Hello, Cvent Community! My name is Ginger Swart, and this week I'll be sharing the Tip of the Week.
My tip has to do with what I think is an easily overlooked feature in Flex, but one that can be hugely beneficial.
Version History
When working in the Site Designer in Flex, saving your work will enable the version history option. To view the version history, click on the ellipses (...) in the top-right, then click Version History. Here you will see a list of each time your site has been saved.
There are a couple of important things in the version history.
- Published vs Viewing: In the list you can see which version is the current published version and which version you're currently viewing/working on. Keep in mind that you can be working on or viewing a version that is different from the published one.
- Notes: You can add notes to a version, which is a useful way of remembering what changed in a version and sharing that information with other members on your team.
A Few Examples of How Version History Has Helped Me:
- Opening the Event Website before Registration: I found the version history to be helpful with being able to display our event website before registration had opened for our event. We were able to publish a version of our website that had key information that our attendees would need so they were informed and ready when registration opened. We then had a different version of the site that we were able to work on that had the registration button enabled along with changes to text and graphics. Once we were happy with that version of the site, we could mark it in the note field as being the version to publish next.
- Peace of Mind: I also appreciate the peace of mind that having saved versions can give me. There have been plenty of times when I made changes to the site to only discover that I really just liked what I had before or had a coworker mention that they liked what was shown in a previous version. I can easily revert to that version without having to recreate what I had done previously.
- Pivot to Virtual: The version history even helped with our switch to virtual events. We wanted to update the site daily with recommended sessions and featured speakers of the day along with any other important announcements or news to share. We were able to essentially create a template for the daily website and have each day done ahead of time, so we only had to make minor additions before hitting publish.
Have you used version history before? I'd love to hear how it has helped you, and if you have any other tips to share! #CventTip
In case you missed our session at Cvent CONNECT Virtual, you can still watch the on-demand content here.
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Ginger Swart
Training Program Coordinator
Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
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