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Deleted Entire Site by Mistake
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- esaumd
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Hello Joomla Users!
I just made a terrible mistake. I deleted my entire site. I have a shared hosting account with Godaddy and I was using my FTP program to upload a new site. The problem was that I deleted the wrong site. I still have the MySql database but all the other folders for that site are gone. Can I still use the old database and recuperate some of my old content? Thanks for your help!
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- David Goode
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Hi esaumd,
All is not lost. You can ftp the Joomla files and any component, module, and plugin files but this can be a long winded process and any files in wrong directories will create problems.
If I were in your shoes I would create a fresh install of Joomla then add any template, components, modules etc. that were on the original site. At this point I would then go to the Joomla configuration file and change the database details to match your previous database.
Hope this helps
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- Rich Bean
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