You can download script here.

The script was tested on 1and1 and Dreamhost shared hosting. It should work on any server with php that has php function exec() enabled. Please report if this works for you on other hosts or not.

How to use this script

• upload wp_backup.php to the root (this is where your index.php and wp-config.php reside)
• type in your browser yourdomain.com/wp_backup.php
• depending on the size of your blog this may take from a few seconds to a few minutes.
• you will get a download link to just created .zip archive. You can also download archive with ftp.
• spread the word =)

What the script does:

• Tries to find wp-config.php file
• If wp-config.php found it tries to export database into a date stamped sql file (for example dbname_2011-11-12.sql)
• Creates a .zip archive of all the files
• If database export was made previously it deletes it
• At the end the script deletes itself from the server so nobody can use it to compromise your website
• Shows success message with the link to created .zip archive

After you downloaded your zip archive please delete it from the server so nobody steals it.
Also make sure to check if .htaccess file was included in the archive. Some servers don’t allow files with names beggining with the dot “.” to be included in zip archives.
If you can’t find .htaccess file in the archive then download it separately.

Backup shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes or the script will timeout and give you an error. If you want to exclude large files (videos, archives) from being added to the archive just temporarily change their permissions to 000 using chmod command with your ftp client or shell.

If you have any questions please comment below.

I’m gonna put a disclaimer here to make things clear and protect myself.

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage or loss this script may cause you. I do not guarantee this script to work. Different server settings may cause the script to not function correctly. I do not provide support for this script.

Flashy Websites: It is very important to have an appealing and flash website. Although, this statement is true; but most people fail to understand this statement. When people hear about this statement they think of websites with flash content. Search engines fail to read the flash content and give your website a lower ranking. Your website should be appealing but you should have good amount of text so search engines can rank you properly.

ALT Tags: People make a mistake by not associating ALT tags with images they upload on their websites. The basic reason of usage of ALT tag is to inform people about the image if the image does not load itself due to poor connection. Search engines cannot crawl on images; they can easily crawl on text so it is better to add ALT tags so search engines can read those tags. Make sure to put keywords in ALT tags.

Keywords: Keywords are very essential to achieve higher rankings and to drive target audience to your website. People end up adding too many keywords in their articles. Search engine robots lower your ranking if they find too many keywords. You will lose your target audience as they do not give importance to articles which have too many keywords. They will not only runaway but they will never come back. Use keyword appropriately to gain success.

Plagiarism: This is a very big mistake that people make. They do so to make their work easier. People should avoid plagiarism. People like reading updated content and if you host already written content on your website then readers will run away. Even search engine robots will catch you for this mistake and your page ranking will go down the drain.

Search Engine Guidelines: People start off with using SEO techniques and tools and they do not even properly read the guidelines. In these guidelines, you will find different ways people use illegal tools to promote the ranking of their website. If you conduct any of the illegal activities then your website ranking will be adversely affected. Search engine guidelines keep on changing quite frequently so you should always keep yourself updated with new guidelines if you want to conduct a successful marketing campaign.

If you are thinking of doing all the SEO work yourself then think again. You need to be very careful with each step you take. It is better to take help from SEO companies as they are in this field for quite some time and know everything about SEO. They even keep themselves updated with all the guidelines. A good SEO company has the ability to make your marketing campaign successful.

Backlinks are very essential to increase PR. If you want your website to achieve a higher rank then you have to get as many backlinks as possible. Basically the website that is linking with your website should have higher rank and if you are linked with websites that have a higher rank then your website will even achieve a higher rank.

There are two kinds of backlinks. The first kind is a one way link and the second kind is a two way link. In two way link you add somebody else’s website to your website and they add your website’s link to their websites. There are companies that do this work. You can even contact different website owners and get yourself listed on their website. There are other free ways of getting two way links.

In one way link a website adds your website on their webpage and you do not have to add their webpage link. This can easily be done with the help of article submission to article directories. When you submit your article to an article directory you just have to add your webpage link with that article. Later bloggers will add your article to their websites and you will get a back link. Google gives higher preference to one way link.
The last step of link building is taking part in different discussions. You can take part in discussions on different social networking websites. In these discussions you are allowed to add your website as signature. You should take part in discussions quite often as the number of time your link appears, the higher page rank you can attain. Do not add irrelevant information, give appropriate information and create goodwill.
Increasing PR is very necessary. Keep in mind that you cannot increase your PR in two or three days, it takes time. You have to be patient and hard working. You have to provide good content to article directories as bloggers only take those articles which have good quality data. You should try to increase one way link to increase your ranking. SEO services from SEO companies and specialists can be taken to increase page ranking and they can do it in a better way as they are more experienced. You just need to find an appropriate SEO consultant for this job.

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You might find a number of php scripts vendors that will offer a news archive php management system but most of them will cost you from $20 to a couple of hunder bucks. That is way more than one is willing to spend for the purpose of having a news archive with php.

WordPress is a free state of the art blog CMS system written with php. All you need is a server that supports php and a mysql database.

Consider installing wordpress as your news archive platform in a directory in the root for instance: yourdomain.com/news or /news-archive.

Once you done with installation proceed to the admin panel and start creating categories. These will be your news post topics. For example: new products, shipping changes and so on… You might choose to skip creating categories and just stick with uncategorized.

WordPress comes with news archive features already pre-installed. All you’ll have to do is just to post news and categorize them. You might want to do a few tweaks first.

Change the layout of the news section to match the entire website. In most cases you will need to change a few files in the themes directory (wp-content/themes/yourthemename/). These files are: archive.php, archives.php, comments.php (if you allow comments on news posts), index.php, page.php, single.php and of course footer.php, header.php and css files.

To achieve better page rank use permalinks which helps your SEO.