Comments on: WordPress Backup Plugin Review: Backup Buddy http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin Practical Blogging Tips You Can Use Today Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Cunningham http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-9012 Paul Cunningham Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-9012 Hi there tk, After 12 months you can keep using the plugin without renewing support. However if you do not renew your support you won't get any further upgrades, or access to the support forum. I've used their support for a couple of minor issues as well as feature requests and found them to be very good. Backup Buddy has had a few upgrades in the last 12 months including one recent major upgrade. A few of the upgrades have been simple bug fixes but they've also added some great new features and improvements along the way, such as Amazon S3 support, optional/automatic removal of old backups, better scheduling options, better reporting features.... I think they've recently added DropBox support as well. The plugin has actually improved quite a bit since I first wrote this review, but the most important thing (for me) is that 12 months down the track I'm still super happy with it and will be renewing my support with them (due in about 3 weeks from now for me). Hope that helps! Hi there tk,

After 12 months you can keep using the plugin without renewing support. However if you do not renew your support you won’t get any further upgrades, or access to the support forum. I’ve used their support for a couple of minor issues as well as feature requests and found them to be very good.

Backup Buddy has had a few upgrades in the last 12 months including one recent major upgrade. A few of the upgrades have been simple bug fixes but they’ve also added some great new features and improvements along the way, such as Amazon S3 support, optional/automatic removal of old backups, better scheduling options, better reporting features…. I think they’ve recently added DropBox support as well.

The plugin has actually improved quite a bit since I first wrote this review, but the most important thing (for me) is that 12 months down the track I’m still super happy with it and will be renewing my support with them (due in about 3 weeks from now for me).

Hope that helps!

]]> By: tk http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-9011 tk Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:48:31 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-9011 Hi there so backup buddy comes with 12 months support, what happens after 12 months? can i stil use the plugin? withought the support though? does backup buddy upgrade often? Security of my websites has always been my concern. My sites are my money ! thanks in advance! Hi there so backup buddy comes with 12 months support, what happens after 12 months? can i stil use the plugin? withought the support though? does backup buddy upgrade often?

Security of my websites has always been my concern. My sites are my money !

thanks in advance!

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]]> By: Paul Cunningham http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-7069 Paul Cunningham Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:44:23 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-7069 I was just upgrading Backup Buddy on one of my sites and learned that the latest version includes a setting to automatically remove older backups from your site. So you can pick how many previous backups you want to keep, say 5 or 10, and it will delete the rest automatically, which should stop your web hosting account from filling up. I was just upgrading Backup Buddy on one of my sites and learned that the latest version includes a setting to automatically remove older backups from your site. So you can pick how many previous backups you want to keep, say 5 or 10, and it will delete the rest automatically, which should stop your web hosting account from filling up.

]]> By: Angus http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-7067 Angus Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:10:17 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-7067 Hi Paul, the clue was in your 'it wont start with http://' brilliant! the entries look like this in Wordpress - just splitting out the server and path elements so the software puts them together to make up the whole path, in WordPress like this: FTP Server: sitename.com (without the http or ww) User: emailname@sitename.com (as used to access the upload site) Upload path: /directoryfromroot (with the forward slash) I have uploaded a 14.6 GIG site-zip this morning, so THANK YOU PAUL! I can breathe again. BTW, using UK2.net which for about $160 US gives my 100Gig of space for a year. Angus Hi Paul, the clue was in your ‘it wont start with http://’ brilliant! the entries look like this in WordPress – just splitting out the server and path elements so the software puts them together to make up the whole path, in WordPress like this:

FTP Server: sitename.com (without the http or ww)
User: emailname@sitename.com (as used to access the upload site)
Upload path: /directoryfromroot (with the forward slash)

I have uploaded a 14.6 GIG site-zip this morning, so THANK YOU PAUL! I can breathe again. BTW, using UK2.net which for about $160 US gives my 100Gig of space for a year.

Angus

]]> By: Paul Cunningham http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-7066 Paul Cunningham Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:19:03 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-7066 Check with your web host for the details of your FTP server. It will be listed somewhere in your account info or in the hosting control panel they provide to you. It won't start with http://, I can tell you that much :-) Check with your web host for the details of your FTP server. It will be listed somewhere in your account info or in the hosting control panel they provide to you.

It won’t start with http://, I can tell you that much :-)

]]> By: Angus http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-7063 Angus Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:34:19 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-7063 I have used backupbuddy successfully using S3 for a 3Gig site. However, I now want to backup a 20Gig site to a remote FTP server with UK2.net I have set up the ftp details as required but when using the test feature alongside, the ftp test fails. I think it may be a path formatting feature as the help field only provides one example for an onsite location - but mine is offsite. Trying http://etc www.etc/ and http://www.etc/ all fail. What do I have to do to make this work? TY Angus I have used backupbuddy successfully using S3 for a 3Gig site. However, I now want to backup a 20Gig site to a remote FTP server with UK2.net I have set up the ftp details as required but when using the test feature alongside, the ftp test fails. I think it may be a path formatting feature as the help field only provides one example for an onsite location – but mine is offsite. Trying http://etc http://www.etc/ and http://www.etc/ all fail. What do I have to do to make this work? TY
Angus

]]> By: Marlene Hielema http://www.bloggingteacher.com/review-of-backup-buddy-wordpress-backup-plugin#comment-6932 Marlene Hielema Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:26:57 +0000 http://www.bloggingteacher.com/?p=1581#comment-6932 Well I had about 40 mb left and they usually let me go over quota for a bit without charging. Well I had about 40 mb left and they usually let me go over quota for a bit without charging.

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