{"id":1198,"date":"2019-02-18T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2019-05-10T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T21:26:15","slug":"updating-your-content-and-keeping-track-of-revisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/2019\/02\/18\/updating-your-content-and-keeping-track-of-revisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Your Content and Keep Track of Revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping content fresh, current, and accurate on the Extension website means knowing the tools to keep existing content maintained. In certain cases, you may want your content to be invisible to visitors if it becomes out of date. Or, you might want to review the content another person updated before it gets published.<\/p>\n<p>There are three ways to make content unpublished:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Draft<\/strong>: The content needs to be finished\/reviewed before it gets published.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In Review<\/strong>: The content was published, but has been taken down for review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Archived<\/strong>: The content was published, but is now out of date or no longer needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the bottom of any edit screen, you will see these options in a drop down field above the Save button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1211\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.24.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.24.53-PM.png 383w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.24.53-PM-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also see the status of all content at a glance on your group\u2019s list of content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.16.43-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2324\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.16.43-PM-1.png 2324w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.16.43-PM-1-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.16.43-PM-1-768x147.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.16.43-PM-1-1024x197.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2324px) 100vw, 2324px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note that if you \u201cEdit\u201d a piece of <strong>published<\/strong> content and set its state to \u201cDraft\u201d, the previous version of that content will remain visible. To hide all previous versions, set the state to \u201cIn Review\u201d or \u201cArchived\u201d instead.<\/p>\n<p>To see the public version of the content, click on \u201cView\u201d tab. To see the latest draft of the content, click on the \u201cLatest version\u201d tab. These tabs are visible below the title on the content\u2019s page. You can also see a \u201cRevisions\u201d tab, where all the past published versions can be found and reverted back if needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1207\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.11.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.11.53-PM.png 1330w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.11.53-PM-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.11.53-PM-768x266.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.11.53-PM-1024x355.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you save a piece of content, you can enter a \u201cRevision log message\u201d to describe the changes you made or why you made them. These messages get displayed in the Revisions tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1205\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.05.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.05.54-PM.png 845w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.05.54-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2760\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-18-at-1.05.54-PM-768x501.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is recommended for educational content or annual events to \u201carchive\u201d rather than delete. Deleted content will no longer be accessible and cannot be restored. Archived content can still be found on the Group Content page when logged in if you want to update it and republish. It also helps avoid the content being inadvertently added again, since the reason it was \u201carchived\u201d can be noted in the revisions field for future reference.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in the user guide under <a href=\"https:\/\/osu-eesc.github.io\/cms-docs\/user-guide\/site\/managing-content\/\">Managing Content<\/a>. As you do some housekeeping of your group\u2019s content, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extensionweb\/contact\/\">reach out to the web team<\/a> if questions come up. Thanks for your work to keeping the quality of content reflecting the valuable service OSU Extension provides the broader community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping content fresh, current, and accurate on the Extension website means knowing the tools to keep existing content maintained. In certain cases, you may want your content to be invisible to visitors if it becomes out of date. Or, you might want to review the content another person updated before it gets published. 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