I have a suggested plugin project for all the Links SQL Plugin Programmers.

The plugin would be called Backup/Restore.

I know it may sound like we have this presently, but we do not.

The Backup/Restore in Links does not:

Archive as a "Snapshot" the def's, templates, all SQL data, and allow a full restore, even if you have added new fields to links. The Backup would run automagically 1/day or 1/week, etc.

It could also be smart and do a digest of individual templates, as well as globals, so that it backs up a new set when any changes are made(or backs up just the changed items and can do a stepwise or incremental restore.

All this would be Tar'd/GZip'd with sitename and date in the filename for easy download.

I have a few more ideas on this.

Ease of use will be critical. As will the total reversability of any Restore action.

If programmed correctly, you could restore templates and data to any point in time, and also see what changes were made to specific templates and the globals historically.

If anyone Plugin programmers would like my help in spec'ing this out and flowcharting it, I would love to help.


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