Whole BACKUP of forum? PLEASE HELP.
 

How do I make a whole backup of my forum so that if it went down and I uploaded something then all the posts, users, settings, etc.. would be the same?

Thanks in advance:)

Admincp > Maintanance > Database Backup

Select All YES at the top then scroll down to the end of the list and click save. This will save a copy of your database to your computer. Good practice is to do this every few days.

You may also want to take a backup of the files on your server. I recommend doing this on every modification installation or vB upgrade then you always have an upto date copy of them.

I use SQLyog enterprise.. Using the build in backup from admincp is good if your a new site with a smaller database but when you get to large you will notice that you will need something external to do yourbackups which is more stable.

What is SQLyog enterprise?

bump, anyone please.

I'm also a noob here. I tried to back up my files to my harddrive (into a folder I created on my desktop) but the reply came back "Backup filename must end with the .sql extension." So let's say that I want to save it to:

C:\Documents and Settings\Chuck\Desktop\Backup

Then I changed it to

C:\Documents and Settings\Chuck\Desktop\Backup.sql

But I don't see any such file on my desktop.

Do I need to download some sql program to my computer or something? I really am clueless here.

Backup, restore db :

http://vietlyso.com/vbbskin/showthread.php?t=3

Here is the web address for this application. Very nice backup utility, I have been using it for 2 years now and has no issues backing up small or large database. I have used a couple other tools available and by far this is the nicest...
www.webyog.com