Wordpress users - a quick tip to help you out
So many of us use WordPress. I just upgraded 2 of my sites to newer versions of WP, they were running 2.3.1 and I needed to upgrade them to handle a new theme (FlexSqueeze).
In any case, my host (Bluehost) has SimpleScripts, and I believe a lot of other hosts have this also. You can use SimpleScripts to update your WP version and this gives you a valuable BACKUP.
So if you get hacked sometime down the road, you can just do a one-button restore of your WP folders and database.
I was nervous so I went about this carefully. I used cPanel to download my database manually. I then used FTP to manually download all of my directory tree.
Then simplescripts:
1) Disable all plugins in WP
2) Use simplescripts to upgrade versions
3) Re-activate plugins.
SimpleScripts does "incremental" upgrades. So I moved from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 on the first move. Hey, it gives me a backup that I can use later if I ever need it. Nice to have. Just thought some of you might appreciate this easy way to create a backup. I know there are also good plugins that can be used to automate backups. I will be using them in the future.
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KONet -
Thanks
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