10 important things to do if you have a website or blog

11.25.2009

back up everything!!!
back up the database – if you are using WordPress or any other database driven CMS, make certain to backup all the tables!
make sure you have ALL the files you need in the back up, including all graphics, links,notes, passwords – anything you will need to recreate a crashed site.
backup often – repeat weekly, maybe daily – depends how much you can risk losing…
make sure the back up works
back it up have a back up back up plan
back up somewhere safe. this is not on the same server as a the site itself.
backups can be automated in any number of ways, but remember: have back up emails and admin access to your site and backup services set up with an independent email (gmail, live, hotmail, yahoo). often when a site goes down, so does the email for that domain, and having separate email access may be the only way to communicate regarding your site.
this is nothing new, right? well I just learned it again, the hard way
be grateful that you have a back up, and don’t let the fact you have never had a need for it allow you to be complacent and forget.

Google it yourself!