Can I be sure I have backed up correctly?

  • Resolved nick-forest

    (@nick-forest)


    15 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve backed up my site using the instructions in the wordpress back-up documentation and I just want to check it’s ok.

    The database back-up just shows as a text document. Is that what it’s supposed to be? It’s just that I was expecting something more technical.

    Also, I’ve downloaded the ht docs etc to a folder on my computer. When I click on to the folder in filezilla it shows all the documents as you would expect. When I try to open the folder outside of filezilla my computer tells me the folder is empty. Have I just messed up or is is that my computer isn’t recognising the documents?

    Sorry to ask such basic questions but I’m still new at this and the instructions don’t seem to refer to anything like this happening.

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  • Hi

    The database backup should be a series of SQL statements – a “create table” for each table then followed by insert statement(s). From these the database can be recreated when necessary.

    When you back up your wordpress files to your computer, you should see the actual code files – the theme files, for example, should be visible in /wp-content/themes/{themename}/ – you should be able to open each file with an editor and see the PHP code.

    Thread Starter nick-forest

    (@nick-forest)

    Thanks, I think I need to download it again.

    Thanks for clearing that up.

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