Export layouts every week #

Any layout can be restored to last week's state.

Life cycle: Maintain, example 23 of 35. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. In the Layouts editor
2. On the command line
3. Which to choose
4. Check

In the Layouts editor #

1. Or a manual Layouts > Export on Mondays.

On the command line #

1. A crontab line on the server (as the user that runs the site):

0 3 * * 1  cd /path/to/installation && ./console exp:layouts export --all --output=var/backup/layouts-$(date +\%Y\%m\%d).zip

Which to choose #

Keep the files outside the web root and prune old ones.

Check #

• A new file appears each week.

Related pages #

• Export and import layouts
• Maintain examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.