By Web Manager on Thursday, 07 January 2016
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Hi, I'm new to Easyblog and I'm not finding the information I need in the documentation or forums to get started with blogging.

1) I'm finding it difficult to understand the differences between a Draft and Revision. I read this forum thread so I understand the logic but the dashboard environment is still not intuitive.

a) Comment:: My process is to create a draft post then return to it to finalize. It's odd that there is no direct link to drafts. It can only be accessed via the 'Posts' or 'Revisions' > All / Draft Revisions filter. It's also odd that there is no mechanism to create a revision without publishing the post. Are these by design? I've just never seen drafts hidden like this.

b) Issue:: If I create a draft and then an editor user edits my draft post and only click Save for Later, then the post no longer can be found under 'Revisions' > All / Draft Revisions filter, even though it's still labeled as a draft in Composer > History. Seems like a bug.


2) In the composer, what is the difference between Save for Later, Apply, and Update Post?

a) 'Save for Later' > seems to indicate creating a Draft revision that can be continuously updated with no new revisions. Correct?

b) 'Apply' and 'Update Post' seem to do the same thing, create revision and publish/update post. Is there a difference?

c) There seems to be no way to create a revision without publishing a post. Is this true? What if editor wants to add revision but not yet publish the post?

Thanks
M.
Hey there,

Firstly, welcome on board Please find the response to your inquiries below:


1) I'm finding it difficult to understand the differences between a Draft and Revision. I read this forum thread so I understand the logic but the dashboard environment is still not intuitive.

Drafts and revisions are actually the same thing. It's just a naming anyway. When composing a blog post, a draft is always generated by default and before you hit the "Publish" button, it's still considered a revision


a) Comment:: My process is to create a draft post then return to it to finalize. It's odd that there is no direct link to drafts. It can only be accessed via the 'Posts' or 'Revisions' > All / Draft Revisions filter. It's also odd that there is no mechanism to create a revision without publishing the post. Are these by design? I've just never seen drafts hidden like this.

As mentioned on my previous reply, revisions are drafts and it's just a different naming convention. Go to the revisions list and click on the revision. Then, from the composer, click on the publish to "Finalize" the revision


b) Issue:: If I create a draft and then an editor user edits my draft post and only click Save for Later, then the post no longer can be found under 'Revisions' > All / Draft Revisions filter, even though it's still labeled as a draft in Composer > History. Seems like a bug.

Hm, if the editor edits your revision, clicking on save for later would update the post and you should still be able to see the changes that the editor did.


2) In the composer, what is the difference between Save for Later, Apply, and Update Post?

If you are editing a revision,

1. Save for later creates a new revision.
2. Apply only makes changes to your current revision.
3. Update Post publishes the post.


a) 'Save for Later' > seems to indicate creating a Draft revision that can be continuously updated with no new revisions. Correct?

If the current revision hasn't been finalized yet, yes that is correct.


b) 'Apply' and 'Update Post' seem to do the same thing, create revision and publish/update post. Is there a difference?

Yes, they are actually the same. The differences between this 2 button is:

1. Save and close. (Update post)

vs

2. Just save the page. (Apply)


c) There seems to be no way to create a revision without publishing a post. Is this true? What if editor wants to add revision but not yet publish the post?

Save for later is a way to create a new revision
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