Cancelling "waiting for approval"
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Whilst editing a page - click on 'preview'. When I return to the page I wish to discard the edits - however thats not possible without deleting the version.
I guess I'm asking that the 'awaiting approval' status currently only allows me to 'approve version' to say all the edits are OK, what I want to do is not approve it and 'discard edits'. Is there a way to do this - or is this basically set to work this way on the basis that I'm happy with the edits and am asking for it to be approved.
The client I've just trained wanted to have a quick look at the live version of the site then go back and then cancel what he'd done.
I guess I'm asking that the 'awaiting approval' status currently only allows me to 'approve version' to say all the edits are OK, what I want to do is not approve it and 'discard edits'. Is there a way to do this - or is this basically set to work this way on the basis that I'm happy with the edits and am asking for it to be approved.
The client I've just trained wanted to have a quick look at the live version of the site then go back and then cancel what he'd done.
Thanks for the reply. No I hadnt setup a workflow. Looked thru the linked pages and boy that seems convoluted for one guy editing a 5 page website! I would need to set advanced permissions to get this working too, which is something I cant remove once its on.
If thats the only way to discard changes once the 'preview' button has been clicked, I think we'll leave as is and just delete the version. It appears too complex for a nooby C5 client to have to associate workflows with pages as well just so he can preview his page.
Or am I missing something?
If thats the only way to discard changes once the 'preview' button has been clicked, I think we'll leave as is and just delete the version. It appears too complex for a nooby C5 client to have to associate workflows with pages as well just so he can preview his page.
Or am I missing something?
it takes some time if you have never used advanced permissions it might take an hour or two to set up after reading. However there is no coding needing (for most if all needs)
Its meant to be used if you have more people editing the site. It then sends a message to the approved user to check what the editor did.
It's a pain to have on if its just you. I use it when I hand over admin access to a client because it allows them basically to add and break everything in edit mode without it affecting what has been approved. For my clients usually hitting preview is to hard of a concept. The down side is you still have to approve that version.
you can still use versions its basically the same thing
Its meant to be used if you have more people editing the site. It then sends a message to the approved user to check what the editor did.
It's a pain to have on if its just you. I use it when I hand over admin access to a client because it allows them basically to add and break everything in edit mode without it affecting what has been approved. For my clients usually hitting preview is to hard of a concept. The down side is you still have to approve that version.
you can still use versions its basically the same thing
I'm having the same problem.
Made some changes, clicked on Preview. It looked terrible so I wanted to discard my edits. But what do you know. The option to discard edits is not available. I'm not all that savvy about C5 or web development in general but I don't recall reading any documented warnings that a "preview" will result in changes being irreversible.
I went to the site map and opened the versions for that page. Every version shows the same junky changes I made. The change was to a layout where I added a few columns and rows previously and now wanted to dump them. But when I dumped them, other things went off so I wanted to go back to the version with the rows and columns.
Seems like the only way I can fix this is to redo the page from scratch which I really hate to do as it has some CSS stuff that I hired someone to put in and I'm clueless as to how to replicate that.
From one of the replies it seems I cannot revert to an earlier version unless I have a workflow thing set up. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Steve
Made some changes, clicked on Preview. It looked terrible so I wanted to discard my edits. But what do you know. The option to discard edits is not available. I'm not all that savvy about C5 or web development in general but I don't recall reading any documented warnings that a "preview" will result in changes being irreversible.
I went to the site map and opened the versions for that page. Every version shows the same junky changes I made. The change was to a layout where I added a few columns and rows previously and now wanted to dump them. But when I dumped them, other things went off so I wanted to go back to the version with the rows and columns.
Seems like the only way I can fix this is to redo the page from scratch which I really hate to do as it has some CSS stuff that I hired someone to put in and I'm clueless as to how to replicate that.
From one of the replies it seems I cannot revert to an earlier version unless I have a workflow thing set up. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Steve
It would appear so - yes.
You should in theory be able to capture the css you got done ? then re-apply it somehow, depends on how complex it is I guess? I suppose ideally css is part of the theme or block template rather than in the page, but appreciate it is sometimes the best way.
richard.
You should in theory be able to capture the css you got done ? then re-apply it somehow, depends on how complex it is I guess? I suppose ideally css is part of the theme or block template rather than in the page, but appreciate it is sometimes the best way.
richard.
Thank you Richard for confirming.
Boy, this is a pain...guess I better get cracking.
Steve
Boy, this is a pain...guess I better get cracking.
Steve
its an extra check that allows you to approve or disapprove before publishing
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/using-concrete5/dashboard/wo...