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CityDesk 2.0-Documentation
Making BackupsCityDesk has a built-in backup feature that makes backups easy, but you have to turn it on, or it can't help you!
Please Make Backups!
It only takes about three seconds to turn on this feature for each site you create, and then you can forget about it for the rest of eternity. It can save you countless hours if bad things happen to good people.First, a bit of backup theory. You should make backups for two reasons:
- The hard drive where your site is stored may crash, taking your site with it.
- You might accidentally do something to your site that you wish you hadn't done, for example, deleting a bunch of important articles.
Because of reason #1, it's a good idea to keep your backups on a different hard drive, or a network file server... preferably some place as far away from your primary computer as possible.
Because of reason #2, it's a good idea to keep multiple backups, so you can go back to older versions of your site.
To create a backup:
- Choose File » Backup Site.
- Enter a folder name where the backups should be created, or click Browse to choose one. For a folder on a network share, use the \\computer\share\folder naming convention.
- Determine how many backups you want to keep. If your site is small and you have a lot of disk space, you may enter a number as large as 99 in this dialog box. If your site is large or you are low on disk space, use a smaller number.
- If you want CityDesk to make backups automatically whenever you close a site, check the box. This is highly recommended.
- Click OK.
CityDesk will create a backup of your site in the folder you designated. If your site file name is Example.CTY, the first backup will be named Example Backup 1.CTY, the second backup will be named Example Backup 2.CTY, and so on. When you have more backups than the number you wanted to keep, CityDesk will automatically delete the oldest ones first.
Backup files are identical to your CityDesk site file in every way. If you need to recover something from a backup, you can simply double-click on the backup file to open it in its own window.
Warning: Protect your backup files with the same care as you protect your main site file. If you have saved any FTP passwords in one of the publish locations, anyone who gets ahold of your backup file can determine your FTP password and publish to your web server.
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