In my previous article, I shared the horror of data loss with you. However, my willingness to backup my data has saved me. I hope that none of you have to experience that, but if you do, this will have been a worthy read. This article is dedicated to helping you keep your blog safe. The stories of data loss are growing in numbers. If things go wrong, you will be prepared, and you will be able to brag that you saved your data from extinction.
I will be discussing manual and automated solutions for accomplishing the task of backing up your blog. A manual solution has a much higher chance of being a perfect one-to-one copy if done correctly, and as a result, it should be performed regardless of whether or not you have an automated solution in place. The automated solutions are much easier and require little to no maintenance, but are not guaranteed to work correctly. Read the rest of this entry
