Content Archive
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Archive is a default action for removing a content that is no longer needed. When content is archived, it will not be physically deleted but moved to a separate storage where it can be restored from. If you need to completely remove the content, use Delete action in the "Archive/Delete" dialog.
Archive content
Archiving is done from the "Archive" dialog. A content item will always be archived along with all of its descendant items to preserve content structure. If any of the content items to be archived/deleted are referenced by another content (which isn’t going to be archived/deleted as well), this will be reflected with a "link" icon over content item’s icon.
To delete content instead of archiving it, select "Delete" from the button’s dropdown menu:
Both for Archive and Delete operations user will be asked to confirm the action before it’s executed.
| Online content will instantly go offline after archiving or deleting. Deleted content will be physically removed and can only be restored via snapshot restore. |
Archive/restore in layers
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A content item will always be automatically archived in all child layers of current project/layer except for those where it’s localised.
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When a new layer is created, it automatically inherits archive of its parent project/layer
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When an inherited (non-localised) content is moved to archive directly in a layer, it will not be recreated in the "main" storage even though it’s there in the parent project/layer. It’s an effective way to "clean up" a layer of unwanted content items inherited from the parent project/layer.
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If content is deleted from a layer’s archive, it will be recreated in the layer’s "main" storage (as long as it still exists in the parent), unless it was originally localised in the layer.
View archived content
| The archive browser is part of Content Studio+. |
Click "Archive" icon in the vertical menu bar on the left side to open the "Archive" section. The view is very similar to the Content Navigator, with some exceptions:
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Only "Restore" and "Delete" actions are available. "Restore" will put selected content back to its original location while Delete will physically remove selected content.
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Preview will only work for media items (images, videos etc.)
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Widget selector has only two choices: Details and Version History
In the preview panel on the right you can see who and when archived the item, and what its original path was.
Restore content
| Archived content can only be restored from the Archive section which requires Content Studio+ |
Use Restore action to restore selected archived content via "Restore from Archive" dialog. Content will always be restored along with all of its descendant items to preserve content structure.
If a content item is restored directly from a Content layer’s archive, it will be automatically localised/unlinked from the content in parent project/layer.
| If it’s not possible to put content back to its original location (for example, if original path is taken), the system will try to append "-1", "-2" etc. to path of the content being restored. |
Version History
Archive and Restore operations will be reflected in the Version History widget of a content item.
