Revision History
New 7.12
Edit an Article with confidence. Every time you click Save, Nodinite stores a revision of the Article, so a mistaken edit, a rewrite you regret, or a Document Profile change is always one click away from being undone.
- ✅ Every Save stores a revision, with who saved it and when
- ✅ See at a glance which saves changed the Article's Document Profile
- ✅ Restore an earlier revision from the History card
- ✅ Purge old revisions for many Articles at once when you no longer need them
Understanding Revisions
A revision is a stored copy of an Article as it was at one Save. Revisions are kept per Article, numbered from 1 upward, and listed newest first.
Blue actions create revisions, green shows where they're kept and listed, teal restores one, and red Purge revisions removes them for good.
| Part | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Save | Article editor | Stores a new revision of the Article |
| History card | Right side of the Article editor | Lists every revision with its number, who saved it, and when |
| Profile changed badge | On a revision in the History card | Marks a save that changed the Article's Document Profile, and names the new profile |
| Revisions column | Articles Overview | Shows how many revisions an Article has; empty when it has none |
| Purge revisions | With Selected menu on the Articles Overview | Removes revisions for the selected Articles (see Bulk Actions) |
The History Card
Open an Article in the editor (Action > Edit on the Articles Overview) to see its History card on the right, below Categories, Applications, and Resources. The number in the card header is the number of stored revisions.
The History card sits below the association cards; this Article has one revision so far.
Each entry shows the revision number, the user who saved it, and the date and time. When a save changed the Article's Document Profile, the entry has a Profile changed badge, and the name of the profile the Article moved to.
Revisions 2 and 3 changed the Document Profile; Revision 3 also names the profile the Article moved to.
Restore a Revision
Click a revision in the History card to restore the Article to that revision. Use it to undo an edit, or to bring an Article back to how it looked before a Document Profile was applied.
Tip
Applying a Document Profile to many Articles at once has no bulk undo, but it stores a revision of each Article first. Restore any Article you want back from its History card, one Article at a time. See Apply Document Profile.
Revisions in the Articles Overview
The Revisions column on the Articles Overview shows the number of revisions next to a history icon, so you can see which Articles have history without opening them. The column is empty for an Article without revisions.
Revision counts in the Articles Overview; Articles without a number have no stored revisions.
Purge Revisions
Revisions take up storage. When you no longer need the history of some Articles, select them on the Articles Overview and choose With Selected > Purge revisions. The number on the menu item is the number of selected Articles, not the number of revisions.
Purge revisions counts the selected Articles whose history it removes.
To purge a single Article, choose Purge Revisions in its Action menu on the Articles Overview; there the number is the Article's own revision count.
Choose what to remove, then click Purge:
| Option | Result |
|---|---|
| Remove all revisions | Every revision of the selected Articles is removed |
| Keep the newest | Every revision except the newest is removed |
The Articles themselves don't change; only their history is removed.
The result lists every selected Article and how many revisions were removed from it. An Article without revisions is still listed, with Removed 0 revisions.
Every selected Article is counted as purged, even the ones that had no revisions to remove.
Warning
Purging can't be undone. Removed revisions can no longer be compared or restored. The Articles themselves are not changed.
Next Steps
- Bulk Actions – Purge revisions, delete, restore, tag, and apply a Document Profile to many Articles at once
- Add or manage Article