Recover Category and Products?

[pcdesigns]

I was hacked and managed to get back control of my admin. Unfortunately, I accidently deleted a category and all of its products trying to fix what the hacker edited. Is there a way to get the category/products back? Or am I screwed?

[kobra]

Do you have a recent DB backup?

[pcdesigns]

I did backup my website files through my web host, is that the same thing?

[yellow1912]

Unfortunately, no. Files and database files are not the same.

[pcdesigns]

Well, so I'll know next time, how does one back up the database?

[yellow1912]

There are many ways: you can download a backup mod in download section
You can backup via cpanel (mysql->phpmyadmin)

[Website Rob]

I did backup my website files through my web host, is that the same thing?

If you have cPanel and did a FULL Backup, then Yes, you do have your database. You will have unzip/untar the backup file to find it.

If you use another Control Panel and did a FULL or COMPLETE Backup, perhaps it grabbed your database(s) as well.

[pcdesigns]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, my back up did not back up my products. Luckily I didn't have many products in the category, so didn't take but a few hours to re-enter them. Will start backing up my database though, just in case. Thanks!

[kobra]

Good!! A necessary part of operating an online ahop