Help understanding CMS data?

[duplay]

I have been working on my CMS site for my school (teachers will use and update pages). The CMS is hosted on a MAc server with a mySQL database and php. When I do a back in case of site failure, what am I saving, and when someone updates a pages, does that get saved to the database, or to the site folder.

Basically, is cms stable enough for my teachers to use, and have me backup and restore in case something goes wrong?

I assume i need to backup my database and my site folder. How often does that need to be done?


Thanks

MJD

[Dr.CSS]

Most everything is stored in the data base, exceptions are things in the uploads folder and the folders themselves as in the CMSMS folders and Modules folders.

The data base holds information on content and it's styling eg,. templates, CSS, content added to pages, news articles, calendar events, etc.

[mahjong]

I assume i need to backup my database and my site folder.

Most content is in the database, with the exception of :

• documents and pictures uploaded to the /uploads folder
• addons (modules and tags) in the /modules and /plugins folder
• additional folders created by modules
• and any other hardcoded modifications you may have done to the basic installation.

So, you'll need to back up the database and all the folders as often the content is updated. A safe, easy method is to have a working copy of your entire web site on one computer, and the official, public web site on another server.

[duplay]

I did a upgrade for the following site and all seemed to work well, hoever, i lost my flash header, flash slideshow (homepage), and the calendar. i restore my back up folder, any idea why this happened? I want to upgrade to use the pisearch feature.

http://pages.sparcc.org:16080/sparcc/in ... ?page=home