Backup - Everything?

[S.T.A.R]

Hello,

I am currently running my Website on my dad's dedicated server he pays for. I am only currently 16 but i love creating websites and creating forums and that is the only space i can possibly currently run my sites.

I currently have a forum i am working on at www.mmogamer.co.uk, i've spent alot of time on it and have alot more to do.

I am currently applying for a couple jobs to get some money in, and the first thing i will work towards is buying my own VPS server to run my sites on. At the moment if i piss my dad off at any point, he just deletes my website, and no joke, it pisses me off.

I was wondering, is there any chance i could backup EVERYTHING? Literally everything, database files, images, themes, everything?

I am going to continue creating this forum but id like to back it up every now and again, so when i move to my real server which i pay for i can re-upload everything and start from where i was.

Cheers for the help lads

[Paul H.]

Copy all files to somewhere, then go into phpmyadmin and backup the database.

[S.T.A.R]

Ok, cheers.

If i was to then re-load the backed up files, would i just copy and paste the files into FTP and overwrite the existing ones?

[Paul H.]

Yes, that's correct.

[Puppyite]

I am currently applying for a couple jobs to get some money in, and the first thing i will work towards is buying my own VPS server to run my sites on.

Unless you get massive amounts of traffic you can use shared hosting.

[Siege]

Depending on the size of your database, you may want to look into exporting your DB through SSH.

[Rukbat]

If i was to then re-load the backed up files, would i just copy and paste the files into FTP and overwrite the existing ones?

The MyBB files, yes. The database you upload to the site, open phpMyAdmin and import it.