DB Backup problem

[sharky980]

I am trying to do a backup for my prestashop but this message comes up when I try to back up

"Backups" Directory in admin directory must be writeable (CHMOD 755 / 777)

[hxd]

Well, make sure that the backups directory has the permissions set to 755. Assuming that your PrestaShop is installed directly in the public_html directory on your account, and the folder of your back office is named, for example, admin_dir, then the path to the backups folder would be public_html/admin_dir/backups. You can change the permissions with an FTP client. Depending on the FTP client that you use the 755 permissions may also be represented as rwxr-xr-x.

 

You can also back up your database using phpMyAdmin. Your hosting provider probably gives access to it from the control panel of your hosting account.

 

Hope this helps.

[sharky980]

Hi mate yeah it makes sense and I think I am screwed, basically I paid a web designer to do my site and after 9 months I had nothing then he created my current site in 3 days using prestashop but it had loads of mistakes and grammer issues so I got access to the back end and started altering everything I added banners images ect you name it I did it, but there are issues with the emails not working which are on his server and he hasnt sorted them out in a month and now he has dropped off the radar like he did before he wont return calls ect so I am thinking of moving servers and I was going to back up and move the site to a new host so I could have access and sort the issues out but I am guessing I cant back up if I dont have it installed on my p.c as it is.