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Rochelle
The day may come when you need to restore your site, either entirely or in part. If you have already backed up your site then this will be a fairly simple process.
If, however, you haven’t backed up your site and need to restore it your hosting company can do this but they will probably charge a fee. Read my instructions on how to do this at http://www.nichestorestrategies.com/how-to-backup-your-site-from-cpanel/ and save your hard-earned money by doing it yourself.
I use HostGator so the images and instructions below are for this host. If you host with a different company then your steps may differ.
My instructions to restore your site from cPanel: |
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| Log in to your hosting account’s cPanel. | |
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| Click on the ‘Backups‘ icon or link: | |
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| Look for ‘Restore a Home Directory Backup‘: | |
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| Click the ‘Browse‘ button to locate the file you want to restore (this will probably be the most recent backup you saved) and then click the ‘Upload‘ button. | |
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As far as I know that is all you need to do. But I’m going to be honest with you. I haven’t had a reason to restore a backup so I don’t know what happens at this point. And, as much as I love writing these instructions, I am not going to do this just to see what happens. If anyone has done this please leave a comment below and share what happens, how easy it was, etc..
Rochelle
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Rochelle - Today (06/04/08) I had to restore my first site due to an installation error when I was setting up my sixth BANS store.
I had difficulty using your procedure above, so I contacted Hostgator, and they advised me to upload my files via FTP rather than from cPanel. The FTP program that I use (FileZilla) shows a whole bunch of information while the file transfer is actually taking place, that does not appear if you do the process via cPanel.
It shows in detail the amount of the file actually transferred, the amount left to transfer, the transfer rate, expected time to completion, etc. I found this a much better way to do this process, and actually wrote a BANS Forum post in the Tips and Success category giving you credit for showing BANS users how to back up our files.
Thanks for all you do for BANS!!
Phil Carter
PSC Marketing Associates
Phil,
I agree with what you wrote. I actually use my ftp program for this. The reason I didn’t blog about this method is because some ftp programs are very unreliable and don’t upload or download all files in a folder. This will cause problems, especially with sites like BANS. A single missing file will cause problems that users may not realize is because a file is missing.
For anyone wanting to restore a BANS site using an ftp program, you might want to check each folder and compare it to the folder on your computer to make sure everything uploaded.
Rochelle