PB Web DevelopmentHave you backed up your Joomla website lately? Over the past few weeks we have noticed that a lot of our new clients don’t have any backup procedures in place.
If you’re website gets hacked and you don’t have a proper backup procedure ready then your site may loose all of its data. Most web hosting environments have automated and schedule server backups, which can be relied upon, but what happens when those backups are corrupt?
In one of my previous posts on migrating a Joomla website, we looked at a manual method of migrating a web site using simple tools such as FTP programs and simple database access such as phpMyAdmin.
That was so 2008 and there has been much development since in terms of quickly and easily migrating your Joomla website from one server to another.
This tutorial will look at a new method of Joomla website migration using the JoomlaPack Backup extension, also known as Akeeba Backup. We’ll also be rewriting our manual backup and migration process in another article.
Lets begin!
I’ve just rewritten this tutorial using JoomlaPack. So if you’re familiar with using JoomlaPack and would like to learn how to use it to migrate to another server please read the new tutorial on moving a Joomla site to a new server using JoomlaPack.
Migrating a Joomla website from one server to another is a very easy process. It shouldn’t take very long but there are various occasions where migration might cause a head ache or two.
There are six important steps that you’ll have to follow for your Joomla server migration.
This tutorial assumes that you know a little about server management and the usage of FTP and phpMyAdmin, oh and that you are using Joomla 1.5.x. You will also need all of the details of your new and old server to be able to access all of the files and the database. So lets begin…
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