{"id":517,"date":"2012-05-30T21:42:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T04:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanclementewebsitedesign.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2013-11-11T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T17:18:27","slug":"backing-up-your-wordpress-website-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanclementewebsitedesign.com\/2012\/05\/backing-up-your-wordpress-website-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing Up Your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
How important is backing up your website? \u00a0In my opinion, it\u2019s essential. \u00a0\u00a0If you depend on people finding your website in order to contact you, place an order, or get directions, you need your website live.<\/p>\n
I recommend WordPress for many of the websites we develop at SCWD because of its powerful and simple admin panel.\u00a0 One of the great things about WordPress is that you have the ability to add content without needing to know HTML coding. You can add pages, change verbiage, add events or blog posts, change your phone number – all without having to call your web designer and pay an hourly rate. \u00a0 This lets you have control of your content and not be dependent on anyone else’s schedule to make your changes for you.
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\nSince WordPress is open source software, anyone can look “under the hood” in order to see how it’s built. \u00a0Being open source is one of the many reasons why WordPress has become so popular. \u00a0There’s no charge to buy WordPress and you can make alterations to the code or get plug-ins that will make your changes for you. \u00a0I still find it absolutely amazing that I can have a client ask if his website can do something and I can say yes to just about anything. \u00a0So many people have put countless hours into extending WordPress and letting other people use the end product – usually with no monetary benefit to them.<\/p>\n
But with all this awesome collaboration, there is the flipside: jerks who like to exploit vulnerabilities in code.\u00a0 They wiggle their way in to plant seeds of destruction on your website. \u00a0Now I’m telling you this right now – eventually they will get you. \u00a0Nobody is immune. \u00a0You can, however, take steps to protect yourself as much as possible by at least having backups of your website.<\/p>\n
Sorry to leave you hanging, but I’ve got to get back to work! \u00a0Next month, we will go into detail about what needs to be backed up on a WordPress site and how you can do it yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How important is backing up your website? \u00a0In my opinion, it\u2019s essential. \u00a0\u00a0If you depend on people finding your website in order to contact you, place an order, or get…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n