Comments on: Should you backup your blog? http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/ New and improved with just a hint of lemon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sondan http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71591 Sondan Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:35:20 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71591 I lost a months work of blog posts and all of my pages on my wordpress.com blog this past weekend. As soon as customer service opened Monday morning I emailed then, but I am a bit worried that my blog has not yet been restored to the state it was in Friday or Saturday night. (Yes I guess I am a worry wart). I have been emailing them daily to ask for status --- Has anyone had to have their Wordpress.com blog restored using their backup? And if so how could you share with me how long does it generally take? Thanks for your time. I lost a months work of blog posts and all of my pages on my wordpress.com blog this past weekend. As soon as customer service opened Monday morning I emailed then, but I am a bit worried that my blog has not yet been restored to the state it was in Friday or Saturday night. (Yes I guess I am a worry wart). I have been emailing them daily to ask for status — Has anyone had to have their WordPress.com blog restored using their backup? And if so how could you share with me how long does it generally take?

Thanks for your time.

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]]> By: strom http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71490 strom Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:22:15 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71490 One more suggestion: Another backup possibility is creating an offline copy with a tool like HTTrack (www.httrack.com). This is not a solution tuned for backups, but it would beat cut and paste. I have used this for the purpose of keeping a historical record of what my blog has looked like at various times in the past. A database table backup will only keep the current state of the presentation theme, not the history. One more suggestion:

Another backup possibility is creating an offline
copy with a tool like HTTrack (www.httrack.com). This is not a solution
tuned for backups, but it would beat cut and paste. I have used this for
the purpose of keeping a historical record of what my blog has looked
like at various times in the past. A database table backup will only
keep the current state of the presentation theme, not the history.

]]> By: strom http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71489 strom Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:04:56 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71489 Another reader suggests ecto, which while designed for posting to blogs from your local drive, can work as a backup: http://infinite-sushi.com/software/ecto/ (21 day free, $18 to purchase, both Mac and Win versions) And I should mention that Wordpress allows you to import an entire blog from various formats, as well as export the entire blog into a single XML file. Another reader suggests ecto, which while designed for posting to blogs from your local drive, can work as a backup:
http://infinite-sushi.com/software/ecto/
(21 day free, $18 to purchase, both Mac and Win versions)

And I should mention that WordPress allows you to import an entire blog from various formats, as well as export the entire blog into a single XML file.

]]> By: strom http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71488 strom Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:37:16 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71488 If you run your own Wordpress server, several readers mentioned this plug in that will allow you to export backups of your blog database files: http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/ It is called the Wordpress Database Backup plugin. Configure it to backup your database (including any additional tables you need). Set the option to run a backup weekly (or daily, if you think that's necessary), and email the backup to a Gmail account you've set up. Note that this doesn't backup the files from your web site, just the database. Most web hosts have some kind of automatic backup system you can use for the files, and again, you can download them to your PC occasionally (I just download the last backup each time I upgrade Wordpress). Also, the most awesome web site for explaining backup concepts is The Tao Of Backup: http://www.taobackup.com/ If you run your own WordPress server, several readers mentioned this plug in that will allow you to export backups of your blog database files:

http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/

It is called the WordPress Database Backup plugin. Configure it to backup
your database (including any additional tables you need). Set the option
to run a backup weekly (or daily, if you think that’s necessary), and
email the backup to a Gmail account you’ve set up.

Note that this doesn’t backup the files from your web site, just the
database. Most web hosts have some kind of automatic backup system you
can use for the files, and again, you can download them to your PC
occasionally (I just download the last backup each time I upgrade
WordPress).

Also, the most awesome web site for explaining backup concepts is The
Tao Of Backup:
http://www.taobackup.com/

]]> By: Lee Fleming http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71487 Lee Fleming Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:27:56 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71487 We back up our blogs (personal blogs, client blogs, business blogs) because it would be just too painful to lose years of effort. But backing them up is no big deal. First, all of our websites are backed up nightly to a separate dedicated backup computer. Came in mighty handy last week when the disk drive died on our webserver. Second, I periodically, like once a month or so, get a backup directly from the mysql database via using myphpadmin. I figure it's less painful to lose a month's worth of data than all of it. I save the current versions of each directly to a local backup drive. Most of our blogs are ExpressionEngine-driven, so we've gotten pretty comfortable with the tools provided with this application. We back up our blogs (personal blogs, client blogs, business blogs) because it would be just too painful to lose years of effort. But backing them up is no big deal. First, all of our websites are backed up nightly to a separate dedicated backup computer. Came in mighty handy last week when the disk drive died on our webserver. Second, I periodically, like once a month or so, get a backup directly from the mysql database via using myphpadmin. I figure it’s less painful to lose a month’s worth of data than all of it. I save the current versions of each directly to a local backup drive. Most of our blogs are ExpressionEngine-driven, so we’ve gotten pretty comfortable with the tools provided with this application.

]]> By: bruce fryer http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71486 bruce fryer Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:41:39 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/should-you-backup-your-blog/#comment-71486 David, Wordpress is stored in MySQL. Zmanda backs up MySQL. I'm sure Dmitri could help with this. ...Bruce... David,

WordPress is stored in MySQL. Zmanda backs up MySQL. I’m sure Dmitri could help with this.

…Bruce…

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