Hot to Make Backups of Sites and Pages
We're all familiar with Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will! You can protect yourself and keep the boss happy by keeping archives of your work in case of human or computer error. Preparing to make changes with Dreamweaver* is a good time to think about a backup.
To Back Up a Site
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Make sure your local directory is up to date by getting all the site files from the server
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On your Desktop (NOT in Dreamweaver), find and select the folder that contains your local files
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Make a duplicate of the folder:
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Windows - Right-click on the folder and select "Copy;" then right-click again and "Paste"
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Macintosh - Highlight the folder then select "Duplicate" from the "File" menu
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Rename the new folder. Add the date at the end (i.e. "localfolder052710" for the archive of the site as of May 27, 2010)
To Back Up a Page
- Get a fresh copy of the page's file from the server with Dreamweaver
- In Dreamweaver, right-click (Win) or Ctrl-Click (Mac) on the file's name in the Local view of the Files panel; find Edit and track to Duplicate
- Find "Copy of [your file name]" in the local Files list; rename it to indicate your backup, e.g. "[your file name]-bkup.html" or "[your file name]052710" for May 27, 2010
* Contribute users have access to "Rollbacks," so backups are not an issue for them
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