Version History for Templates
Since Sitefinity offers the option to create a bearbone template and add RadControls, etc to the template, I am quite surprised to learn that while the pages have version history and the templates do not! Please point me to the right direction if I just overlooked it.
I learnt it the hard way; I added a custom navigation control that I wanted to remove, but I couldn't remove it from the admin due to some CSS issue. (the control buttons (edit, more were not working).
I was hoping that I could go back to a previous version of the template, and I couldn't find such option for it!
At the end, I had to go through the database table (spent like 30min as I didn't know the database schema) to remove the offending control from the database.
Either though I didn't pay the full $1,999 (upgraded from version 3,), I would expect such feature for a CMS selling at this price range.
PS. I just put the control in the master file now. I can still easily edit it in case of an issue, but it sort of defeats the purpose of having a user-editable template within the CMS.
Hello Thelyrist,
Thank you for pointing out the need for such functionality. We have already started working on its implementation and I have logged a PITS issue for it so you can easily track its status and vote for it. The item can be found on this public URL.
Greetings,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team
Just had an 'issue' with a template and was also surprised not to find version control in 5.0. Placed a vote on the PITS but doesnt look like this will be actioned any time soon. Only 4 votes!
Just had an 'issue' with a template and was also surprised not to find version control in 5.0. Placed a vote on the PITS but doesnt look like this will be actioned any time soon. Only 4 votes!
Hello,
I will make sure to forward your suggestion to our development team. Hopefully we will be able to provide such functionality for the next releases.
Regards,
Stefani Tacheva
the Telerik team
The version history would be great, however why is there a problem deleting widgets on the template page? I click on "more" get the the dropdown menu click on delete and nothing happens. And since I have added the search widget I haven't been able to publish anything.
Hi,
This behavior is really strange. Could you please inform us is the template custom or a default one? Which is the version of Sitefinity that you are using? You could open a support ticket and send us backend credentials and a link to your web site to investigate the problem in more depth.
Regards,
Stefani Tacheva
Telerik