Backing up while webhost is down

If you forgot to back your content up, sometimes it is possible to retrieve it when your webhost is down & both URL & IP addresses don't work [this will not work with all hosts!]

1. If you don't know what your webhost's IP address is, go to this site & look it up by typing in the address of your webhost.

2. Login using the IP address as the address. Use the same username & password that you signed up with in the first place.

All of your files should be there. Unfortunately, you won't have access to any database files, unless you backed them up or they were backed up automatically & saved in a zip file. You should have access to your mail folder, so you can save any emails you want. However, you have access to database files via cpanel if you access it through IPaddress/cpanel

This is especially good if you plan on switching webhosts right away.