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Testing your Backups

One of the great challenges of the modern world is keeping your data safe and being able to find it when you need it. Online backups have helped my peace of mind in knowing that my laptops and workstation are being backed up. Since I’m using encryption I know they’re secure in two different locations. However, as nice as that is, I almost shot myself in the foot by not remembering my encryption password. I’m glad I was persuaded to try restoring some files, just as a test. This caused me to realize that I’d used a different password for one of the laptops. Fortunately this was set up only a few months ago and I actually remembered the password after liberal applications of the palm of my hand to my forehead. I’ve now discovered the web-based restore process is an easy way to share files from work and home without leaving open any path for hackers to try and grab my files. So, my recommendation to all of you out there using online backups, please test a file restore. It will make you more comfortable with the restore process when you’re actually in a high pressure situation of having lost important files.

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Publishing Your Site with Microsoft Frontpage 2000

While our webfarm servers do not have Frontpage Extensions installed, it is possible to publish a site created with Microsoft FrontPage 2000 via FTP.  For relatively simple websites, this can be an easy way to manage your own content without having to write any HTML.FrontPage 2000  “How do I turn off Front-Page Extensions?” This is most likely the most important step in using Front-Page on the SWCP Web-Farm. This should also be the first step in editing, or designing your sites. To do this: On the Tools menu, and click Page Options. In the Page OptionsCompatibility tab. Under Servers drop down list, click to clear Enabled with Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions. “How do I upload the pages?” 1. From the file menu at the top of FrontPage, Click File and then select Publish Web 2. A new pop-up screen will appear. Click on the Options button. 3. On this screen enter your FTP address and folder path. (Ex: ftp://ftp.swcp.com/users/<Username>/public_html/(YourDomain.com)/ )  * Replace <Username> with your SWCP username and replace (YourDomain.com) with your actual domain, suppressing the ‘http://www” 4. On the same screen select your options as shown below. Once you have verified everything is correct, click on the Publish button. 5. A message will appear alerting you to the fact that the server does not support FrontPage extensions. Click OK. 6. Click Publish a second time. 7. It is now time to enter your account Username and Password This information … Continue reading

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