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One of the big differences between static sites and CMS sites is the maintenance,

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and the day to day changes primarily happen on a Web server with a CMS, as

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opposed to some static site files that are on your local computer, that you can

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change, and then you FTP a copy of those up to the Web server.

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What that means is if something very bad happens, you don't automatically have a

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backup of your current Web site.

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In static HTML land, you could have a copy of the site on your local computer,

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which you can then copy up to the Web server.

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However, with a CMS, all of the changes are usually made directly on the server,

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so you have no local backup, unless you make one.

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Your Web host should be making daily backups at a minimum, and preferably at

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least a daily backup, and a weekly backup.

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These backups should contain your entire Joomla

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site, the files, and the database, and it will hopefully also contain other

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account settings, like e-mail accounts or whatever.

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Those backups may also be stored on the server,

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so periodically be sure you make an offsite backup as well.

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Akeeba Backup is great for making backups whenever you wish.

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You can also configure it to run periodically, and write the backup to

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offsite storage, like Amazon S3 storage, or wherever else you'd like to store your files.

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That configuration is beyond the scope of the course, but it's explained in

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detail on Akeeba Backup Web site.

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I've told you, their documentation is absolutely fabulous, and he will walk you

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through the process of having a backup written out to an offsite server.

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Don't assume that your hosts make backups that you can access.

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All hosts do in fact make backups, but more often than not, those backups are

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not necessarily available to their Web hosting clients.

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They use these backups in case something bad happens to the server, like

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it catches fire or something, and that happens more frequently than you would realize.

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But there's no guarantee that the backups are made regularly, and there is no

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guarantee that those backups may be available to you, particularly if you just

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happen to mess something up, or if your site gets hacked.

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Be sure you have a backup talk with your Web host.

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Ask how long it would take to restore site from backup if something bad did happen,

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so you get a sense of how long your site would be down if that happened.

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Make sure any backups are available to you as well.

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Find out how many backups they are making, and how often they're making them.

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Don't hesitate to move Web hosts if the answers aren't adequate for you.

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I know it's hard leaving a host you may have loved for many, many years, but you

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need to protect your Web site with good backups, and great service.

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Do a little bit of homework now, and you will save yourself a ton of heartache later.

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Your backups are going to save you one day. Trust me on this.