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- Download a settings backup before major edits.
- Keep a dated copy in church-controlled storage.
- Review restored details before republishing.
What to know
Owners can open Your data & recovery to download combined content, a settings backup or a portable homepage. Combined content includes draft settings, the last published settings snapshot, announcements, events, sermon links/notes and custom page drafts/published versions. It includes private drafts, so store it securely.
It excludes staff, billing, revision/audit history, checklist reviews, domains and media files. Use Website backups & restore for a staged restore of the new .tar website-content archive. This older JSON export has no automatic import. Exports over 1,000 items or 256 KB per category, or 1 MB overall fail clearly; contact support for a complete copy.
The settings backup includes church settings and announcements, not events, staff accounts or a complete platform database. Owners can download events separately from Church events; event import is not available yet. Store it somewhere only your church team can access. Restoring supported settings creates a draft for review and leaves any current live homepage unchanged.
The owner must publish the restored settings explicitly. Settings backups include the saved draft; portable homepage downloads use the published settings when the church is public. A portable homepage is a static page, not the complete administration software.