Backing up entire web from ftp.

[Matt Dulittle]

I'm about to reformat my main computer, which has my
website on the harddrive. I tried to use Open Web and go
in thru my ftp, but it says FP cannot Open Webs from
ftp's. I have a feeling if I try to copy/paste everything
from my ftp space it will mess up the site. Is there ra
simpler way? Thanks.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The only thing you can do since the remote site doesn't have the extensions,
is to use a FTP application to download the entire site, you will have to
re-apply any themes, shared borders and re-build your navigation structure,
since the configuration info is not available on servers without the FP
extensions.

Now depending on your local computer setup, if you have another computer
connected via LAN, then you could publish your current copy to that machine,
then after reformatting your main computer, then publish back, etc.

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