Comments on: Do-It-Yourself Has Hidden Advantages

By: Magaly Sommerfeld

Magaly Sommerfeld — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:22:42 +0000

That is some inspirational stuff. Never knew that opinions could be this varied. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to offer such helpful information here.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:49:05 +0000

Karen,

I also use a plugin to take care of this for me. I love the fact that it can email me the backup too. I set up a separate Gmail account and that is all it is for. So I know that if I have an issue I can log into that account and get the backup I need.

Cindy

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:47:30 +0000

Rosie,

There are a couple of ways to do backups of your blog. With wordpress.com you can go in and actually do an export. This will export everything you have posted up to that point. This would be a good way to protect your data. Then should something happen you can take that backup and import it and be back up and running pretty quickly.

If you have a self hosted blog, there are a couple of plugins that will back up your site for you. There is one we use that does a backup of the databases and even emails you that backup automatically. You can set it up to backup weekly, monthly or even daily.

And your hosting account should have a backup function that will backup your entire account including your tweeks to your theme.

Thank you for the kind words.
Cindy

By: rosie

rosie — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:58:52 +0000

Thanks for this timely post. Tell me, how do YOU do back ups on the WordPress.com? I currently suggest that folks keep a folder on their desktop. But any other suggestions would be helpful.
keep up the great work!

By: Karen Wilson Wehrle

Karen Wilson Wehrle — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:04:04 +0000

I have a dandy little WordPress plugin that backs up my blog database every day, automatically. What a feeling of security that brings me! Mine is self-hosted, too. Thanks for the warning. You just saved somebody’s bacon, I’m sure.