Backup Anytime

Regular visitors will be aware that there are no images used in this blog. This I want to change. I bought an image library and have flagged particular images as appropriate to past posts. The next step is to actually put these images online. I found the standard image management system in the latest version of word press to be lacking feature wise and cumbersome for those features it includes and went in search of a plug in to manage my post images.

I can’t complain about the number of images management plugins I found. There is a very wide choice of wordpress image plugins and blog photo management plugins. This next predictable issue is which one to use.

So, can anyone advise as to which plugin is suited to image management in a small WpordPress blog?

Also, where is a good place to acquire free images for a blog. The volume I purchased was inexpensive and comes with an enormous amount of pictures but just in case I need a photo related to a post and cant find it in my offline library, where is a good place to look? Ideally I would want small high quality photos which can be used on a blog royalty free.

Any feedback appreciated.

John

With the rush to get copies of data off-site and focus therefore on protecting local data, web based data can be left ’till last. Obvious examples of this are website, CRM and blog database.

This is where a requirement for wordpress backup comes in. This requires database backup and remember we are talking about a live database here. Your wordpress database is effectively everything you, your contributors and commentors add to your wordpress blog.

One very good wordpress plug in created by Austin Matzko of http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/ allows for wordpress backup to site, local disk or email.

I have been using this system for three months now and have backed up to all three location types. I have also run on demand and scheduled data base backups. The only difficulty I had was backing up the data for a specific plugin which is not part of, a standard wordpress release so this is not Austins issue.

I was tempted to give this plug in a plug (excuse the pun) a couple of months ago but decided to wait awhile and see how it managed over time. The answer is excellent. If you absolutely need to have a copy of your blog (which you do) this is the answer.

The plugin is available from a number of sites. I emailed Austin offering an Irish download mirror yesterday.

No word back yet. If he wants it, it is available.

John