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Mission Critical: Backup and Restore CubeCart

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

These days, many online entrepreneurs are finding a huge level of success with the right kind of online retail shop. Since there are so many different shopping cart solutions online, it can get a little bit tricky deciding which one is best for you, but once you begin to look around and see the amount of CubeCart templates available, you might just be convinced that this powerful open source shopping cart solution is for you. Why? Because with you can customize it with a CubeCart skin freely available or even have your own created. This goes a long way towards establishing your store as a real force in the industry that you have chosen to enter.

This crafting of the right brand means you are looking for longevity in your market. Those who take the time to create a solid brand are the stores that stay in business for decades. With CubeCart mods you can expand your product selection and get a very nice list of extended features you can easily plug into your store. This ease of use is what makes the shop system so attractive for those entering the retail sector. The fact that a CubeCart template can be fully customized to suit your exact store image within a few hours makes this shopping cart script a premiere choice for those who want a well made and exceptionally attractive option by which they can sell their products or even services, if they so desire.

One of the main concerns with any website, but especially an online store, is making sure that you have done what is necessary to back up your shop. Downtime means loss of business and no one can afford that. Here’s what you will need to do to back up your CubeCart shop:

1) Log into your web host panel, select your CubeCart database and click on the export option.

2) Select ‘all tables’ and the SQL option. Beneath the SQL Options section, check to make sure that every option selected in the ‘Structure and Data’ section is also selected for SQL Options. Save the file and proceed to the next step [note: this sometimes means hitting 'Go']

3) Be sure to make a note of the name under which you saved your file. It should be a .sql file and you will need this later when you want to restore the database once again. Be sure you select ‘Save to Disk’ before clicking OK. Now your database is backed up in that .sql file you just downloaded.

When you are ready to restore the backup you made (which hopefully you will never need to do this), all you need to do is follow these steps:

1) Choose the data base of your CubeCart installation [note: this method of 'restoring' will also work if you want to reload your store onto a new server] and click the SQL tab, then select the ‘Browse..’ option.

2) Find the .sql file you saved to your hard drive, select it and choose Open.

3) Make sure you have selected the proper file and then click ‘Go’.

4) Now, let’s be absolutely certain this restoration worked by clicking on the left hand side’s ‘CubeCart_Inventory’ table. Then, click ‘Browse…’

5) Finally, you should see all of your products exactly as you had them listed prior to your backup of CubeCart.

There you go! Now you know how to protect your CubeCart store by doing a full back up and emergency restoration!

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