

Backing Up Files — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:03:27 +0000

[...] up your website is just as important as backing up your computer. Take the time to learn how to back up your website. This will be time well [...]

By: Email backup

Email backup — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:22:56 +0000

I 2nd what Geek says: “Using a USB storage device for backup can be really useful. It’s portable and if you have meetings with clients, you can easily show them a sample of your website using any computer”.
I have experience the same.
-Jack

By: SEO Toronto

SEO Toronto — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:03:12 +0000

This is great advice and I probably should be doing it more often. I would like to add though that the new windows workspace thing is also a great way to store backup files that way you could also access your files on any computer as well.

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Free Web Hosting VS Paid Web Hosting — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:04:44 +0000

[...] site that you can upload to a new hosting company and get back up and running quickly. You should backup your website each time you make a change [...]

By: Hire a Geek

Hire a Geek — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Using a USB storage device for backup can be really useful. It’s portable and if you have meetings with clients, you can easily show them a sample of your website using any computer! ^^

By: Ron - Disk Recovery Service

Ron - Disk Recovery Service — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:16:52 +0000

Many webmasters do forget to backup their sites! It is weird though, because most businesses remember to backup their data, but forget to backup their online storefront. An online backup is actually pretty easy too.

By: Backing up my website directly to a online backup service

Backing up my website directly to a online backup service — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:39:24 +0000

[...] file. If you have just web pages, no database, then you can FTP everything to your computer into a "backup" folder. This is good for if you make a mistake and mess up a page when editing. You can just copy the page [...]

By: Choosing a Content Management System

Choosing a Content Management System — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:29:22 +0000

[...] Website backup is an issue you also need to address. What if the hosting company servers break down? How will you have a backup of the website to restore? For more information on website backup read Backing up Your Website. [...]

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seo hosting web design — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:15:36 +0000

Definitely a good advice. It is good to note that every time you are working for something be sure to have a backup of your files so that whatever worst that will happen, you won’t be sorry. Problems may occur along the way so be prepared.

By: Frontpage Templates

Frontpage Templates — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:44:34 +0000

Very good advice indeed. I find it easy to backup websites on my USB storage device and just keep it in my top front desk. Those things have many GBs of space and using USB 2.0 is fast. My sites don’t take up much space and the backup is quite and easy.

By: jeff ZIJA

jeff ZIJA — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:11:21 +0000

For sure great advice for people who dont always think too far ahead, like myself.

I have on many, i mean many, times made a clients website, and then somehow managed to loose the lot before i have uploaded it or even saved a copy.

I now use a little software script that ghosts files into another hdd should the worse happen, and on so many times i have been thankful for this.

It saves around 6 hours of data recovery, and the cost of it.

So, backing up is key. As said, keep a few as you never know what can happen.

By: JCL

JCL — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:00:20 +0000

Good advice, reading this got me to thinking. I have a Linux box at home and I love to automate things through scripting. In addition to the backups you mention above, I would like to take a try at getting my Linux box to automatically back up my site nightly or some other interval. Content cannot be recreated!

By: Web Hosting Checklist

Web Hosting Checklist — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:43:11 +0000

[...] ability to use FTP is important for backing up your [...]

By: Vikki Woods

Vikki Woods — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:10:07 +0000

Starting from the beginning…I am backing up my website, but confused as to how. I have a folder on my desktop, but when I copy the code from my present site, I paste it into a Word web page. Is this correct?

i have Snippet Master installed on my site and that is what I have been working with….however, I think I made a major goof.

By: Web Page Mistakes

Web Page Mistakes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:45:23 +0000

Vikki, Ideally, you would have access to your web hosting account. This means you can access all the files within your website. From the web hosting access, you should be able to download your website using a FTP software program to a folder created on the hard drive of your computer. I looked up Snippet Master, and it's a program the web designer used so you can edit the content portions only of the website. It can be setup so you can edit only the content areas (to save yourself from breaking the website template) or it can be setup so you can edit the whole page (if you have the right kind of privileges). My recommendation is to find your web hosting information and then find out how you can FTP the site to your own computer. Notepad (or another plain text editor) is what you need to paste coding into. Word is a word processing program, not a plain text editor. It (and other word processing programs) have a tendency to add extra coding which is not required. If you need further help, please use our contact page.