Joomla is probably the mostly used Content management system worldwide at this time. I came across Joomla about six months ago and i just made about 3 sites using that. This software has a lot of extensions and plugins/extensions to make it functional in many ways. So if you have’t used it yet, i would recommend you to give it a try. You can get it from Joomla’s official site.

A site made using Joomla consists of two major things, if you are going to migrate your site from one server to another i.e. Joomla files and Database. So its quite simpler to switch server if required. Simply download all of your files and upload to new server and export your database and get it up on your new server. This is four step procedure that makes your site up on new server BUT all this can take a lot of your time.

Another way to accomplish this task may be to use a component. If you search through Joomla extensions, there are many components availale with both commercial and free license. You don’t need to spend money for this simple thing. One extension i found useful is Joomla Pack. It can not only be used for migration but you can use it for your regular backups as well. So the whole thing is divided in two steps:

1. Taking Backup

2. Uploading Backup file to new server

Taking Bakup:

After you have downloaded and installed the component, simply go to components in navigation bar and click JoomlaPack to open component page.

There you will some buttons and configuration details. Your temp folder located at ‘administrator/components/com_jpack/temp’ must be CHMOD to 755. This is the destination folder where backup files will be stored. You simply need to press ‘create backup’ button to start making backup file.

 

After pressing the shown button, it will intimate not to browse anywhere else and click to backup your site. A bar will start running on the screen showing the back up process is in process.

 

After the backup is complete you can download it from JoomlaPack options page easily by going to Backup Files Administration. This process will only take about 5 minutes + download time at your internet speed. You can do it on daily basis to make sure that your precious articales are not lost.

Uploading to new Server:

Simply Upload the archive file to new destination where you want you site to run. In Cpanel there is option of unzipping the archive file. Make use of it and unzip your backupfile. It will be along with installation folder. Simply Install the Joomla site as you had done before.

Most important thing is that you must use the older login details. While installing on new server DON’T use a new password. It’s not gonna work with that.

Delete the installation folder (hmm it’s quite obvious) and one more important thing is that you must recheck your Global settings after successful installation.  It makes the whole process over.