Backing up wordpress database

nikita · March 25th, 2006, 11:36 PM

I had used Fantastico to upgrade one of my Wordpress blogs and it had done something wrong so I can't view any of the entries on the main page of the blog.

From what I read at Wordpress.org support, I need to grab the backup of the database and then do a fresh reinstall of Wordpress.

I was wondering how I go about using the Backup feature under the "Manage" section in the Admin panel. It says, "Your wp-content directory is NOT writable! We can not create the backup directory." What permissions should I set this to? Should I just go ahead and create the backup folder?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The blog I'm using is ver 2.0.2.

**mr_fern** · March 28th, 2006, 7:46 PM

I'm assuming you're on a server that doesn't have phpsuexec enabled, because you shouldn't get that writable error if you were.

Permissions would need to be set to 777 in that case. So I would suggest that you set it to 777, run the backup, then change it back to what it is right now (probably 755)

nikita · March 30th, 2006, 8:03 PM

Thank you! That worked out great! Now if I can only get the blog to work again...!

March 25th, 2006, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
nikita Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jun 2004 Lives in Memphis, TN 27 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Backing up wordpress database I had used Fantastico to upgrade one of my Wordpress blogs and it had done something wrong so I can't view any of the entries on the main page of the blog. From what I read at Wordpress.org support, I need to grab the backup of the database and then do a fresh reinstall of Wordpress. I was wondering how I go about using the Backup feature under the "Manage" section in the Admin panel. It says, "Your wp-content directory is NOT writable! We can not create the backup directory." What permissions should I set this to? Should I just go ahead and create the backup folder? Any help would be greatly appreciated. The blog I'm using is ver 2.0.2. __________________ JoAnn

March 28th, 2006, 7:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	I'm assuming you're on a server that doesn't have phpsuexec enabled, because you shouldn't get that writable error if you were. Permissions would need to be set to 777 in that case. So I would suggest that you set it to 777, run the backup, then change it back to what it is right now (probably 755) __________________ Nobody doing nothing

March 30th, 2006, 8:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
nikita Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jun 2004 Lives in Memphis, TN 27 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thank you! That worked out great! Now if I can only get the blog to work again...! __________________ JoAnn

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