It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a sql file with database script and a restoration script (derived from the standard Joomla! installer). You also have the option to create backup of only your database excluding the files.

JoomlaPack is more than a backup tool; it is a site cloner. This means that the resulting backup can be restored on any server, not only on the one it was taken from. This lets you very easily grab a copy of your live site, running on a Linux™ host, and restore it on your local test server, running on Windows™.Or even vice versa.

Here is a simple work-flow of JoomlaPack:-

1) Download the component JoomlaPack

2) Install it in Joomla

3) Go to Components->JoomlaPack

4) JoomlaPack Component interface appears. You can change your preferences by clicking the Configuration link or menu. The configuration includes Output Directory, Minimum access level, Backup Type (Full site backup or database backup only), etc.

# Note: After you backup your online website and put it in your local machine then you have to change the Output Directory. The Output Directory should be in the absolute path,

e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\channel\administrator\components\com_joomlapack\backup

OR, if you put the backup file on another online server then the Output Directory should be changed accordingly.

5) Click Backup Now menu or link. You may keep short description and comment for your backup. Then click Backup Now! button.

6) The AJAX or JavaScript powered backup information is shown to you.
7) After the backup completes, go to Administer Backup Files.

8 ) Select your Backup taken and then Download or Delete it.. as you like :)
9) After you download the backup file, put it in your local or any other online server. And then just write down the address on your browser, e.g. http://localhost/yourwebsitename. JoomlaPack restoration script similar to Joomla! installer appears. Follow the steps.

10) Finally remove or rename the installation directory and you are done.

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The configuration file named “httpd.conf” is located in the folder named “conf” of your Apache web server. Open the file httpd.conf in any text editor of your choice. Search for “mod_rewrite”. You will find

“#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so”, i.e. the mod_rewrite is not enabled. Uncomment it by deleting the ‘#’. Hence, mod_rewrite is enabled.

Now, in the same file i.e. httpd.conf, search for “.htaccess”. You will find a line saying “AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.” Look below this line. You will find “Allowoverride None”. Make it “Allowoverride All”. Hence, .htaccess override is allowed.

2) Now go to the administration section of your joomla site.

3) Navigate to Site >> Global Configuration

4) Select the SEO tab.

5) Select the Yes radio box next to the Search Engine Friendly URLs descriptor.

6) Now, the site will show an alert saying “Remember to rename htaccess.txt file to .htaccess”. Click ok button.

7) Click Save.

8 ) Now, we have to rename the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess. But before renaming it, we have to make some changes in the file.

9) Open the file htaccess.txt in any text editor of your choice.

10) Search for

“RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR]”

11) In the first result of your search, you will find instruction on what should be changed in the line you have searched, i.e. the line above in 10).

The change to be made is that if you have installed your joomla files in the folder named “joomla” inside of your root folder, then the above line should be changed as: “RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/joomla/component/option,com) [NC,OR]” and don’t forget to uncomment it, i.e. by removing the ‘#’ present at the start of the line.

12) Now, rename the htaccess.txt file to .htaccess. You can to this by some FTP/editor program or by opening the file and saving for all types as .htaccess.

13) All well done! Restart your Apache web server.

14) You will notice that sections/content/items have nice URLs like:

http://www.yoursite.com/content/section/1/2/

instead of

http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=1&Itemid=2

and components have URLs like:

http://www.yoursite.com/component/option,com_search/Itemid,5/

instead of

http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=5

Enjoy !!!

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