Backup Files

The importance of backing up your files cannot be stressed enough. From time to time we get support mail from users who have lost all of the data on their hard drives due to a virus or some other unplanned accident. Needless to say, an event such as that can be quite frustrating or even painful if one has forgotten to make backup copies of the important files.

What files should you back up?

To backup a file for re-editing in Web Page Maker, you need to save the file (the .wss file) and also any image files or other external files that you used in your pages. The .wss file does not contain any actual images or sound files used on the site it does include a reference to those files. For that reason it is recommended that images and sounds used also get backed up.

Fortunately, Web Page Maker gives you an easiest way to make a copy of your files.

How to make backup copies?

You can manually make a backup copy of your files by following these steps:

1. Select "Save As Backup" from the File menu.

   

2. A "Save as" dialog box appears. Choose a folder to save your files in.
3. Press the Save button.Web Page Maker will generate a .wss file and an image folder that contains all supporting files, such as images, sound files and more.

   

4. Select the .wss file and the image folder, right-click and then click Copy.
5. Now, in My Computer, you can right-click the disk or external hard drive where you want to store the backup copy, and then click Paste.

It is usually a good idea to store your backup file copies in an external hard drive or USB flash drive.