Making periodic website backups is critical.  It is especially critical if you are running a business or e-commerce website.  The question to ask yourself is how long can you afford your site to be down?  For most people, the answer is not long.  Having a recent backup of your site will allow you to get your site back up and running in minimal amount of time, versus the alternative which could be as horrible as having to recreate or reinstall your website by hand.

So how do you make a backup?  For CPanel, which is what all Tekro hosting plans use, go to your website’s control panel.  From there, find the “Backups” icon and click it.  Then click “Download or Generate a Full Web Site Backup.”  You now have a complete backup, including your MySQL databases (note, if you are using PostgreSQL, these do not get backed up from my experiences – this requires a manual backup).

To restore, click on “Backup Wizard” and select “Restore” and follow the directions.  You do not want to do a restore unless you are in a position to test the restore or your website truly needs a restore.

You will want to keep your backups some where off of your website.  A good place is on a home computer (password protected might be a good idea if you store sensitive information in your website).  Having an off-site copy of your website is an excellent idea in case something happens to the server and everything is lost (including your backups).

If you need help performing a website backup, let us know.