This is a good plugin, nothing really special but it would be a great plugin if it could two more things:

1) email the backup automatically
2) give the ability to deselect tables

Well... I didn't actually think for 1 second that this would work (100%). Call me sceptical but I am a complete noob.

I basically needed this to backup my site from a test server to some new Domain hosting (daily.co.uk) and I found this tool absolutely invaluable!! The backup was successful to ZIP although had to use JOOMLAS EXTRACT WIZARD (downloadable separately) to extract the backup up file to my computer. Once Extracted I only had one other question which was answered within 24 hours in JoomlaPacks very GOOD support forum and that was do I need to create a blank database on my new hosting server, the answer is YES btw (I know its Noob question but wanted to make absolutely sure)

I then performed the installation and Just like that my site was restored fully working to new hosting.

Amazing! Not a bad mornings work. Want to thank all team who put this pack together and for the great support! Keep up the great work! You GUYS ROCK!. 5 Stars all the way!

I had just installed joomlapack on my test site to review it, and backup'ed it. It was fast and went very easily, so I thought "Wait a minute, that can't be right"...

Still I went on with my daily extension experimentation and what what? I get "Restricted Area" on every page, front-end or back-end, and cannot log back in! (I had just enabled jcs plugins). The website is ruined (read: Oh noes, it's going to take a while to figure this one out).

But JoomlaPack to the rescue. I got the backup archive unzipped (using cpanel) over the "ruined" site, followed the steps from the installation/index.php page. Et voilà, my test site is back to its former self!

Could hardly believe that so fast a backup process could work so well.

I am a beginner, just starting to learn Joomla. I was working with the website for almost the wholeweek. (since i am beginner, my work is so slow) Then there is one afternoon, that i am really tired. I was working with another domain, starting to make another website for my wife, since the website has previous data, I selected all and hit delete. I boiled my afternoon making me sick! Then I remember that I was able to use Joomlapack, although i don't have any idea on how to restore it. So i check on the documentation and found my RAINBOW! Great!!! Since then, I started to tell my families and friends who are into joomla website to use Joomlapack. Hope this module be included in the core!!!

Many Thanks!

I dont usually rate extension but in these case i just feel the need to thank you guys for such a masterpiece

In 2 yrs of using JoomlaPack, I've never encountered such a terrific extension; it's so smart that even with shared-hosting-type limitations, it can adapt and get the backup done successfully; moving a site is so seamless that I can't believe it took me 2 yrs to find out about this marvelous extension. And they even support their product in a forum which they actually pay attention to; a more helpful environment can't be imagined! Both thumbs up!

Perfect piece of backup software. You can migrate site to other servers and don't worry about configuration. This extension make it's own installer and helps to restore pages on any platform.

Why pay someone to do it if JoomlaPack can do it? :)

We should donate to JoomlaPack instead or support the advertisement on their website!! :D

I can't say enough the good thing about this extension, really a recommendation for everyone.

And by the way, I created this account just to submit this review.

Thanks JP,

ken

Brilliant, does the job and does it well, giving some peace of mind.

Also essential for creating test-site mirrors of your primary installation.

I am still running an older version (2.1), which appears to still allow sub-folder exclusion, unlike the newest free version.

I was backing up my database regularly but not my files... I had manual backups of my files... I got hacked - and I had to restore half my sites (I had backups, but it was a long and painful process). After I restored everything I researched and found this JoomlaPack extension and installed and tested it extensively.
It does EXACTLY what is says it does. It is fantastic. The documentation is outstanding.

-- Read the instructions (or if you are like me... at least load the pdf file and search it for your issues, the answers are there).

-- I am using the core install, but will soon upgrade to the plus version because I have joomla nested in directories, and I want to back those up separately, so I need to exclude them from my site backup.

-- If you have a standard joomla install, with no sub directories, this is really a great solution.

Last year I paid someone to move my site for me because I didn't have the time to research how, this would have solved that for me.

I cannot say enough good things about this extension. Thank you so much!

Great for one click backup your site.
Always test if you can restore your backup.
Great for making template websites.
Does run into some dificulties occasionally but Dale and Nicolas run their forum well. They are very helpful and respond quickly.

I found this to be an absolutely top drawer component. Very possibly the best component I have seen for Joomla.

It more or less gets everything right. Easy to install, easy to use, poweful, flexible and well documented.

With JoomlaPack the potentially complicated business of making, managing and restoring backups really becomes simple. This alone is very important as it allows backups to be made frequently with hardly any work. Also reliably - it's very hard to do anything wrong.

Backups are stored in a single file, so you are confident that nothing will get lost or confused. The file includes the whole Joomla install, all of your extensions, your settings, server config and your database - literally the whole site.

Recovering the entire site from a backup file is a quick and easy process. But here is where you see more of the power and possibilities of the tool. It's easy to recover the site to a new domain, a new database etc. So you can easily take a production site and copy it to a local development environment. Or you can migrate your site to a new database. You can change the database prefix if you so choose, which is in itself a useful feature of the tool.

Really can't say enough good about this - it's complete, professional, well documented and free.

This is a wonderful extension!
Thanks to all developers! I just finished to restore the all site (db included), from a www.mysite.com to www.subdomain.mysite.com and it was very easy, with no errors!
I suggest this extension to everyone!!

This extension is more than amazing and combination with JoomlaPack Native Tools is unbeatable. Thank you.

I am pretty much a newbie to Joomla!, but found this extension to be straight forward and simple to use. The addition of Kickstart for restoration makes this a great extension. I was able to easily backup and restore my site, and also migrate from a development site to a production site without any issues. Well done.

I have backed up and restored my site plenty of times with Joomlapack. There might have been one time where things went smoothly. Otherwise, I would have to restore one of my components manually, database or files. There always seems to be an issue with write privileges and thumbs.db files will cause your entire backup file to be reduced to scrap. Make this simpler, friendly, stable and this could easily get 5 stars.

It sat "backing up" for over 2 hours before I gave up and canceled it by browsing back.

I could have done dozens of sites manually in that time.

Thank you to people who develop these extensions. The instructions were awesome, thorough and easy. It worked as stated with minimal time.

A-Must-Definite-Download for users to backup your site and data!

This is probably my most important extension. JoomlaPack has saved me at least twice from disaster. I use this to backup regularly. At least twice I have been able to restore data that had been corrupted by bad modules (or by my own stupidity when using SQL on the back end). Getting everything restored takes some concentration, but it is a lifesaver.

One of those exceptional pieces of programming. Time and live saver. Very, very well documented. I will donate for this to keep these things alive. Great work.