Drafts and Revisions

Only users with the Site Administrators and Publishers roles can revert to a previous version of a page.

Revision column: The "Revision" column contains a history of the page that you are viewing. Each time the file is saved, a new revision is created. The revision records the date and time the page was saved, a copy of the content at that point in time, and the user who created the revision.

Operations column: The current revision of the page is indicated in the "Operations" column. This version of the content will always be the same as the content that you see when visiting the "View" tab of a page, whether published or unpublished. You can always view a specific revision by clicking the date of the revision in the Revision column.

screenshot of the revisions tab - date highlighted

Reverting content

Use the revisions tab to work from an earlier version of your content.

Note: In this case, you have a published page and do not have any draft content appearing in a "Latest version" tab. Use these instructions if you want to revert your published content to a previous version of the content.

  1. Navigate to your page and click the Revisions tab
  2. Locate the previous version of your content that you'd like to revert to
  3. In the Operations column, click "Revert"
  4. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to revert to this revision. If you're sure, click "Revert." Otherwise, click "Cancel"
  5. Your page will be reverted to the previous version of the content and the changes will be published automatically

Note: In this case you have a published page but also have draft content appearing in a "Latest version" tab. Use these instructions if you want to revert your published content to a version that pre-dates the current publication.

  1. Navigate to your page and click the "Revisions" tab
  2. Locate the previous version of your content that you'd like to revert to. All versions that pre-date the current published version will appear below the revision listed as "Current revision" in the Operations column
  3. In the Operations column, click "Revert"
  4. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to revert to this revision. If you're sure, click "Revert." Otherwise, click "Cancel."
  5. Your page will be reverted to the previous version of the content and the changes will be published automatically

Note: in this case, you have a published page but also have draft content appearing in a "Latest version" tab. Use these instructions if you want to revert the current draft version of your content to an earlier draft that was created after publication.

  1. Navigate to your page and click the "Revisions" tab
  2. Locate the previous version of your content that you'd like to set as the current draft. All drafts that were created after the published version will appear above the revision listed as "Current revision" in the Operations column. The current draft is the one at the top of the list
  3. In the Operations column, click "Set as current revision"
  4. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to revert to this revision. If you're sure, click "Revert." Otherwise, click "Cancel"
  5. Your published version will remain the same and will still be listed as the current revision in the Revisions tab. A new revision will be created and will appear at the top of the Revisions table. The content in your "Latest version" tab will now be set to the earlier version

Note: in this case, you have an unpublished page. Use these instructions if you want to revert the current draft version of your content to an earlier version.

  1. Navigate to your page and click the Revisions tab
  2. Locate the previous version of your content that you'd like to set as the current draft. All drafts that were previously created will appear below the revision listed as "Current revision" in the Operations column
  3. In the Operations column, click "Revert"
  4. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to revert to this revision. If you're sure, click "Revert." Otherwise, click "Cancel"
  5. A new revision will be created and will appear at the top of the Revisions table. The content in your "View" tab will now be set to the earlier version