| This post is all about one topic – backups. I know, it’s not a fun topic but it’s extremely important so please read carefully and take the few minutes to create a backup as soon as you can. |
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Brief Overview |
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It Only Takes 5 Minutes
 Although we take a backup for you each week (on Sunday), we only keep that backup for one week. If we maintain your website then we always have a current backup.
Regardless of who maintains your website, it’s only prudent that you have a recent backup stored on your computer (or a DVD or external hard drive). |
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Step by Step Instructions
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Really, Just 5ish Minutes
Step 1: Log into your control panel. If you don’t know how, please see Visit Your Control Panel.
Step 2: Under Files, click ‘Backup’.
Step 3: ‘Click Download or Generate a Full Backup’.
Step 4: Select ‘Home Directory’ as the Destination and make sure the email address is correct. Click ‘Generate Backup’.
Step 5. The backup may take a few minutes. When it’s done, go back to the ‘Backup’ option under ‘Files’ in the control panel. ‘Click Download or Generate a Full Backup’ (again).
Step 6. Under ‘Backups Available For Download’, select the most recent. Click ‘Save File’ to save the file somewhere on your hard drive or on a CD/DVD. You’re done!
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Questions?
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Now, wasn’t that easy? OK, maybe 10 minutes — tops.
Make a note to yourself that you need to do this routinely, depending on how often your site changes.
There are additional steps you could/should take if you run a blog — we’ll discuss those in a later issue.
Don’t hesitate for a minute to contact us if you have any questions — 541.980.3482 or info@gorgeservice.com. |
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 Each e-Service web hosting account includes two free web traffic statistics tools. They are both already setup and already measuring your traffic, including how people find you and what pages they visit the most.To see your stats, log into your cpanel (see above). On the top right side under ‘Analysis and Log Files’ you can click on either Webalizer or Awstats and then the magnifying glass. From there you can do a lot of scrolling and clicking to learn what phrases people use in Google to find you, what countries they’re from, and even how long they stay on each page. |
You’re in Control of Your Website
Every website we host comes with a FREE control panel that allows you to backup data, setup new email accounts, change passwords and view web traffic statistics.
We encourage you to sign into your control panel now to make sure you know how. The address is your control panel will be your website address followed by /cpanel. For your ID and password, please email us at info@gorgeservice.
Future articles in this newsletter will talk about signing in to your cpanel account to accomplish a task. Practice now and you’ll be ready!
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