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The Hidden Risk of SaaS Website Builders: Lessons from the Recent Wix Outage

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When a major website builder suffers a service disruption, online business owners collectively hold their breath.

During a recent incident detailed on the Wix status page, site owners encountered 503 "Service Unavailable" errors, log-in failures on their admin dashboards, and widespread downtime across published pages. While server issues can happen anywhere on the web, how a disruption impacts your business comes down to one core architectural choice: Hosted SaaS vs. Self-Hosted Software.

Here is what the disruption highlighted about the

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Why Webflow, WordPress, Squarespace & Wix Fall Short on Page Backups (And the UltimateWB Fix)

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The UltimateWB Page History tool for the "Ask David!" page. Yes, we've experimented on this page too :-)

As a web developer, there is a distinct type of panic that sets in when your phone rings and a client says: "I was trying to update the text on the homepage, and... I think I broke something."

You open the site, and sure enough, the layout you meticulously optimized for speed, design, and user experience is completely skewed.

On many website

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Lost Your Website? Here’s How to Restore It

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Losing access to your website can be a stressful experience. Whether it’s due to accidental deletion, a server glitch, or malicious activity, the good news is that recovery is often possible. In this blog post, we’ll guide you through how to restore a website and share preventative tips to help you avoid future data loss.

Step 1: Diagnose the Cause of the Website Loss

Before you can restore your site, it’s important to understand what caused the issue. Ask yourself:

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How can I safeguard my website’s content and data when using website builders, and what backup choices are accessible?

It really depends on the website builder. With UltimateWB, it is just a one-time fee for the website builder and then you can host your website with UltimateWB or on your own web host. Either way, you can get access to cPanel - which makes it very easy to backup your website. With other website builders that are hosted by the company only - such as Wix, Weebly, or Squarespace - you don’t get web hosting choice and your website

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