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SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By : JOHN CHAPMAN
Book Image

SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By: JOHN CHAPMAN

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Reverting publishing content to a previous version


Versioned items in SharePoint allow us to revert back to a previous version when desired. In this recipe, we will revert the publishing page we created in the Creating a publishing web part page recipe.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to revert a publishing page:

  1. Navigate to the SharePoint list or library that contains the item to be approved in your preferred web browser.

  2. Select the item by clicking on the checkmark on the item.

  3. Select Check Out from the FILES tab on the ribbon.

  4. Select the item by clicking on the checkmark of the item.

  5. Select Version History from the FILES tab on the ribbon.

  6. Select the drop-down menu from the Modified Date option to select the version you want to revert.

  7. Select Restore as shown in the following screenshot:

  8. Click on OK.

  9. Check in the item to complete the process using the Check In option.

How it works...

When a previous version of an item is restored, it copies that version and makes it the newest version. The version...