GlynnH

Fixed it by extracting to my PC and uploading via FTP. It then showed in the plugin list.

Thanks. I will close the thread as resolved.

Well, restore went OK. Some of the plugins were missing. I guess I didn’t include them in the original backup for some reason.

Anyway, thanks for your help ??

Great, I’ll let you know how the restore goes.. ??

Hi,

Reading your instructions on Restore it explains that you extract the backup files, copy to the same path and then you say “Voila the site was up and running in a few minutes.”. But at this point you have not mentioned the SQL import. Only then do you mention the Database under a heading “How to Restore only the Database”. So in the first part it sounds like you don’t need to import the data base and that the second part is only needed if you just want to restore the database, not the whole site. It may be better if the restore process is organized so that both steps are listed as required. EG, Step 1 – File restore, Step 2 – Database restore. (I see from the other tutorial that you do need to drop the tables, so will do this for my restore).

I do appreciate your efforts in creating these guides. I think they are invaluable to people like me who are learning this. I hope you find my feedback useful and thanks again for your help.

Regards
Glynn

Thanks. Those instructions seem to say that I only need to copy over the files. Do I not need to do the DB then? There is a section “How to Restore only the Database” so was not sure if I should do this if I want to restore the whole site. It’s not 100$ clear. I’m also still not sure if I need to remove either the DB tables, empty them or just leave them with the old data.

Thanks for your help so far ??

BackWPup version3.0.6

I did read that for earlier versions you had to create a new WP install, add the plugin and run a “update SQL” (or something) link in the BackWPup menu, but that’s not available in this version.

Thanks

Thanks. I have a feeling that the developer is no longer active as I sent a message to them before with no reply. Looks like I will have to play with this or resort to a backup. I was my own fault really as I thought I was logged onto the localhost version but somehow got redirected to the live site. Oh well, I’ve learnt to double check now..

Thanks. 2012 theme does show correctly, so I guess it’s a theme issue. Is there a way to find where in the Whispy theme needs updating to show the information in the right place? Do you thing it may be a case of adding something to the child CSS or functions.php?

Thanks. I should have said, I did check that and everything looks OK. It shows the new DB names etc.