Comments on: WordPress Database Backup http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/ Custom Design & Blog Consulting Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:47:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Friday Favorites - MInTheGap » Nathan’s Blog http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Friday Favorites - MInTheGap » Nathan’s Blog Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:46:16 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-154 [...] a great blog and definitely is worth a spot in my reader (I even gave him some link love over on WPT.com). Have a look and have a great [...] [...] a great blog and definitely is worth a spot in my reader (I even gave him some link love over on WPT.com). Have a look and have a great [...]

]]> By: franky http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-82 franky Wed, 23 May 2007 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-82 MTG, that script is set to store them on the server, as it was only the first part of a series about automated backup, but one can easily email them and I (having some rather large dbases, too large for most email accounts and the server might as well go down during the download process :P) go further in the backup and FTP them to Amazon S3 and also to my home box (yeah a Windoze!). And once every week I backup/download my complete CPanel, also with a cron job, yes I am lazy ;-). MTG, that script is set to store them on the server, as it was only the first part of a series about automated backup, but one can easily email them and I (having some rather large dbases, too large for most email accounts and the server might as well go down during the download process :P ) go further in the backup and FTP them to Amazon S3 and also to my home box (yeah a Windoze!).

And once every week I backup/download my complete CPanel, also with a cron job, yes I am lazy ;-) .

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-81 MInTheGap Wed, 23 May 2007 17:40:35 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-81 franky, where does your cron job leave the database backups? If the backups are left on the same server that the database resides on then if the server goes down you lose those backups as well. franky, where does your cron job leave the database backups? If the backups are left on the same server that the database resides on then if the server goes down you lose those backups as well.

]]> By: skarld http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-80 skarld Wed, 23 May 2007 17:21:11 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-80 I updated to this plugin yesterday on a new site and it worked perfectly with WP 2.2 I updated to this plugin yesterday on a new site and it worked perfectly with WP 2.2

]]> By: franky http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-79 franky Wed, 23 May 2007 17:17:27 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-79 Maybe it's just me, but I honestly am too lazy to remind myself weekly to think of my weekly dbase backup, hence why I use a <a title="MySQL Automated Cron Backup" href="http://amifamousnow.com/how-to/mysql-backup-cron-job/" rel="nofollow">cron job</a> to do this. Let the script run every night, 7 times (use for every day another filename - don't bother with timestamped backups, they will only clutter your web space) and you'll always have 7 backups available. No loss of entries, comments or anything and even if you've been playing with your dbase, you'll be able to minimize the loss. And after a week they get overwritten with the new backup for that day. Maybe it’s just me, but I honestly am too lazy to remind myself weekly to think of my weekly dbase backup, hence why I use a cron job to do this. Let the script run every night, 7 times (use for every day another filename – don’t bother with timestamped backups, they will only clutter your web space) and you’ll always have 7 backups available. No loss of entries, comments or anything and even if you’ve been playing with your dbase, you’ll be able to minimize the loss.
And after a week they get overwritten with the new backup for that day.

]]> By: MInTheGap http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-78 MInTheGap Wed, 23 May 2007 15:01:33 +0000 http://www.wordpressthemes.com/blog/wordpress-database-backup.htm#comment-78 Thanks for the link! Yes, it is so very important to make sure that you have a current database backup. It's useful not only if you're in a pinch, but also if you find that you want to develop with your blog locally (for those of us that like to tinker!). Thanks for the link!

Yes, it is so very important to make sure that you have a current database backup. It’s useful not only if you’re in a pinch, but also if you find that you want to develop with your blog locally (for those of us that like to tinker!).

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