One of the worst feelings in a website owners life is the regret of not backing up their website after their server dies or a hacker finds their way in. Maybe that was a slight exaggeration, but it definitely is a terrible feeling knowing that something could’ve been done. That’s right, there is things that can be done so you never get that feeling, and it’s possible for these things to be completely automated. With all the amazing software out there it has never been easier to automatically and regularly backup your websites.
Using SiteVault to backup your websites
Whilst it’s awesome to be backing up files to various backup services offsite, far away from your main data, it does give you extra peace of mind having a backup of your websites nearby that you can be 100% sure are up to date, error-free, and on-schedule. SiteVault, an established application for this exact purpose is what you’ve probably been wanting all this time.
Backup your posts locally with desktop blogging software
Desktop blogging software is an absolute must-have for any serious blogger. The easiest way to describe this software is like Microsoft Word, but designed to post to blogs directly. They’re simple apps with the better ones having WYSIWYG interfaces to easily format content, insert images, and manage all your content. So, why will this software help you with backing up your posts?
Automatically backup your vBulletin forum
vBulletin being the most popular paid forum software, and undoubtedly the most feature rich and secure, has a large community of developers. The offset of this is they develop some amazing features and release them for free!