Posted 1 year ago #
This week, I've come into some close calls where I've nearly deleted large chunks of my website, and I realized I don't really have a good method of backing up my files, particularly my theme files, as I build my site.
Would anyone mind sharing their methods / strategy for doing so? Does anyone use subversion or does that seem like overkill? Do you backup individual files, the entire theme folder, etc.?
Thanks.
Posted 1 year ago #
I just keep a local copy of my theme.
If I make any changes, and I like them and want to keep them, I redownload that file
If you aren't changing your theme, no need to keep downloading.
The more important thing is keeping backups of your database
I usually backup my databases and entire home directory weekly through cPanel. That way, if I every accidentally destroy something (which I have occasionally), I won't have to recreate too much.
Posted 1 year ago #
Is it normal that the database file is less than 1mb zipped?
Yes.
I backup my site weekly via cPanel, and my server every day via WHM backup tools. I download the backups to my external drive every week.
See also:
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
http://vaultpress.com/
http://pluginbuddy.com/purchase/backupbuddy/
Posted 1 year ago #
I save my articles locally in a large, living Word document. I don't back up my site since my host does daily backups for the last 30 days.
It's a simple time savings vs. risk balance decision for me so I choose not to back up my entire site myself.
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