Busy — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 22:40:45 +0000

You don't have to close the board down first

In the 'export box', select the database name, then down the bottom in the 'save as file' box choose 'zipped' or 'gzipped' (zipped can be easier as you can extract its contents onto your pc, but depending on your operating system it may also have gzip support) and when you click 'go' you should get a prompt to save to your pc.
Once you have saved it to your pc you can save it to CD or wherever you want.

I don't trust CD's anymore, not after finding ou DVD's and CDRW's have a shelf life and the glue can come away at anytime - personal choice

catarina — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 14:39:56 +0000

Okay, I don't know if this helps, but I took a screen shot of what I saw, but I'm not sure what to do here ~
This is the first pic after I click on Export:

Then; after that I see this:

I'll also wait to see if someone could tell me if I have to close the Board down to back it up. Also, can I download the data onto a cd?

catarina — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 13:54:21 +0000

Thanks alot Busy ~ I'll go there now and see what's up with that. I've clicked on that link before, but I was so afraid to screw something up :eek: Do I have to close the Board down before I back it up?? *is soooooooo nervous*

Busy — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 23:05:31 +0000

C-panel - doh, only used that once so I might be wrong on this, in C-panel somewhere there is a link to database adminstration, clicking on the link (think it asks for name and password) then directs you to your PHPMyAdmin page.
Depending on the version of it you have, look for a 'export' tab/link and you should see an option for 'structure only', 'data only' or 'structure and data'. select 'structure and data' and then choose the option to save as zip (think it was at the bottom of the page) you should then be prompted to save the .zip (or other format you choose) to your pc, which is your back up of everything.

Sorry the directions are a bit vague, hopefully someone with more C-panel knowledge can make my direction useable.

catarina — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:55:06 +0000

Suzanne ~ thanks again, but I think you give me a lot more credit than I should get LOL... I'll d/l the software and let you know when I get that done and hopefully proceed from there (with caution :EEKS:)

Busy ~ I do have a C-Panel (last time I looked) LMAO ~ hee

Busy — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:49:03 +0000

I think Suzanne explain pretty well, but just incase

a zip disc is a floppy disc that holds more on it. Think of two floppy discs on top of each other then turned into one. A floppy disc holds 1.44 megabytes where as a zip holds 100 megabytes

gzip is a zipping method, like winzip compresses the data and makes a .zip file extension. But there are also other types of zip (compression) formats .tar and .gzip to name a few which can be done by different means. Think of gzip as an internet winzip

On your web server do you have a control panel ? something like Cpanel or Ensim or something ? If you do and you can tell us what one you use we can tell you exactly where to go (kinda sounds rude doesnt it lol)

Suzanne — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 22:40:09 +0000

hmmm, lol. okay, here goes again in more sensible language!

gzip is the way the files are saved -- it takes all the files and makes them smaller.
zip discs are like cassettes or cds or dvds -- just the thing the files are recorded on.

So you can see that they aren't really related other than having "zip" in their names.

For your purposes, use PHPMyAdmin to backup the database. You can ask for help with that if you need it.

I'll take someone like you who knows what they don't know over someone who thinks they know more than they do ANY day. You probably know more than you think you do!

catarina — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 22:30:05 +0000

Suzanne ~ you are so sweet, but you're taling to someone that has no idea what that means LOL...bless you for being so tolerant LOL...I pray you don't get too many of "me's" around here!

Quote: GZip is a compression algorithm.

BTW ~ does that mean that GZip is even better than Zip disc? Had to ask, but it sounds like something that would compress the data a lot more....::CRINGES::...I know, I'm a complete dummy, but I swear ....one of these days.....LOL

Suzanne — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:32:18 +0000

Zip disc is a portable medium for data storage.
GZip is a compression algorithm.

So, you would GZip your files and download them to a Zip disc.

catarina — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:19:38 +0000

andy206uk ~ yes, I'm using MYSQL but I don't know anything about that either LOL ~ but I'll take your advice and d/l the PHPMyAdmin software ~

Busy ~

Quote: Your host should have a backup version as well, 2 backups are better than 1.
I wouldn't rely on just one. I made the mistake of doing that once, relied on a zip disc backup, really gets to you when they decide to turn corrupt on you and you end up with nothing.

Well, believe it or not, my host has been hosting us without support because he's not charging us ~ don't even ask me why...he knows my administrator, but since my administrators not around, I need to move that Board or I'm going to lose everything in time.

You mentioned a "zip disc backup" ~ I'm pretty sure my Board is G-Zip enabled (whatever that is)...LOL...can ya see, I've got lots to learn and quick :/