I have just released WordPress Backup to Dropbox 0.9.1 that fixes some permission issues and adds a monitor page.
Permission Issues
Some people have been having issues with the plugin due to their server permissions and this release attempts to warn the user when certain tasks cannot be performed due to this.
When the plugin cannot create the SQL dump directory you will now be told to create it manually. If this folder is not writeable the SQL backup cannot be created so a warning will be displayed to the user.
In addition to this, any directories that cannot be read by PHP will be skipped rather then killing the backup.
Backup Monitor
This release also includes a simple backup monitor that will also replace the ‘Backup now’ option. When a backup is in progress you can go to it and see any current warnings and the current file that is being processed.
When there is no backup in progress, clicking the ‘Backup now’ link will instantly start a new backup that you can monitor.
I plan to iterate on this feature in coming releases.
Robb
November 2, 2011 at 8:02 am
I’m now getting the following. What should the permissions be set to?
Permission denied in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/wp-backup-to-dropbox-file-tree.php on line 31
Mikey
November 15, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Gday Rob,
In order for the file tree to read the files they need to be readable by Apache. I plan to release a fix to skip over non readable files soon.
Cheers,
Mikey
Frank
November 2, 2011 at 5:09 am
I use Version 0.8 and it works perfectly, thank you very much.
Using 0.9 or 0.91 I get the error: “There was a fatal error loading WordPress Backup to Dropbox – WP Cron is disabled and is required by WordPress Backup to Dropbox. Please define DISABLE_WP_CRON to false in wp-config.php”
Yes, I set DISABLE_WP_CRON to true and I start sp-cron.php instead via a Cron-job.
Any Chance to run newer versions of your plugin with these settings?
Mikey
November 15, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Gday Frank,
I was unaware of sp-cron.php and will investigate it for future releases. For the time being you can just comment out that check in version 0.9.1.
Cheers,
Mikey
dubik
October 28, 2011 at 7:40 pm
thanks for the plugin. really great.
Hariharan
October 25, 2011 at 2:06 am
Truly an ideal solution. If only you could share the information on how to restore from a backup that was made, it’d be great!
Mikey
October 25, 2011 at 8:08 am
Gday Hariharan,
I plan to make one soon.
Cheers,
Mikey