What is the best offline backup method for smf?

[avyaban]

Hi everyone,

I wonder if I'm doing right or not, so I'm switching to Maintenance Mode and then , connecting the httpdocs/forum directory and downloading everything inside this directory into my computer... Is this the correct way to recover my forum after any unsuccessful upgrade process ?

Or what could be the any other offline and solid backup method for my SMF 2.0 RC3 forum?

Thank you very much...

[Cytheria]

You can refer to this tutorial: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184356.0

I usually save the public HTML files then use the backup database option in the Admin.

[Cytheria]

You also don't have to type all in capital letters, it's annoying.

[avyaban]

Thank you very much for your help.. But this topic you gave me is little bit older , no? Is it ok for the new releases like RC3 ?

bytheway, they are not in capital letters now, sorry for my mistake and thank you for your warn, I'm a newbie..

You can refer to this tutorial: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184356.0

I usually save the public HTML files then use the backup database option in the Admin.

[Road Rash Jr.]

I like capital letters, it's easier to read 

[SlammedDime]

The only important files you would ever need to save are the 'attachments' directory.  What you really need to worry about is your database... no database = no forum.

If you have cPanel and your host has enabled CRON jobs in your cPanel, do a Google search for automated cpanel cron backups, which can do virtually anything from compressing files and FTP/SCP/Rsync them to another server, or if the filesize is small enough, email it to yourself.