How to backup WordPress completely

If your content matters to you, especially content on your WordPress site, then please take a few moments to back it up.  It’s much like your backup of your hard drive.  You wouldn’t pass on that, don’t pass on this. Work it into your morning routine. You’ll need complete backups in order to restore with confidence.  How do you do this? First, backup your content by exporting it from WordPress.  Like so. It really does... Read More

A small trick to save you time when moving your WordPress blog (and backup advice!)

Sometimes your hosting just doesn’t live up to your needs and/or expectations.  I’ve experienced downtime and the accidental deletion of my database tables myself. Eventually if the host is really bad, you reach the point where enough is enough. Maybe because of GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ads or the Network Solutions deal to switch was too sweet to pass up after the controversy.  Either way, you’re ready to make the move, but reading... Read More

Got Gmail?

Image via Wikipedia While everyone loses their collective minds because Gmail is down, one wonders if all the tweets about it is going to break Twitter again. It’s making me reanalyze the way I’ve been doing business with Google products the last 2 years.  Sure it’s got shiny keyboard shortcuts and you can take it everywhere, but what good does that do me when I use it for EVERYTHING and have no backup in place.  All of my mail... Read More