How to Upgrade Wordpress Manually

How to upgrade WordPress manually using the Kim Woodbridge method that has been tested repeatedly. Included are the instructions and how important it is to backup your files and your database first.

How to Backup Gmail via POP Email

Do you backup your Gmail? What if you account were hacked into? What if Google deleted your account? More recently Gmail has been completely unavailable and I have had a 502 error. This has made me nervous and worried about the stability of the service.

I save almost all of my emails [...]

Don’t Rely on Your Host and Lose Your Blog - Backup WordPress

Yesterday I discussed backing up your hard drive, so today I thought it would be good to talk about backing up your WordPress database.

Yes, I know, your webhost has daily backups but do you only want to rely on that? Read Scam’s comment on yesterday’s post. His host was backing up a corrupt [...]

Backing Up Isn’t Hard to Do

What backup plan do you use for your computer? Do you even have one? Could all of your files be easily replaced?

It surprises me how many people still don’t back up their data. Eventually your hard drive will break. You may get a new computer before this happens but what if [...]