Over the years we have all seen the horror posts about problems that could have been solved by the good use of snapshots. Unfortunately snapshots are a very poorly promoted feature in Actinic, many people think that doing a database backup is the way to "backup" the website. I recon 80% of users dont even know what a snapshot is - its not even mentioned in the getting started guide! yet IMO its one of the most important features of the software.
The problem is in its name "Snapshot" - WTF does that mean. Database Backup however sounds a little better but is almost useless when trying to recover your site from a wrecked hard drive etc. What I would like to see is the name snapshot changed to something a bit more descriptive to help new users - Website Backup or the like would be far better and would perhaps encourage people to use it. Also a prompt during the procedure to use external media for the backup would again improve matters.
The problem is in its name "Snapshot" - WTF does that mean. Database Backup however sounds a little better but is almost useless when trying to recover your site from a wrecked hard drive etc. What I would like to see is the name snapshot changed to something a bit more descriptive to help new users - Website Backup or the like would be far better and would perhaps encourage people to use it. Also a prompt during the procedure to use external media for the backup would again improve matters.
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