Akeeba Backup 3.1.3 Released

16 November 2010 Last updated on 16 January 2012

Akeeba Backup 3.1.3 just released.

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Akeeba Backup Core and Akeeba Backup Professional 3.1.3. It is the latest bug-fix release of the Akeeba Backup 3.x series and addresses two high priority bugs. For starters, there was a bug on Windows hosts which would cause Akeeba Backup to report empty directories and directories containing empty subdirectories as unreadable. The other issue, experienced by some Professional release subscribers, did not allow file and directory exclusions to work on off-site directories.

Moreover, Akeeba Backup 3.1.3 introduces a set of improvements over its predecessor. The live update got an overhaul under the hood, ensuring its smoother operation under some of the most restrictive hosting environments. Furthermore, if you are using the DirectFTP archiver engine to migrate your site between hosts, you'll appreciate the integrated FTP directory browser.

As always, Akeeba Backup Core is available free of charge from our downloads section. You can find its documentation in PDF format for off-line reading in the downloads section, or you can view it on-line. All users are strongly advised to read our Quick Start Guide, available as a PDF file from our downloads section.

If you want the most powerful features, such as storing your backup archives on the cloud (Amazon S3, DropBox, CloudFiles, Microsoft Windows Azure), transfer them to a different server by FTP/FTPS, exclude extensions with a single click, apply powerful filters and have an integrated restoration feature, it's time to Go Professional. Subscriptions start at 40€ and give you access to free upgrades for a whole year, while allowing you to install and use the software on an unlimited number of domains and continue to do so even after the expiration of your subscription. What are you waiting for?

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Changelog

This is a brief list of changes between Akeeba Backup 3.1.3 and the previous release, 3.1.2.

Changes and additions

  • Ability to customize the front-end and remote backup email subject and body

  • FTP directory browser for the configuration of the DirectFTP archiver engine

  • Ability to update from the developer releases update stream

  • Improved live update download method

Bug fixes

  • Filesystem Filters would return an empty directory on some hosts

  • Obsolete count quotas were throwing an SQL error

  • Lazy Scheduling plugin's reset would not remove the lock, preventing further automatic backup jobs

  • False warnings about unreadable files issued on some directories under Windows

  • Would not install on Joomla! 1.6 Beta 13 or later due to API changes

  • All dates and timestamps appeared wrong under Joomla! 1.6 Beta 13

  • Double debug information printed when Joomla! Debug System is enabled and the Lazy Scheduling is activated

  • Lazy Scheduling's time calculation was off by a day in some cases

  • The wording of the FTP error message when an invalid hostname or port is given was confusing to the users

  • File and Directory Exclusion filters wouldn't be applied to Off-Site directories (Professional release only)