[Data Loss Announcement]

I understand, yeah I also learned that the hard way :\

If you need any help with web programming and the like, feel free to PM me with any questions, I'd be glad to help out

[Data Loss Announcement]

Hey Josh,

 

I'm a web developer, so I know about dealing with these hosting companies. If your web host does not make (at least) weekly backups of your site (including SQL databases) you should drop them and find a new host that does. I've had client's websites get taken down by hackers before, and my host was able to roll back to the Sunday before and fix everything within a couple of hours...

 

If you are backing up your files yourself, there is an option in Cpanel under "Backups" that allows you to select a specific SQL database that you can backup and download easily. It should download for you a zipped file containing a .sql file, which is the contents of your SQL database.

 

See attached screenshot.

 

http://www.herbertfilby.com/images/cpanelbackups.jpg

 

Hope this helps!