OK, I figured out a cheap n easy solution. I just have a member only view and dismiss-able notice for the 15 minutes immediately preceding the backup, adjusting the milliseconds to zero for Display Duration and setting the time criteria. Of course members can dismiss it, but it is just a fair warning anyways.I have been using this addon as a simple backup scheduled solution. It works wonders and does the job well.
I noticed something while helping a client out with a feature failure on a forum of mine, and I want to offer an idea for either the developer of this addon or anyone that can figure it out a similar solution for me to implement.
The scheduled backup I love, I set it for the wee hours of the morning so as to not be too disruptive.
But I have had several complaints of posters creating their post while the backup starts, and then clicking submit during the backup, thereby loosing everything. It is problematic for any visitor who isn't aware of the scheduled time, nor maybe not noticing the time. The backup has also disrupted a couple of purchases on my site. This is how I finally figured out a simple(?) solution to this.
- Problem: Backup routine may inadvertently interrupt an ongoing process by a member, even potentially corrupting that users process. (posts, purchases, updates, etc)
- Solution: Build into this addon, a method of forcing a warning popup on any open page in a browser, by a logged in member, giving a 5 minute warning and countdown of an impending backup that would temporarily take the site offline. Or some type of indicator with a notice.
Tested out and suits me fine.