{"id":15171,"date":"2010-12-23T14:09:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=15171"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:00:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:00:20","slug":"introducing-text-revisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/introducing-text-revisions-15171.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Text Revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we released a new feature that allows users to view revisions on the &#8220;About&#8221; text for people, project, and surname pages. \u00a0The feature also provides the ability to compare two different versions of the text and revert back to a previous version.<\/p>\n<p>On any text field that supports text revisions, there will be a <em>history<\/em> link:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"history link\" src=\"http:\/\/i234.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee318\/geniteam\/profile-history-link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To view revisions, click on the <em>history<\/em> link and a lightbox that displays the revision history will appear. \u00a0In this example you can see several revisions, and if you have the ability to edit the about text, you will also see <em>Restore <\/em>buttons next to each revision:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Revert history\" src=\"http:\/\/i234.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee318\/geniteam\/profile-revisions-box-restore.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the timestamp to see the about text for any revision:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"view revision\" src=\"http:\/\/i234.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee318\/geniteam\/view-revision.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, if you have the ability to modify the about text, you will have the option to &#8220;Use This Revision&#8221; at the bottom of the revision view.<\/p>\n<p>To compare two revisions, select them using the left column and click the <em>compare<\/em> button, and you&#8217;ll see differences between the revisions highlighted:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"compare revisions\" src=\"http:\/\/i234.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee318\/geniteam\/compare-revisions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For people profiles, only users who can edit the profile can update and revert the text.\u00a0\u00a0For about text on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/projects\">Projects<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/surnames\">Surname<\/a> pages, all users have the ability to edit the about text and restore to previous versions. <em>Note: this is no longer limited to collaborators on Projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Text revisions are a big step forward in preventing data loss and providing Geni users the tools needed to effectively research and collaborate in our effort to create the single <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/worldfamilytree\">world family tree<\/a>, also known by many of you as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/building-the-big-tree\/\">Big Tree<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we released a new feature that allows users to view revisions on the &#8220;About&#8221; text for people, project, and surname pages. \u00a0The feature also provides the ability to compare two different versions of the text and revert back to a previous version. 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