There is a big mistake a lot of new webmasters make when they are backing up their websites. If you have a regular html or xhtml site without any CMS or Content Mangement Softwares that require a mySQL datbase along with it, you are good to go. All you have to do is download the website directory folder and that’s it. But if you have a forum or a site from Joomla or Mambo, you definitely have a mySQL database. You should always download the database at the time you download the directory backup. You should do both at the same time from losing any information.
You should always make sure to know if your site uses a mySQL database. Usually YaBB forums do not require a database unless you have modified it to. Export it out of your php my admin and I will post a tutorial later on about how to back up properly. In the meantime good luck backing up and don’t download just half of your site like many others.
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