en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/567962 Comments by Zargouz http://thirdworldgeek.com/how-to-backup-and-resurrect-your-wordpress-blog/#IDComment24173798 Using webhost back-up is time consuming, because you are backing up your entire account. Using the built-in WordPress back-up is faster because it is limited to your WordPress installation. But whatever backup you use, you are still in trouble if you are not able to log into your blog admin and site. How can you restore your previous back-up if cannot enter your admin, right? It happened to me many times, and, as many of you experienced, caused me sleepless nights. Most of the time, if not all the time, the problem is the "index.php" file which is either corrupted or struck by a virus. Uninstalling and re-installing your WordPress installation and tweaking your MySQL database (which are beyond me!) is too much of a hassle for one, like me, who is not . . . well . . .a geek. After countless sleepless nights, I found a solution. Install WordPress in another sub-folder of your hosting account, and, using FTP program (I am using Filezilla), copy the "index.php" and put it in place of the defective one. Just see to it that both files are of the same WordPress version. The reason it works it that "index.php" is static and not site-specific. Once inside your WP admin, you don't have to restore your backup, otherwise you will be reinstalling your defective "index.php." Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:49:14 +0000 http://thirdworldgeek.com/how-to-backup-and-resurrect-your-wordpress-blog/#IDComment24173798