Do you know you can Backup your Website/WordPress Blog to Dropbox either by using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)? Let’s check out in this post how to do so?

Backup whole Website/WordPress Blog to Dropbox using FTP or SFTP

1. Go to Backup Box (or My Backup Box) and Directly Login there using your Email Address and a Password – The site requires NO Registration!

2. As soon as you are Logged in, you will be getting following Transfer Interface (click to enlarge):

3. Now, Login (Secure Login) to your cPanel Account and Click Backup Wizard under Files Category as shown below:

4. On the very next page, Click Backup Button:

On the immediate next page, you need to create a Full Backup of your cPanel Account. Click on the Full Backup Button and you will be redirected to the final step for generating a backup of your account:

The final page will ask you Where you want to store the generated Backup file of your Website/Blog? and your Email Address. Select Home Directory from the Drop Down Menu and Enter your Email Address (if not already present by default):

Hit the Generate Backup Button and cPanel will start backing up your whole account. You will also get a Backup Confirmation Email, once the full backup has been generated. The completed backup file will be in .tar.gz format and will be present in your Home Directory.

5. (Important) You need to MOVE this Backup File to some other directory (say BACKUP) in public_html folder and change the permission of the Backup File (.tar.gz file) to 755:

* We are moving the generated backup file to another newly created folder in public_html, so that Backup Box doesn’t start transferring your whole Home Directory (EVERYTHING) to Dropbox! As of now, Backup Box doesn’t allow selecting single file from any specific folder for transfer to Dropbox, instead it provides you the option of transferring whole content of a specific folder!

As soon as you have done moving the file to BACKUP folder in public_html and have changed the permission of .tar.gz backup file, we are now ready to move the backup file to Dropbox by FTP or SFTP!

6. On the Left Hand Side of Backup Box, select your preferred Transfer Protocol which can be either FTP or SFTP. As per your selection, you need to enter following information for Authorizing Backup Box with FTP/SFTP of your Web Hosting Server:

The above information includes:

• Server Name
• Port Number (In my case, the Port Number for HostGator Server is 2222 for SFTP)
• Username
• Password/Pass phrase
• Initial Directory – You can leave this field blank

* In case you don’t know the Server Name and Port Number (for FTP/SFTP), open a support ticket with your Web Host and ask them these details. I am assuming that you atleast know Username and Password for your Server/Web Hosting Account!!!

Once, you have entered FTP/SFTP Credentials correctly, click on Authorize FTP/SFTP Button and the site interface will now load various directories present in your Account:

7. Now browse through directories and when you reach the NEWLY created BACKUP Folder, select any of the following option, as per your requirements, from the center of Backup Box Interface:

• Transfer home/<Account Name>/public_html/backup as a folder.
• Transfer only the contents of home/<Account Name>/public_html/backup.
• Archive (ZIP) Files First – Backup Box will ZIP everything and will name it as BackupBox.zip
• Add a Timestamp - Backup Box will add a timestamp to your archive. E.g. BackupBox-201203072156.zip

8. Now, On the Right Hand Side of Backup Box, select Dropbox and Authorize Backup Box with your Dropbox Account (Dropbox Login required)

9. From Center Interface, select When would you like to make this transfer? Instant (Now) and Monthly Transfers (on a specific date) are completely FREE, while there’s a small monthly charge for scheduling Weekly and Daily Transfers with Backup Box:

10. As soon as you have performed all the above mentioned steps >> hit the Review Button >> Backup Box server will now verify everything and if everything is correct, your backup file is ready to be transferred to Dropbox by means of either FTP or SFTP. Wait for few hours and the Backup file will magically appear in your Dropbox Account!!!

Overall, Backup Box is a very useful service for Bloggers and Webmasters, who want to directly backup/transfer various types of files to/from Dropbox and other popular online services. Thanks to Eric Warnke and Mark Fossen for creating Backup Box!

Important Notes:

• Using Backup Box, you can even transfer Files from your Dropbox Account to your Web Hosting Account via FTP/SFTP!!! Backup Box is actually a middleman between various popular web technologies, that don’t play nice together. Backup Box takes your files from one place and transfers/converts them to another!
• The connection between your Browser and Backup Box is fully encrypted by means of SSL Certificate, so there’s NO need to worry. If you want more information, you can always check out the Privacy Policy of Backup Box.
• Backup Box will first transfer content from your Web Server to its own server, than it will transfer the content to Dropbox.
• There’s NO FTP file size limit with Backup Box. But, some FTP servers might impose their own limits which will therefore cause a transfer to fail!
• With Backup Box there’s zero file size limit to or from Dropbox! Read more here
• Transfer time to Dropbox will depend on various factors like total number of Files, Size of File(s) you are transferring and any special request to Backup Box like ZIPPING everything before the transfer. For example, transferring 1.8 GB data consisting of around 4100 directories and 5000 files from an FTP server will take around 30 minutes for Backup Box to index, and then around another 1.5 hours for transfer to Dropbox!
• You can transfer almost anything (any file) from your Web Hosting Server/Account to Dropbox via FTP/SFTP using Backup Box. For illustration purpose, we transferred cPanel Backup to Dropbox.
• If you want, there’s also an option to Deauthorize your FTP/SFTP/Dropbox Accounts from Backup Box. For this, just click on the small Settings button in front of the service name.
• Transfer to/from SugarSync, Box, GitHub, MySQL, Mango DB, Flickr and Amazon S3 is going to be added soon!
• For more information and updates, you can always follow Backup Box’s Blog, Twitter and Facebook Account.

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Let’s check out in this post, some legitimate ways of getting Bonus Storage Space in your Dropbox Account.

Get More FREE Storage Space in your Dropbox Account

Following are the top 3 ways for getting Free Storage Space in your Dropbox Account:

1. Complete Get Started

As soon as you register for Dropbox, the first page will be about Getting Started with Dropbox. This page asks you to complete following tasks:

• Take the Dropbox tour - The tour will teach you Dropbox basics!
• Installing Dropbox on your computer - Installing Dropbox on your computer is the best way to make sure your files are always with you!
• Put file(s) in your Dropbox Folder - Put your Documents, Photos and Media into your Dropbox folder on one computer and they’ll automatically appear on any other computer of yours, that also have Dropbox installed (via LAN SYNC or Direct Download from Cloud/Dropbox Servers)!
• Installing Dropbox on other computer you use - Anything in your Dropbox will stay up to date across all of your computers and mobile devices.
• Sharing a folder with Friends or colleagues - Dropbox shared folders allows you to share photos and videos with friends, family and colleagues, or work together on projects and reports. Read more here
• Installing Dropbox on your mobile device - Access your files on your mobile/tablet device. Dropbox is compatible with Android, BlackBerry, iPad and iPhone!

Completing ANY 5 above mentioned steps will instantly give you an additional space of 250 MB!

2. Connect your Social Networking Accounts like Facebook, Twitter etc. and Tweet About Dropbox!

In order to connect your Social Networking Account like Facebook, Twitter etc., just go to THIS LINK and complete following tasks:

• Connect your Twitter Account with Dropbox (Authorization Required)
• Connect your Facebook account with Dropbox (Authorization Required)
• Follow @Dropbox on Twitter
• Give feedback about Why you Love Dropbox?!
• Tweet about Dropbox on Twitter!

Completing each task gives you 128 MB of additional storage. This means, if you complete all the above mentioned 5 tasks, you will get 640 MB of additional Storage Space in your Dropbox Account!

3. Invite your Friends, Family and Colleagues to Dropbox

This is the most popular way of getting Free Storage Space in your Dropbox Account! Just Invite your friends, family members and colleagues to join Dropbox and whenever a person joins Dropbox using your referral link and installs Dropbox Client on his/her PC/MAC, both of you gets 500 MB of Bonus Space!

Try Signing up for Dropbox using THIS LINK and get 500 MB of Bonus Storage Space instantly!

Note:

• Free Users of Dropbox can extend their account upto 16 GB by inviting 32 People!
• Paid Users of Dropbox can extend their account upto 32 GB by inviting 32 People! Pro users of Dropbox gets 1 GB of Bonus Space when a person joins Dropbox using their Referral Link!
• When the invited person installs Dropbox Client on his/her Computer (Windows/MAC/Linux), only then you will be eligible to get Bonus Storage Space!

Hope you enjoy your Free Storage From Dropbox!

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And now YouTube! has officially added some very popular Indian TV Shows/Soaps on YouTube!

If you want to watch old/latest episodes of your favorite TV Serials/Soaps like CID, Bade Acche Lagte Hai, Ramayan, Comedy Circus etc. etc. OR just want to download these shows for your PERSONAL Collection, you need to head over to THIS LINK:

Every TV Show is available as an individual channel, so that you can browse through various episodes all in one place. Also, YouTube! and Indian TV Channels are regularly adding NEW Episodes/Shows almost everyday.

Right now, these shows are available for Indians only and many foreigners have reported that they are unable to see these TV shows! Hope these channels becomes LIVE for everyone around the world!

Happy Viewing!

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Let’s check out in this post How to watch and download (for strict personal use) YouTube! Movies in different languages?

Watch YouTube! Movie in Multiple Languages

In order to check out the Movies list and watch YouTube Movies in High Definition(HD)/High Quality Format, all you need to do is to navigate to Official YouTube! Movies Page. Here you will find tons of movie in different categories viz. Comedy, Action and Adventure, Drama, Crime, Horror, Romance, Family, Classics, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) and movies of Miscellaneous Genre, each consisting of movies in different languages.

Download YouTube! Movie in Multiple Languages

Downloading YouTube! Movies is quite easy. Either you can download these Movies, for strict personal usage, using various types of Browser Extensions available OR you can download these movies using Desktop Software.

When speaking of Browser Extension, Video Download Helper for Firefox Web Browser is best in class, because of its ability to download YouTube! Videos in wide variety of quality format viz. 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p (HD), 1080p (HD) and higher. For downloading YouTube! Videos/Movies using a Desktop Client, YouTube Downloader HD is unrivaled because of its same ability to download videos in wide variety of Quality formats i.e. 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p (HD), 1080p (HD) and higher.

Hope, you enjoy watching and downloading YouTube! Movies of different genre on your Desktop/Laptop/Netbook!

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