Backing up my website?

[yogalady]

I understand that backing up my site means "publishing" it to another
location.

I tried to publish/back up my site to a travel drive. After the publishing
process was finished, the contents listed for the "Local Web Site" and for
the "Remote Web Site" were exactly the same.
When I then, however, checked the travel drivel, I realized that several
folders are missing: private, fpclass, themes, and overlay.

I then published the site to another location on my C-drive/My Documents and
burned it onto a CD, using the "data disk" feature of my CD burning software.
When I checked the contents of the CD, again fpclass, themes, overlay are
missing, but this time the CD contains the private folder.

I then burned another CD using the "easy archive" feature of my CD burning
software, and now I have all the folders - with the exception of fpclass
(whatever this is!), Additionally, the CD now contains "derived," _vti-cnf,
and _vti_pvt.

I am baffled.
What is the right way to back up a FP website?

I use PF 2003, Windows XP pro, and Sonic (CD burning software).

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

I am baffled.
What is the right way to back up a FP website?

I just copy all the local files to another disc.

Steve

 

[yogalady]

Steve,

I have two documentations for FP, one from Microsoft "FrontPage inside out."
The author says that by simply copying the files, you don't "copy every
aspect of a FrontPage - based website. . . . To do this, use the FrontPage
Publish Web Site command."

And I did that.

Now I would like to know why using different back up media - travel drive
vs. CD - and using different features of my CD burning software - data disk
vs. easy archive - leads to such different results.

Moreover, in case of a computer crash, would I have all I need to import my
fully functioning site back into FP if, for example, "overlay," "private,"
and "themes" are missing on the media on which I backed up the site?

Monika

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

Steve,

I have two documentations for FP, one from Microsoft "FrontPage inside out."
The author says that by simply copying the files, you don't "copy every
aspect of a FrontPage - based website. . . . To do this, use the FrontPage
Publish Web Site command."

I've been copying the files for years and I've never known anything go
missing from the copies. The copied files are exactly the same size as
the originals. I don't use publish. I FTP the files.

Steve

 

[yogalady]

Hi Tom,

This did the trick!
I enabled "display hidden folders," and - lo and behold -everything is on my
travel drive.

Thank you!