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Plugins like this the supporting documentation make me happy. Great job guys. I will be purchasing the pro version... not because I need it, but because I want to support people doing such good work!

Kudos to you :)

Thank god I felt like backup my site before I contacted my web host for some other sites under my account. The webhost tech support messed up everything in my account. I used the restore to save everything.

One thing maybe helpful. First time I restored everything, with change of the password for super administrator for the backend. It didn't work. I tried everything to recover the password. Still didn't work.

I restored again without changing the password (by leavning the textbox for password empty), and Everything is restored!!!!

Thank you.!

The basic premise of JoomlaPack seemed perfect: back-up the files AND the database into one zip file. Unfortunately, I found it timed out even for small sites that contained little more than core Joomla. I resorted to using another program that just backed up the database (for sites updated on-line).

It's only in the last few weeks that I've been in a position to re-evaluate back-up solutions. Akeeba Backup delivers all the promises that it's previous incarnation, JoomlaPack, had made. It really is phenomenal - I'm not sure the size of the largest site I've used it on, but the resulting zip was around 250MB. I don't think you can get it any faster or do a better job unless you have command line access to the server.

The next problem is getting your back-ups automated. Yes - the core (free) version includes a lazy back-up plugin that will email it. But my simplest Joomla site when zipped is around 8MB and many email providers have a maximum email size limit of 5 or 10MB. Akeeba have developed another fantastic freebie - Remote Control - which will run locally to trigger a back-up and download. It can even schedule the back-ups! There are some issues with it, e.g. no way to migrate your site settings from the 2.5 version (for Joomla 1.5) and 4.x (which support Joomla 1.5 and 1.6 - but not officially stable yet). Unless you've got a lot of sites, this is not much of an issue, but I now think it best to go for the 4.x version. However, I had quite a few problems installing it which seems to be down to the Windows Titanium installer program that has been used to package it up (strictly speaking not a problem with Akeeba). After a bit of searching, I found the answer in Akeeba's forums - namely delete the titanium folder hidden on your hard disk, and then repair your installation.

My last problem was that J!1.6 sites were coming down as JPA files instead of zip files using the Remote Control program. After a bit of testing, I thought it was some kind of compatibility issue between Remote Control and Joomla 1.6, so resorted to asking confirmation on functionality on the Akeeba forum. I got an amazingly quick response from Nicholas and the issue was resolved in about 24 hours! The root cause is questionnable, but the resolving action was to re-install Akeeba Backup on the site (complicated slightly by part of my testing and having two backup profiles).

I cannot recommend Akeeba Backup highly enough. The Remote Control 4.x extension has installation problems, but once working is also brilliant - a requirement if you have dynamic sites. Akeeba Admin Tools is also a great product from Akeeba, although may not be used as much as the backup programs.

I think Nicholas and Akeeba have provided an excellent suite of products and it's backed-up by a first class support forum. I hope they are able to keep up their stirling work.

This is the first thing I install on any Joomla site, I guess that shows that I'm very happy with Akeeba Backup.

I use only a couple of features but it really showed its value when I messed up and had to restore the site. Click, click, click (ok, maybe that sounds too easy but that's what it felt like) and everything was up and running again. This is a component you can't go without. 5 stars, not a doubt on my mind.

Absolutely essential component. I started using when it was JoomlaPack and have been extremely pleased with the constant improvements. I also use the companion desktop utility Akeeba Remote Control so my backups are completely automated. Site migration or restoration is VERY SIMPLE using Kickstart. Site files and database can be completely restored in just a few minutes.

Just transferred my site from my localhost to the clients server, I read about all the manual ways of doing it which were a bit tedious. The ease of this extension made it a really quick process - using the backup and the kickstart download from the same page. Really happy - cheers

Thank you so much for this awesome component!

I love the new update method, other Joomla developers should follow your example.

Keep up the good work!

This worked great. I love that it zips it up on the server for you. Really good work.

10 stars out of 5.
My server's HDD got just crashed and usb backup saved my ass big time. I thought my boss would kill me with LAN Cable. Phew! Just put the backup file and kickstart!
KickAss Restoration was done by just few clicks.

Wonderful.

Works great! Awesome support,

I started using JoomlaPack (Akeeba's predecessor) a few years ago... and I have always been happy with the job it did. However, now I have an even greater admiration for the Akeeba Backup package. Where do I start? How about this... Akeeba puts a smile on my face each time I install it on one of my sites, then again each time I use it to generate a Copy or restore a backup! There is nothing I could say negativity about this package... Pros: a Configuration Wizard that works beautifully, the profile switcher... all this is great, but then there are the Extras! Desktop tools, Kickstart, SiteDiff, I could go on and on... 5 Stars, Thanks Nicholas.

I've used Akeeba for a while and suddenly got errors.

Tried the support and Nicholas and his team solved the problem. For a free extension, the support is above and bejond!
Thank you, guys!

I have been using Akeeba backup (former joomlapack) for some years now on every site i maintain and it has newer failed me. It is also a very good solution when you need to transfer sites to other locations or when you are developing on a test server. Akeeba is one of the component making Joomla the best CMS.

Akeeba Backup and (!)Akeeba Kickstart(!) save me a lot of time during my work! Great job & Keep going!

Used Akeeba to transfer a website i made on my local server.
Packed, uploaded on ftp, used Kickstart: after ten minutes the site was on line and working perfect!
Extremely easy to use, powerful and, overall, inclredibly useful!!
Thank you for this great piece of work!!

Thank you so much for this fast, stable, efficient, and user-friendly backup and RESTORE component. Joomlapack was great and I am happy to say that this is even faster and better. So easy to restore! Also, by downloading kickstart from your site and putting it on my server it is much faster to FTP the backup file in a compressed format.
I would say this is one of the most important components for Joomla and I have depended heavily on several on a busy ecommerce site. Essential. Hats off to you for the clean and professional interface.

I use this on 2 websites,one with full e-commerce. I am an advanced joomla user. This install easily, sets up very easily, a novice user would have no problem using it with the wizards included. This does everything I need, full backups, incremental backups, unattended scheduled backups, deleting old backups, emailing results you name it. I wish I had been using this before as it would have saved me days of restoring from failures. The Lazy Backup Scheduler is so easy to set up, it's not well mentioned in the install, look for it under plugins and a few check boxes and you are set to go. Just make sure you have enough disk quote on your host. This is truly an all in one backup solution. Bravo and thank you to the developer.

The most important and often relegated aspect of any digital data, is backup and restore. AkeebaBackup overcomes this sometimes overlooked task with a suite of simple, intuitive programs taking the worry out of the whole process. What's more, it's free, but with a sensibly priced version for professionals who have more demands on their time with multiple sites. Akeeba, well done, it's excellent!

I had switched hosting companies and was looking for the easiest way to move my site over without doing a fresh install or moving it manually. I used Akeeba Backup with Kickstart and followed their step by step directions and it worked flawlessly! I did have to make a few small changes to the .htaccess file due to the new hosting server parameters, but that's also something Akeeba lets you know is a possibility as well. I couldn't be happier!

I installed the backup program a few weeks ago, and have been using it religiously since. I like that fact that it reminds you to backup.

My site was hacked twice last year and restoring was a real pain!

Yesterday I managed to crash my site, so I used Kickstart to restore from these backups...site was up and running perfectly in no time. So relieved! I really am sleeping a little better right now.