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 We would like to thank JoomlaPlug.com for their donate to our
Joomla! website project. They donate a copy of JoomlaCloner, which
will be used with our websites to perform routine backups. As anyone that works with computers knows, making backups on the regular basis is a very good decision.
With a Joomla! based website, depending on your server, you maybe be able to make general backups using your server settings, but sometimes its harder to restore a site using those backups and its almost impossible to move your site from one server to another. Using JoomlaCloner, that changes everything and opens a whole new world. Not only does JoomlaCloner create a backup of the entire site, including the database, but you can include or exclude anything on your server that you want.
 Getting ready to move to a new server, no problem either. You choice the correct options and it will include a installation file that will allow you to completely restore or move your site to a new server. In fact, we used it to move several of our sites from one hosting company to another and were very pleased with the results. Out of 12 sites, we only had 1 that gave us any trouble and it ended up being a server issue. If you have not created a proper backup of your Joomla! site, the time is now and we would recommend that you try JoomlaCloner or the newer XCloner 2.0. These programs are designed to be used with Joomla! 1.0.x (JoomlaCloner) and Joomla! 1.5 (JoomlaCloner in Legacy, XCloner is native).
Here are some of the important details about JoomlaClober:
Frontend Features:
 Share custom backups with your users
Users have the possibility to automatically transfer the custom clone to their host by using a simple ftp form
Users can automatically restore the transfered clone by using the provided restore script
Backend Features:
Create full or partial backups based on your input
Create ZIP or TAR backups based on your configuration input
Posibility to exclude components, modules, mambots from your generated clone
Posibility to exclude directory and files from the backup, manually or through cron settings(AJAX powered)
Create backups based on a cron task, created backups can be stored on the local server, remotely through ftp or emailed
Delete backups older than a certain number of days
Ability to manage existing backups, rename/delete/move, publish to user frontend for sharing
Posibility to clone any backup to another location, it can be done automatically by using the server functions or manually
Configuration area lets you choose on how to generate backups based on your server possibilities
You can choose to create backups by using only PHP, or by also using some server utilities to speed things up
Generating backups through Cron Jobs
You can create backups at any time with the help of our cron script
You can store the generated backup locally, through email or a remote ftp location
You can run Multiple cron jobs based on custom configurations
You can create full or partial backups
Restore Features:
The generated clone of JoomlaCloner can be restored on a totally different server, with new server and mysql details
Restore both ZIP or TAR archives
Restore script is independent from the main component and Joomla and can be run on any host
The restore script is located inside the JoomlaCloner component archive, in directory restore/
Full restore of a clone made with JoomlaCloner
Ability to restore the original files and directories permissions
Automatic update of the new host settings to the configuration file
Ability to import the clone using either a ftp simulated sessions, or direct restore through php
Posibility to exclude database from importing
Ability to restore multiple clones to different locations
Compatibility:
Joomla 1.0.x series
Joomla 1.5 both legacy(through JoomlaCloner 1.9.2) and native(through XCloner 2.0)
Mambo 4.5.2(>2) series
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