Talk:Site Backup for Low-tech Users

I like this, although "low-tech users" doesn't strike me as quite what I'd like to be called. Maybe "non-Programmers"?

One other item I think needs fixing. The graphic for phpMyAdmin should maybe point explicitly at the Database in top left pane. People who don't know databases might assume that each table is a database and start pointlessly clicking. I very much like the orderly progression of the arrows in the graphic.

I like the instructions under "Another Site Backup," but I think the use of "backup" will confuse non-programmers here. We've just learned how to zip those 2 (or 3) items and now we're setting up a site as a backup? Maybe just stick with "Using your backup to create a test site"?

--Stuart Mealor 20:28, 22 February 2010 (UTC)I think it's worth pointing out that FTP is not really secure. Backing up sites remotely really needs to use rsync or similar (but I don't think that is appropriate for a 'Backup for Low-tech Users' guide). I think the guide needs to make it clear that backups to a different (backup) server may not work correctly as the domain name changes. Agree with the first comment, I don't think this level of backup/restore documentation fits with the 'Backup for Low-tech Users' title. This is site admin stuff, and not something a low-tech user would usually be involved in. Perhaps the starting question should be "What do average teachers need to be able to do in terms of backups?"

I think there are non-techie site admins out there who need this info. Average teachers who have just enough savvy & moxie to be running a school's Moodle. So, I think Stuart is onto something -- "Backup for Non-Techie Site Admins" is getting closer to a title, maybe.