When I backup and migrate a site to my local machine (I use WAMP locally), images don't appear, just their alt text. I think this has more to do with the security settings of the browser or my machine then with the Backup and Migrate module, nonetheless I wonder if any of you have a solution for me?

I need to be able to update production sites offline and test updates before I move them back online, but I can't do this now as they aren't working correctly offline.

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ronan’s picture

ronan commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Yeah, backup and migrate backs up your database only. It won't do anything with your files.

There's an issue open for this task: #208213: Add ability to back up files directory but in the mean time you'll need to grab your files via FTP or the like.

Thanks
Ronan

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kellyllek commented

Thanks for the link Ronan. I do back up the files separately through the file manager. Everything is in order, just only the place holder and alt text appear instead of the images. I have them downloaded in their proper locations, so I think it is more to do with WAMP and the security settings I have with the localhost. I'm hoping someone here has seen this before.

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pixelsweatshop commented

I am getting the same thing. kellyllek: did you mange to work this out?

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kellyllek commented

Yes I got it figured but forget exactly. I think I just had to run update.php and it all resolved. But the experience has caused me to work directly on the production site and do lots of backups rather than working on a local machine and moving it because something always goes wrong!

I've other other issues now with operating in a subfolder and root relative links failing. It seems there is always something!