Changes for page History

Last modified by Thomas Mortagne on 2023/10/10

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From version < 25.1 >
edited by Thomas Mortagne
on 2017/05/23
To version < 26.1 >
edited by Eduard Moraru
on 2017/08/01
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12 12  Besides listing the document versions, the history page can be used to perform other actions as well:
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14 +* view a previous version of the document
14 14  * compare any two versions
15 15  * set an older version as the current version (rollback); available only if the user has edit rights on the document
16 16  * delete a version completely from the history (useful for removing spam, for example); available only if the user has administration rights
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18 18  
19 19  By default, minor edits do not appear in the document history. The option "Show minor edits" will list all the versions, including minor ones.
20 20  
22 +Since 9.4, the history also displays the standard version of the document, as defined by the installed extension (if the document come from an extension):
23 +{{image reference="extensionhistory-list.png"/}}
24 +
25 +== Comparing 2 versions of a document ==
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21 21  The comparison between two document versions highlights the differences between document properties (title, content, parent, syntax, etc.), attachments, objects and class properties.
22 22  
23 23  In order to compare 2 versions you need to select one of the radio buttons corresponding to the version from which you want to start the comparison. These are the buttons located in the "From" column. You will then need to select the button corresponding to the version you want to compare the previously selected version against. These buttons are located in the "To" column. You may choose to include minor edits in the comparison. After selecting the 2 versions you wish to compare you will need to click on "Compare selected versions". Depending on the changes you have made you will get a result similar to this:
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29 29  
30 30  The comparison details lists all the items (page properties, attachments, objects, class properties) that have been added, deleted or modified. For each item you can see what properties have been modified and the exact modifications. For text attachments you can even see the changes made to the attachment content between two versions of the attachment (7.0RC1+). The changes made to the object properties of type Password and Email are obfuscated for privacy reasons.
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32 -Since 9.4 it's the history also support the standard version of the document as defined by the installed extension (if the document come from an extension):
33 -{{image reference="extensionhistory-list.png"/}}
38 +== Viewing a previous version of a document ==
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40 +By clicking on a version from the ##Version## column of a document's ##History## tab you will be able to view that document's content, as it was in the selected version:
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42 +{{image reference="view-version.png" /}}

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