Comments on: Backup Your Outlook, Firefox, and Thunderbird Data http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/08/backup-your-outlook-firefox-and-thunderbird-data/ Thoughts about life, technology, and anything else that seems like a good idea at the moment. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chuck Sharp http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/08/backup-your-outlook-firefox-and-thunderbird-data/#comment-3942 Chuck Sharp Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:03:06 +0000 http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/?p=184#comment-3942 Thanks! For normal websites, the most common method is to find a way to create a zip file of the files on the website. Some web hosts have such a backup feature on their control panels. Some control panels have a webhost file explorer than can create zip files and let you download them. Another, very common way, is to use FTP to connect to the website, download (drag and drop) the whole set of directories right to your desktop. Then it's just a matter of archiving that copy, whether by zipping it or by some other means. If you have a blog or other database-driven site, you need to back up the database as well. Usually, the webhost has a database backup feature on the control panel. If you use wordpress, you can install a module (<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/" rel="nofollow">Wordpress Database Backup</a>) to manage this as well. If you can copy off the databases and the files on the website, that's pretty much as good as it gets. Thanks! For normal websites, the most common method is to find a way to create a zip file of the files on the website. Some web hosts have such a backup feature on their control panels. Some control panels have a webhost file explorer than can create zip files and let you download them. Another, very common way, is to use FTP to connect to the website, download (drag and drop) the whole set of directories right to your desktop. Then it’s just a matter of archiving that copy, whether by zipping it or by some other means.

If you have a blog or other database-driven site, you need to back up the database as well. Usually, the webhost has a database backup feature on the control panel. If you use wordpress, you can install a module (Wordpress Database Backup) to manage this as well.

If you can copy off the databases and the files on the website, that’s pretty much as good as it gets.

]]> By: John Spellman http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/archive/2008/08/backup-your-outlook-firefox-and-thunderbird-data/#comment-3941 John Spellman Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:32:09 +0000 http://chuckthegeek.com/blog/?p=184#comment-3941 Thanks for the heads up on backing up email. What are your thoughts on backing up websites? Thanks for the heads up on backing up email. What are your thoughts on backing up websites?

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