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Tuesday tip : How does a backup work ?
How does a backup work ? |
Recently, backups have been working in a different way, in order to maximize the potential of our founders. This tutorial therefore aims to explain this new mode of operation.  What is a backup ?A backup is a process aimed to restore data that has been lost due to a technical problem or a mishandling. Examples : If you remove members, messages, lost your skin, etc To make a backup you need to go to Forumotion forum utilities. How to access the utilities ?► On this page: Forumotion forum utilities. You will be asked the following information:
How does a backup work ?Several dates are offered. Each date is a backup of your forum. If you restore your forum with a full backup on date X, the entire board will be restored (Note: The "gains" of the forum may be crushed if the structure of the forum has changed in the meantime). The forum is restored in the exact state it was on the chosen date, ie a backup on a date X is a copy of the forum on the date X. To retrieve your gains made after date X, you must make a second backup. For an example :
If I choose to restore on 2010-02-07, all posts made since 7th February will be erased, the same for all members registered since that date. After making 2010-02-07 backup, I will have to make a 2010-02-15 full backup to retrieve all new members and messages posted between 7th february and 15th. « A picture is worth a thousand words »You might understand better with this :
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| This tutorial was made by the French support forum, especially Toto456 and translated by Typlo. No reproduction possible without our agreement, pursuant to Article L122-1 of the ICC. |
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Tuesday tip : How does a backup work ? :: Comments
on February 16th 2010, 11:29 am by --kml--
=0 Good tips , i wonder , how much is a backup's size 
on February 16th 2010, 12:47 pm by zoids25
Nice guide! Thanks Typlo 
on February 16th 2010, 7:45 pm by TheListener
Helpful, indeed
on February 17th 2010, 4:10 am by CodyCFS
only if u did a tut on how to setup custom contact fields.... ppl wont stop asking...
on February 19th 2010, 3:55 am by MustangMan99
You can make custom contact fields.
on February 21st 2010, 9:39 pm by Count Dooku
Thanks, that was helpful indeed!
on February 23rd 2010, 12:56 am by Linky
I have used the backup a couple of times.
~Linky
~Linky
on February 24th 2010, 7:50 pm by Count Dooku
Actually, me never !
on February 25th 2010, 12:19 am by netsniper
Thank you Typlo that has answered a question for me fully 
on February 25th 2010, 10:57 am by red_k
huh i forgot the password ... try to pm but i need more post to use the pm ermm ...
on February 26th 2010, 12:50 am by Center
thaks for te tips
congratulations
congratulations
on March 3rd 2010, 4:12 pm by hristosp
what is good for this?
on March 19th 2010, 7:48 am by red_k
I already pm Typlo about the password but no reply . anybody can help me ..?
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