It is extremely good practice to keep a back up copy of your website on a local machine. However iDigLocal Hosting comes with daily back ups which are managed with Jetpack.
You can access Jetpack by logging into your cpanel hosting account at https://cpanel.yourdomain.com and then find the Jetpack app.
From here you can download your home directory from the list of backups or your databases. You can even do a restore of those resources from within the jetpack portal.
Back Up your files with JetBackup
If you select "Home Directory", for example you will be presented with a list of all the backups of the home directory. You can then click on one of those links and even locate particular folders or files from a back up instance, select it and click download. It will then be added to the Queue.
Going to the "Queue" shows a list of tasks. Once completed you can go to "view Downloads" then select the item for back up.
It is extremely easy to use and very functional.
The files will be downloaded as a compressed file.
The alternative is to log into your website using FTP and then to download your files to your local machine using your FTP software.
Back Up your database with JetBackup
To back up your database click on the "Database" button to be taken to the database management interface.
Clicking on the database will allow you to back it up, it will be added to the Queue like the files (mentioned above). You can also select a different date for the backup by clicking on the Choose Other Backup button.
This will bring up a drop down of the different back up dates so you can roll back your database.
Alternatively you can use phpmyadmin to back up your database.
