Programmers, please read...

[Dravyk]

Sare, you're a trip! But I see your point.

Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Mar 26 2005, 06:20 PM
How many programmers in the adult industry are seasoned enough to have a plan to rollback their changes when they are applied to the live production site in case something goes wrong?

In my experience, it's essentially none.

DOS Tip: back up the entire site including a snapshot of the database before you let your programmers install their new stuff.

HP, must be my personal experience, but ...

- I copy the site to my drive.
- I dump the database to my drive.
- I have someone working for me or with me do the same thing.
- I have a copy of each also gzipped as "blahblah_old" on the server.
(Btw. I also pay extra for daily server and db backups!)

THEN I upgrade the new version!

Ok, that's not true ....

I actually do everything above and then upgrade the TEST duplicate site that's not open to the public, and then if THAT works, THEN I upgrade!

Yeah, I know. I'm one cautious mother ... but I've learned to be the hard way.