EPiServer CMS allows you to work with multiple versions of the same page. A page that has previously been published and then changed, will be saved as a new version. You have the opportunity to access and re-publish older versions when needed. Page versions can be compared to each other with the differences marked.
Versions are managed in Edit mode from the Versions tab of a page. Select the Version List tab to display the version list. The most recently published version has Published version status, and this is the version that will be displayed when the page is selected in the tree structure. Pages that are saved but not published have the status Not ready. Pages that have been published have status Previously published status. Pages waiting to be published will have the status Ready to publish. A version that is set to be published at a certain time has the status Delayed publish.
If there exists page versions with status Not ready, the number of these will be indicated within brackets on the Versions tab. To edit a previously saved version, choose the Select button after the version and then choose the Edit tab.
If you republish a page that has been previously published, for traceability reasons a new version will be created in the version list, even if no changes are made to the content. The only difference will be that the page will have a different Saved date.
The number of versions stored for a page can be set in the systems settings of the administration interface of EPiServer CMS. Contact your system administrator to find out what is applicable to your website.
When you republish a page that has been published before, for traceability reasons a new version of that page will be created even if no actual changes has been made to the page. The republished page will get a new time stamp under Saved in the version list.
You can delete a version of a page you do not want to keep by clicking the Delete button for that version. By deleting old versions, the version list will be easier to review. If you don't want users to be able to delete older page versions in the version list, the delete function can be disabled from the EPiServer administration interface.
Last updated: 2011-03-25 | Copyright © EPiServer AB