Comments on: How to: Backup and Restore your WordPress Blog http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Geeks are Sexy http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-196934 Geeks are Sexy Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:53:46 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-196934 Yes and no.. I'd also use the wordpress database backup plugin on top of this method.. just in case. And you need to do another backup of your wordpress theme, plugin folder, and upload folder, else even though you'll have all your content, you'll lose your blog layout and all pictures that were inserted in posts. Yes and no.. I’d also use the wordpress database backup plugin on top of this method.. just in case.

And you need to do another backup of your wordpress theme, plugin folder, and upload folder, else even though you’ll have all your content, you’ll lose your blog layout and all pictures that were inserted in posts.

]]> By: Anthony Noel http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-196927 Anthony Noel Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00:14 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-196927 So I'm a newbie with no desire to become a geek (seky though y'all may be). So tell me: will this technique at <a href="http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/05/16/how-to-back-up-your-wordpress-blog-in-60-seconds/" rel="nofollow">this URL</a> allow me to restore my WP blog?: So I’m a newbie with no desire to become a geek (seky though y’all may be). So tell me: will this technique at this URL allow me to restore my WP blog?:

]]> By: test http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-187469 test Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:07:08 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-187469 Excellent blog was very useful...... Excellent blog was very useful……

]]> By: Joe http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-186346 Joe Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:41:50 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-186346 Guys I am really in bad shape here. I need to restore a wordpress blog, and will hire an IT guy to do it. But I am not sure I have the files. I remember doing a backup in July that is compressed to 70 megs, and after I unzip the RAR it ends up 85 megs. Is it possible that this is most of my blog? It was mostly text and pic for three years or so. Or am I dreaming? The file is called "blog backup" and after I expand it it has folders like blog, logs, phpmyadmin, tmp, wordpress, and yahoo_site_admin. I would be very, very grateful if you would tell me that this might do the trick so my IT guy can get most of my blog back. But be straight with me- is this just a dream? And yes, next time I will backup more often!!!!!!! ~Joe Guys I am really in bad shape here. I need to restore a wordpress blog, and will hire an IT guy to do it. But I am not sure I have the files. I remember doing a backup in July that is compressed to 70 megs, and after I unzip the RAR it ends up 85 megs. Is it possible that this is most of my blog? It was mostly text and pic for three years or so. Or am I dreaming? The file is called “blog backup” and after I expand it it has folders like blog, logs, phpmyadmin, tmp, wordpress, and yahoo_site_admin. I would be very, very grateful if you would tell me that this might do the trick so my IT guy can get most of my blog back. But be straight with me- is this just a dream? And yes, next time I will backup more often!!!!!!! ~Joe

]]> By: jinx http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-157929 jinx Wed, 20 May 2009 02:28:29 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-157929 Thats a really useful article. My wordpress also got stuck a couple of times and I could'nt properly restore the content during re-installations. This helped me out better. Thanks for the support. Thats a really useful article. My wordpress also got stuck a couple of times and I could’nt properly restore the content during re-installations. This helped me out better. Thanks for the support.

]]> By: Carla http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-152803 Carla Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-152803 Thanks for a great info. I wish I made a back-up of wp-blog. My hosting provider, suspended my account without any reason. I bought mine in digital point, lately I was informed that 90% of the sellers are scammers, so be very picky when you buy. Thanks again sharing this info. I'll definitely backup my data often. Thanks for a great info. I wish I made a back-up of wp-blog. My hosting provider, suspended my account without any reason. I bought mine in digital point, lately I was informed that 90% of the sellers are scammers, so be very picky when you buy.

Thanks again sharing this info. I’ll definitely backup my data often.

]]> By: quixote http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-145388 quixote Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:46:34 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-145388 Postscript: I don't seem to have a solid connection to the database. It can't find imported posts, but neither can it find new ones! I tried writing a new post, called "testing". The permalink was http://localhost/wp/2009/03/testing. As the newest post. it's accessible on the index page, but clicking on the title, which should take you to the post's permalink page, says "/ wp/2009/03/testing/ not found on this server." It looks like there's a space just before the "wp" but there's none in the path I entered in wp-config.php. I tried looking at "wp_posts" in the database using phpmyadmin, but I can't make head or tail of it. It's probably another line that needs to be in wp-config.php? ?? Postscript: I don’t seem to have a solid connection to the database. It can’t find imported posts, but neither can it find new ones! I tried writing a new post, called “testing”. The permalink was http://localhost/wp/2009/03/testing. As the newest post. it’s accessible on the index page, but clicking on the title, which should take you to the post’s permalink page, says “/ wp/2009/03/testing/ not found on this server.” It looks like there’s a space just before the “wp” but there’s none in the path I entered in wp-config.php.

I tried looking at “wp_posts” in the database using phpmyadmin, but I can’t make head or tail of it. It’s probably another line that needs to be in wp-config.php? ??

]]> By: quixote http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-145361 quixote Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:45:26 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-145361 Thanks for these excellent instructions! I can't believe how useless Wordpress's own "Codex" is. That little line about having to manually enter the localhost/blog-directory in wp-config.php, for instance. No mention of that. Or if there is, it was buried far enough so I didn't see it. I could NOT figure out why my damn local install kept flipping me off to my web site. I wound up deleting the whole local install and starting over. Only this time I avoided Wordpress and just googled for instructions. Which brought me here. Thanks heavens. One thing: when I try to import the blog contents ("wxr", but has a .xml extension) I get an error message about not being able to write to wp-contents/uploads. I have to make the directory, and set permissions wide open (777). Then it works. On the web site itself, that means going back in to change back to something reasonable, like 755. Is there some more elegant way to handle this, or is this just the way it's going to be on a linux machine? (I run Ubuntu.) Thanks for these excellent instructions! I can’t believe how useless Wordpress’s own “Codex” is. That little line about having to manually enter the localhost/blog-directory in wp-config.php, for instance. No mention of that. Or if there is, it was buried far enough so I didn’t see it. I could NOT figure out why my damn local install kept flipping me off to my web site.

I wound up deleting the whole local install and starting over. Only this time I avoided Wordpress and just googled for instructions. Which brought me here. Thanks heavens.

One thing: when I try to import the blog contents (”wxr”, but has a .xml extension) I get an error message about not being able to write to wp-contents/uploads. I have to make the directory, and set permissions wide open (777). Then it works. On the web site itself, that means going back in to change back to something reasonable, like 755. Is there some more elegant way to handle this, or is this just the way it’s going to be on a linux machine? (I run Ubuntu.)

]]> By: alex http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-141226 alex Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:56:03 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-141226 This works great. Thanks! This works great. Thanks!

]]> By: How to Backup a Wordpress Blog http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130231 How to Backup a Wordpress Blog Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:42:25 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130231 [...] How to Backup and Restore Your Wordpress Blog [...] [...] How to Backup and Restore Your Wordpress Blog [...]

]]> By: Nitin Gautam http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130100 Nitin Gautam Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:11:09 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130100 i am having old wp 2.2.2 version which posts I have to import in wp2.7 version. i am having old wp 2.2.2 version which posts I have to import in wp2.7 version.

]]> By: Nitin Gautam http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130099 Nitin Gautam Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:10:08 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/01/29/how-to-backup-and-restore-your-wordpress-blog/#comment-130099 Install Technosailor’s WXR export plugin link not working it seems he has removed the plugin from download directory. Can any one provide me that? Install Technosailor’s WXR export plugin link not working it seems he has removed the plugin from download directory.

Can any one provide me that?

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