Backing up the codebase

In order to create a back up of the codebase, use your FTP client to connect to your server. Ideally, for reasons of download speed and stability, this should not be done over a wireless connection.

When the download is complete, you will have a full copy of your working codebase saved on your computer.

Later in this chapter, we will cover how to use the command line to speed up this process, but, for those of you who want to avoid the command line, you can make adequate backups of your codebase using FTP.

Note

While using FTP to back up your site will work, it will certainly get unwieldy over time, particularly as people store files on your site.