Originally Posted by
Landing Gear
First, thank you all for the suggestions. Looks like a lot of research for me to do.
Next,
How would I back up website data?
Depends on what you wind up using. If, for example, the application you choose uses a MySQL database, there is a procedure to log into a adminstrative control panel for your database, and create a backup file. Put this file in a safe place, and do it regularly.
Some applications come with utilities to easily backup your database without interacting with it directly. There are also ways to set up a backup to occur on a regular basis automatically. That's about as technical as I'm going to get without knowing what host, application and database backend we'd be talking about.