WordPress Tips

1. Learn how to backup your WordPress database. It contains all of your written posts and allowed comments. If you have a backup of your database, then if for some reason it became corrupted, you could recover your work. There are two parts to backing up your WordPress Blog:

    A. Backup your WordPress installation. You can do this using your web host backup tool on your web server and/or download all the files to a folder on your PC using FTP.

    B. Backup your WordPress database. You do this by accessing the control panel on your web server. Then you access the MySQL database section and click on phpMyAdmin to export your database to your computer.

 Complete instructions can be found at: http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups

2. Learn the steps you need to take if you need to move your WordPress installation to another server. If you are keeping the same URL and database, you can move your installation by simply copying the files to the new location. If your are moving to a new server, then you will have to edit your wp-config.php file.

Complete instructions can be found here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress