Question for MyHobbySite website owners

[cfmoran]

I saw someone mention "website hacked" in a separate thread and it got me thinking that I've never backed up the screenshots of my videos. I don't want to lose them again. Can anyone tell me where I can find the screenshots to back them up? I'm not sure if it's in my site's FTP or MySQL databse.

[sjmike]

You can back up your screenshots via FTP. They are stored under /modules/recordings/public/images/video/

You should also backup your MySQL database since it contains all of your websites information and data regarding the screenshots file names and such.

That way if you ever lose your site or move to another hosting provider. You just import your MySQL Database and upload everything else via FTP and your good to go.

[cfmoran]

Thanks, Mike! That was easy enough to find. I think this was a subject that was addressed on the MHS support board before it went down.

[Bluefalcon]

I should really do this also. It took me months to reload all the screenshots one by one when the sites were all hacked.

[sjmike]

If anyone with a MyHobbySite needs help backing up their site or SQL DB let me know.

[no leaf clover]

A little advice: back everything up on your HD. I have back ups of all my screenshots, coverart thumbnails and the rest of my website on my HD.

If my site gets hacked I can easily upload it again.
That way all efforts of taking and uploading screenshots aren't gone when a site gets hacked.

But I guess alot of people learned that lesson after the last series of hack attacks a little while ago.

[J0nn0666]

what happened with the hacking?What did they do,and what was the reason for it??

[cfmoran]

Some asshole thought it'd be funny to hijack every MHS website. So, every site got locked up. You couldn't even get in as an administrator. There was text written on the screen for each site saying something about the Muslims or something. Plus, any and all screenshots or cover art got wiped out. So, if you'd spent 100's of hours loading screenshots for 1000's of shows, unless you were smart enough to back it all up (I wasn't), it was all gone and you'd have to start all over again. Everything was back up and running in a few weeks' time. It's not something I'd like to go through again.

[J0nn0666]

WOW!That really sucks,never thought someone would be interested in hacking something like that.I had my PC hacked once,years ago.Whoever did it left a note on my desktop saying they could have done a lot more damage than they did,and that i should be more careful in future.They just changed the names on a few mp3's that i had.

[no leaf clover]

Main lesson here is: of you own or running a website keep a back up of all data on your HD. In case of a hack or whatever you ALWAYS have the files stored.