In many of my tutorials I encourage Joomla fans to have a "working backup" before they perform maintenance and other processes on their #joomla site. One viewer has asked what I meant by "working backup." The answer to that question is what today's Maintenance Monday is about.
- Title: "What is a Working Joomla Backup? Maintenance Monday Live Stream #020 - YouTube"
- Hosted by Tim Davis on January 1st, 2018
- Tim wishes viewers a Happy New Year and discusses New Year's resolutions.
- Viewer David Burton asked about the term "working backup" for Joomla websites.
- Tim explains that a working backup means having a backup that you're confident you can restore.
- Tim suggests running a copy of your Joomla site separately in another folder and database to ensure a truly working backup.
- Tim shares a cautionary tale about a friend losing data due to unreliable backups.
- Tim emphasizes the importance of having multiple backups, including daily backups and backups from web hosting providers.
- Tim mentions scheduling backups with Akeeba Backup and using cloud storage services like Dropbox.
- Tim talks about secondary tools like Installatron for creating backups.
- Tim advises against using Installatron for updating Joomla sites.
- Tim discusses downloading the Joomla site's database for safekeeping.
- Tim mentions having a tutorial on database backup and restoration.
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