Penn State University Libraries - The Sidekick

The row of icons at the bottom of the Sidekick are used to switch modes for working with the pages.  The following modes are available to CQ Publishers and Authors:

• Edit Mode: This is the default mode and allows you to edit the page, adding or deleting components and making other changes.
• Preview Mode: This mode allows you to preview the page as if it were appearing on your website in its final form. The Sidekick is minimized; you must click the arrow on the sidekick to return to Edit Mode.

Note: If the sidekick will not expand, grab the bottom corner of the sidekick and drag it down.  This happens occasionly when the sidekick goes into collapsed mode

Versioning creates a "snapshot" of a page at a specific point in time. With versioning, you can perform the following actions:

• Create a version of the page.
• Compare the current version of the page with a previous version: texts, titles and images that have been added or deleted are marked with a specific style.
• Restore the page to a previous version; for example, to undo a change that you made to a page.
  

To create a new version of a page:

1. In your browser, open the page for which you want to create a new version.
   
2. In the Sidekick, select the Versioning tab, then the Create Version sub tab.
   
3. Enter a Comment (optional).
   
4. To set a label to the version (optional), click the More >> button and set the Label to name the version.  If the label is not set, the version is an automatically incremented number.
   
5. Click the Create Version button. A greyed message is displayed on the page; for example: Version 1.2 created for: Products.
   

Note: A version is automatically created when the page is activated.

To compare the current version of the page with a previous version:

1. In your browser, open the page for which you want to compare with a previous version.
2. In the Sidekick, select the Versioning tab, then the Restore Version sub tab.
3. Check the version for which you want to compare and click the Diff button.
4. The differences between the current version and the selected version are displayed as follows:
   1. a text that has been deleted is red and strikedthrough.
   2. a text that has been added is red and underlined.
   3. an image that has been added or deleted is red framed.
5. In the Sidekick, select the Restore Version sub tab and click the <<Back button to display the current version.

Note: This feature is available for the text, the image, the text-image and the title components.

To restore the page to a previous version:

1. In your browser, open the page for which you want to restore to a previous version.
2. In the Sidekick, select the Versioning tab, then the Restore Version sub tab.
3. Check the version for which you want to restore and click the Restore button.