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smallhagrid · 01. Feb 2011, 06:54 PM

What I notice is that even though there's a zillion websites in the world, there seems to be ZERO around for simple - easy - quick website backup software !!!

All the voodoo that a person has to do just to get a copy of their personal website and make sure it works too...is ANYTHING -but- simple, easy or quick.

Supposing you are a person like myself with a domain and a small site on a free host...and we all know that EVEN the best free hosting will go away after a while, so:
Why not get some other free hosting someplace else and 'just' make a copy of the site's contents there - and use their free subdomain so it has a place to live ?
Not easy - not simple - not quick. (Not even close to it.)

There should be a whole BUNCH of programs that run locally-> take your credentials, and BANG-ZOOM! backup and/or transfer ALL your data - pics, pages, guestbook, whatever - and maybe even updating the links (how cool would THAT be ?!) so it all works on another host.
Easy as that.

No such animal though.
FTP ? Sure. phpMyAdmin ? Yup. Etc., etc., etc...

Why hasn't anyone made such a great software ?
Backing up is SO important. This is really needed.

01. Feb 2011, 06:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
smallhagrid Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 9	Having looked for some time... What I notice is that even though there's a zillion websites in the world, there seems to be ZERO around for simple - easy - quick website backup software !!! All the voodoo that a person has to do just to get a copy of their personal website and make sure it works too...is ANYTHING -but- simple, easy or quick. Supposing you are a person like myself with a domain and a small site on a free host...and we all know that EVEN the best free hosting will go away after a while, so: Why not get some other free hosting someplace else and 'just' make a copy of the site's contents there - and use their free subdomain so it has a place to live ? Not easy - not simple - not quick. (Not even close to it.) There should be a whole BUNCH of programs that run locally-> take your credentials, and BANG-ZOOM! backup and/or transfer ALL your data - pics, pages, guestbook, whatever - and maybe even updating the links (how cool would THAT be ?!) so it all works on another host. Easy as that. No such animal though. FTP ? Sure. phpMyAdmin ? Yup. Etc., etc., etc... Why hasn't anyone made such a great software ? Backing up is SO important. This is really needed.