[Pmwiki-users] Restore feature

Dawn Green green at thunderdata.com
Sun Nov 17 14:27:25 CST 2002


May I ask, how does the recover feature work?  Will it recover back to a
certain number of updates?  Will it only recover back to the last instance?

Thanks,
Dawn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pmwiki-users-admin at pmichaud.com
> [mailto:Pmwiki-users-admin at pmichaud.com]On Behalf Of Patrick R. Michaud
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:37 AM
> To: duff at pobox.com
> Cc: pmwiki-users at pmichaud.com
> Subject: Re: [Pmwiki-users] Restore feature
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:18:36PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > > My current thinking (in response to Scott's message) is that the
> > > restore links should go either between or after the change boxes,
> > > to preserve the temporal continuity.  Clicking on a the link
> that comes
> > > below a change box would restore the version of the document
> that existed
> > > just prior to the change described.
> > > What should that link be called?  "Restore" might not be clear enough,
> > > although I think most users would be able to figure out what is going
> > > on pretty quickly.  Perhaps the link should say "Recover document at
> > > this point", or "Restore document version as of 01 Nov 2002
> 13:47" (ick),
> > > or just "Recover document" or...?  I'm real open for suggestions here.
> >
> > um ...
> > 	Restore
> > 	Recover
> > 	Recover Document
> > 	Roll Back
> >
> > Restore works though.  Right now it looks like the restoration is
> > associated with a particular edit rather than being "between" edits.
> > Moving the link between the boxes helps cognitively.
>
> Anyone want to second any of Scott's suggestions, or propose any
> alternatives?  I'm not against any of these, but nothing leaps out at
> me yet as being the best choice (not even my original choice).
>
> Pm
>
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