Screen: ShopSite > Utilities > Export

Export to Local Computer

Export your ShopSite configuration and database files in a compressed format to a local computer. This provides a failsafe backup for your data. When you choose to export data from shopsite to a local computer, you must decide which files you wish to package up for download from the following:

Configuration
All of the user-adjustable settings utilized during site creation and management
Database
Content including pages, products, etc.
Note:
When exporting very large databases, there may be a short delay as the database is copied and file integrity is verified.
Note:
References to files that have been uploaded to ShopSite (images, downloadable products, and any HTML pages created outside of ShopSite) are included in the export, but the actual files are NOT included in the export. Uploaded files must be backed up through FTP or another protocol.
Custom Templates
Any user-defined templates
Reports
All generated reports
User Accounts
All User Account information (usernames, passwords, assigned roles, etc.)

Click Next to continue to the second step of the export process

Here, you are presented with a time stamp for the last export made of the same data type (Ex. Configuration, Database, Custom Templates, or Reports). Also, you may password protect the exporting zip file by selecting the "Yes" radio button and providing the password in the appropriate fields.

Additionally, you can select the check box to "Zip file relative to the data directory?" This will make it so the zip file generated starts with the store's data directory instead of at the root of the server. For example, the old zip file would have a path like this: home/data/stuff With the new export functionality the zip file will just have the path /stuff

Click Download to finish the export process and download the .zip archive

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Last updated: October 21, 2014
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