How To Back Up?

[Guest]

Hi,

I'd like to back up a copy of my store to my computer, so that I can practice editing the configuration without affecting the live store.

 

This may sound stupid, but how do I do this????

 

Thanks

[Guest]

Hi,

I'd like to back up a copy of my store to my computer, so that I can practice editing the configuration without affecting the live store.

 

This may sound stupid, but how do I do this????

 

Thanks

Use an ftp program. The local machine is where you should do your edits anyway.

[martinstan]

Hi Lesley

 

There are some useful tutorials here:

http://www.vodahost.com/tut_osc.htm

 

Martin

[Guest]

Hi Lesley

 

There are some useful tutorials here:

http://www.vodahost.com/tut_osc.htm

 

Martin

Nice tuts but why address them to me, and my name is Leslie.

[martinstan]

Nice tuts but why address them to me, and my name is Leslie.

Ooops

Sorry Leslie. Replied in a hurry and got confused :blush:

[Guest]

I keep getting this message in my Backup directory:

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

 

What does this mean? How do I fix????

 

thanks

[Guest]

I keep getting this message in my Backup directory:

 

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

 

What does this mean? How do I fix????

 

thanks

If you look in configure.php in admin/includes, there will be a line that says

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

this means that you should make a directory called backups under admin.

 

This directory is only for the database backup.

[Guest]

If you look in configure.php in admin/includes, there will be a line that says

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

this means that you should make a directory called backups under admin.

 

This directory is only for the database backup.

 

 

How do I do this???

[satish]

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

 

adn then in admin thru FTP tool chek if that directory exist and has proper permission.

 

Generally its a backups folder with admin folder.

Satish