====== Backups Tab ======

=====Page Backups=====

GetSimple creates a backup of every page every time you make a change. Currently, it only keeps one revision at a time. The way you can tell if a page has a backup is to check at the bottom of the Page Edit screen. 
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If a page backup is available, then you can either click that link, or head over to **Backups -> Page Backups** and find the page title that you are looking for. Once you click into that page's backup, you are presented with a few actions you can perform:
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If you click on "RESTORE", then this page becomes the current page, and the current file becomes the backup. "DELETE" obviously deletes this backup, and leaves the current page intact.

===== Website Archives =====

GetSimple will by default create ZIP archives ([[installation:requirements|required modules]]) of all the important files within your installation directory. Starting with version 3.1, if your host does not support the creation of zip files, it will attempt to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)|tar.gz]] archives.

You can navigate to **Backups -> Website Archives -> Create New Archive Now**

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To download a backup, click on it's **Title (date)**. 

**Note:** If you have trouble opening a backup, try downloading and using a different archive-program to open the archive such as [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7zip]]


==== Manual Backups ====
Sometimes you [[installation:requirements|don't have the ability]] to do a backup via the control panel as described above. Below are the list of folders that the backup zips up for you automatically. Making copies of these folders will give you a complete backup of your site.

<code>
/data/
/plugins/
/theme/ (although, really you only need your active theme)
</code>

If you use a [[:languages|language file]] other than ''en_US.php'', then you may want to also make a copy of the ''/admin/lang/xx_XX.php'' language file that you do use.

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  *[[how_to:website_settings|Settings]]
  *[[how_to:support|Support]]
  *[[how_to:page_editing|Pages Tab]]
  *[[:file_management|Files Tab]]
  *[[how_to:theme_editor|Theme Tab]]
  *[[how_to:backup_pages|Backups Tab]]
  *[[how_to:plugin_manager|Plugins Tab]]