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  Backup Plugin for Coppermine Photo Gallery V 1.0
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  Coppermine Photo Gallery
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  Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Coppermine Dev Team
  v1.1 originaly written by Gregory DEMAR

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.
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  Coppermine version: 1.4.8
  $Source: /cvsroot/cpg-contrib/master_template/codebase.php,v $
  $Revision: 1.3 $
  $Author: donnoman $
  $Date: 2005/12/08 05:46:49 $
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based on the XT Dump script with the agreement of the author
Modified by Frantz for Backup plugin
2007/01/20
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What it is
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This plugin is a simple way for backup and restore the Coppermine database directly from the admin menu:
there are three actions possible:
*Backup the database. The plugin will create a database dump in the /dumps/ folder on your server. You have the possibility to dowload the file on your computer
*Restore the database. The plugin restore the database from the dump on your server.  
*Managing the dump files on your server. You can download files on your local computer or delete old dump files from your server.

INSTALL
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* Unpack the archive and upload the "backup" directory structure to your Coppermine 
  gallery's plugins folder.
* Login as an admin, go to config, then "Manage Plugins"
* Find the backup entry in the available plugins and click install.
* When logged in as admin you will have a new admin menu button (backup/restore) to launch the process

USE
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*Backup:  The plugin create a dump from your database in the /plugins/backup/dumps/ folder on your coppermine install (server)
          You can dowload the file on your computer (local) by clicking the button on end of the process
*Restore: The plugin restores your database with the dump file you choose in the dropdown list (all dump files in the /dumps/ folder)
          if you wish to use a backup file which is not present on your server, it will have to be placed in the backup plugin /dumps/folder  using the ftp 
*Managing dump files:With this option you can manage the dump files in your backup plugin /dumps/ folder.
          You can dowload the files on your local installation or delete old files
          
LANGUAGE 
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The plugin comes with english and french language files 
