backing up

[judithbear]

Here I am again...church site/volunteer.

The site I'm working on will soon be moving from my home computer to the
church computer. To do this I've copies my web site files, including hidden
files, to a CDRW.

I plan to open the CD on the church computer, drag the folder to the
desktop, open the folder in Windows Explorer, select all files and folders,
right click, uncheck Read-Only Attributes, then close Windows Explorer, open
FP then file/open site and publish it to what will be the local site on the
church computer.

I think I understand that so far.

Now there are two other things that I'll need to learn.

1. How to make a daily backup of the file.


Is there a way to publish to the CD from the local? In trial runs here at
home on my WinXPHE I get an error msg when I try to publish from local to the
CD [remote]. "no site exists at this location want to make one?" When I
choose yes it returns to the publish window with no action. Will the results
be different on the church computer which is WinXPPro?

To make a daily backup of the file must I backup the entire site as opposed
to the changed pages only?

2. Is it possible for me to make changes to the local site on my home
computer, back them up on a CD, and then take the CD to the church and get
only the changed pages updated to that computer's local site? I suspect that
the XPHE and XPPro might pose a conflict? Certainly it's easier for me to do
the work here at home, but Clergy wants to have the site resident on their
computer.

Is there a way to do both without an inordinate amount of confusion. I
really appreciate any suggestions you can give me. Remember that I'm a
nontech person and need really clear instructions. You've all been so helpful
to me and I really appreciate it.

Don't think you need it for the answer but here's the url:
http://www.stpaul-florin.org

Thanks so much

 

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Here I am again...church site/volunteer.

The site I'm working on will soon be moving from my home computer to
the
church computer. To do this I've copies my web site files, including
hidden
files, to a CDRW.

I plan to open the CD on the church computer, drag the folder to the
desktop, open the folder in Windows Explorer, select all files and
folders,
right click, uncheck Read-Only Attributes, then close Windows
Explorer, open
FP then file/open site and publish it to what will be the local site
on the
church computer.

I think I understand that so far.

Now there are two other things that I'll need to learn.

1. How to make a daily backup of the file.

Is the church PC used to host the site, or is hosting by an external
server? If by an external server, then IMO the daily backup of the
entire Church computer should be sufficient for backup purposes. [The
computer *is* backed up daily?]

The easiest way to back up the site is to publish the site to another
folder, zip the backup folder and burn the zip file to the CD. Using
the ZIP file means that the files within it do not aquire read-only
attributes, making it easier to restore the files should it be
necessary. A CDRW does not impose read-only attributes, but I would
not use CDRW for a backup - too easy to delete/change any files on it.

Is there a way to publish to the CD from the local? In trial runs
here at
home on my WinXPHE I get an error msg when I try to publish from
local to the
CD [remote]. "no site exists at this location want to make one?"
When I
choose yes it returns to the publish window with no action. Will the
results
be different on the church computer which is WinXPPro?

You cannot publish directly to a CD since FP needs to write and change
files on the published web. Also publishing is not a continuous write
process so the burn will be interrupted often, which may turn the CD
into a coaster.

To make a daily backup of the file must I backup the entire site as
opposed
to the changed pages only?

If you publish to the same backup folder on the PC, then changed pages
only will suffice, but the entire site (backup folder) should be
backed up on the CD.

2. Is it possible for me to make changes to the local site on my
home
computer, back them up on a CD, and then take the CD to the church
and get
only the changed pages updated to that computer's local site? I
suspect that
the XPHE and XPPro might pose a conflict? Certainly it's easier for
me to do
the work here at home, but Clergy wants to have the site resident on
their
computer.

XPHE and XPPro should not cause any conflict. However, the entire
site needs to be transported on the CD, and published to the
computers. Normal practice is to publish (changed pages) to an
Internet site from your home PC, the publish down from the internet
site to the Church computer (again changed pages). If the site is
being edited on the church PC as well as your home PC, then you will
need to use this process at both ends (home and church) to avoid
overwriting each others edits.

Is there a way to do both without an inordinate amount of confusion.
I
really appreciate any suggestions you can give me. Remember that I'm
a
nontech person and need really clear instructions. You've all been
so helpful
to me and I really appreciate it.

If you are the only person doing the editing, then there should be no
confusion. However, if both computers are used to edit, and more than
one person is involved, then confusion is inevitable without a lot of
care.