Back up!!! How?

[roughrider]

How do I backup my whole store?

I have phpMyAdmin but I know nothing about it in fact the whole database thing scares the pants off me.

[Sage013]

Got to the Admin page then go to Tools. first option is databse backup. Save on to your server or download to your PC.

 

For the rest of the files, just download them from your server to your PC using your FTP program, then store whereever you want.

[roughrider]

Got to the Admin page then go to Tools. first option is databse backup. Save on to your server or download to your PC.

 

For the rest of the files, just download them from your server to your PC using your FTP program, then store whereever you want.

 

What do I do with this?

Backup Directory: /home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/adminbackups/

 

Do I make a folder in my catalogue called "adminbackups" if so, what do I do next?

Sorry to sound dumb, but if ya don't ask you'll never learn. Thanks

[241]

connect to the server using your ftp program and create a directory in the admin called backups.

connect to your admin using your browser and go to tools database backup and backup the database

[roughrider]

Ok done that & gone to admin tools backup but all is same as before. no options or anything.

All it says is..

Backup Directory: /home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/adminbackups/

 

I added backups to admin & adminbackups to catalogue

[roughrider]

It also reads... Error: Backup directory is not writeable.

I have /httpdocs/catalogue/adminbackups/

and

/httpdocs/catalogue/backups/

[241]

you only require the directory backups to be created in the admin directory no where else then set the permissions to this to chmod 777

 

if you are seeing adminbackups as the path then there is something wrong with your defines in the admin/includes/configure.php as this should read admin/backups instead of adminbackups

[roughrider]

you only require the directory backups to be created in the admin directory no where else then set the permissions to this to chmod 777

 

if you are seeing adminbackups as the path then there is something wrong with your defines in the admin/includes/configure.php as this should read admin/backups instead of adminbackups

 

It reads this...

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

[241]

it would be better to post the rest of the configure.php file missing out the database information from the bottom.

 

it may be you other define missing a /

 

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN',

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN',

[roughrider]

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://mysite.co.uk');

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://mysite.co.uk');

define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://mysite.co.uk');

define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'false');

define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs');

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/catalogue/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/admin');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/catalogue/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

[241]

  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/admin');

change to this by adding a / at the end

 define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/httpd/vhosts/mysite.co.uk/httpdocs/catalogue/admin/');

 

this should give you the path admin/backups instead of adminbackups