Versions, undo and redo
Briks saves every version of your site it publishes. If a change goes wrong, or you preferred last week's hero, you can step back, step forward again, or put any saved version back live exactly as it was. Nothing is rebuilt, so going back holds no credits.
What a version is
A version is the site as it was published at one moment: its pages, words, pictures and code. Each one gets a number (v1, v2, v3 and so on), and the one visitors see is the live version. New versions come from:
- the first build;
- every change you ask for in the conversation;
- code you save and publish in the File Explorer;
- changes you publish from the Visual Editor;
- a picture or video swapped with Replace on the Media tab;
- publishing again with new settings, for example with Apply to the live site or by going to production;
- a repair published after the site was checked again, marked Repaired.
Some things aren't part of a version, so they stay as they are when you go back: form messages, analytics, your own domains, files in Storage and the records in the site's database.
Finding your versions
Above the preview, beside the width buttons, are an undo arrow, a redo arrow and a clock icon showing the live version's number, such as v7. Click the clock to open Versions.
| In the list | What it means |
|---|---|
| v12 | The version's number. Higher is newer. |
| First build, Change or Published again | What made it. Published again is a republish with the site's settings, for example after Apply to the live site or going to production. |
| Repaired | Published after the site was checked again and broken rendering was mended. |
| 3 h ago | When it was saved. Older versions show the date. |
| 92/100 | The visual check's score, when that version was checked. |
| Live | The version visitors see now. |
| The line underneath | What was asked for, or what changed. |
| Since version 12 … | Did the change help: for a version at least a week old, the visits and enquiries of the pages it changed, a week's average, in the two weeks before it was published and after (or until the next version). A change an agent asked for is named as that agent's. It is an everyday read, not proof: to be sure, test the version against the one before. With fewer than 25 visits a week to those pages it says there are too few to say. |
Versions show up in four places, each with a slightly different view:
| Where | What it lists | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| Versions, above the preview | The latest 100, with what made each and its check score | Make live, Test against live |
| Settings, Versions | The latest 100, with who asked for each and when | Restore |
| Settings, Backups | Up to 200, with who made each | Restore, and Download its code on a paid plan |
| History in the Visual Editor | The site's versions beside the page | Preview one as it was published, Restore |
Undo a change
Let any build finish
Where: Studio
Undo is greyed out while anything is running on the site.
Press the undo arrow
Where: Preview toolbar
Hover first: the tooltip names the version it goes back to, such as “Undo to version 11”.
Watch it publish
Where: Studio
The conversation shows a single Publishing step. Nothing is designed or built again.
Check the result
Where: Preview
Briks replies “Version 11 is live again, exactly as it was published.” If the site's settings have changed since (production or preview, or a domain that went live), it is published again with the settings as they stand now, and the reply says so. The preview reloads and the clock reads v11.
Undo goes back to the version the live one was made from. Press it again to keep stepping back.
Live was v9, a darker header the owner had just asked for. On phones it looked heavy, so they pressed undo.
v8 went back live exactly as before. v9 stayed in the list, ready if they changed their mind.
Redo
After an undo, the redo arrow takes you forward again, to the newest version made from the one that's live.
Press the redo arrow
Where: Preview toolbar
The tooltip names the version, such as “Redo to version 9”. If it says “Nothing to redo”, no newer version was made from the live one.
Wait for the publish
Where: Studio
As with undo: one Publishing step, then a reply naming the version that's live.
Live was v6. The owner pressed undo twice, back to v4, then asked for a new banner. That became v7, made from v4.
From v4, redo now goes to v7. v5 and v6 are still listed, and Make live puts either back.
Put any version back live
Open Versions
Where: Preview toolbar
Click the clock icon above the preview.
Find the version
Where: Versions
Read the line under each one and the time it was saved.
Press Make live
Where: Versions
It's on every version except the live one. The panel closes and the publish starts.
Check it
Where: Preview
When the reply says the version is live again, look it over at each width.
You can do the same from Settings, Versions or Settings, Backups, where each row has a Restore button. It asks first, “Restore version 4?”, and adds that the versions after it stay saved, so you can come back.
What happens when you go back
- The saved version is published again exactly as it was. No new version is made: the Live marker moves to the one you chose.
- Nothing is held or charged, because nothing is designed or built.
- Your next change starts from whichever version is live.
- Form messages, analytics, domains, Storage files and database records are left as they are.
Who can use versions, and when
Anyone with edit rights (Editors, Admins and Owners) can undo, redo and make a version live. Viewers can open the list and read it. Versions are locked at two times:
- while anything is building or publishing on the site: “Something is already running on this site. Wait for it to finish.”;
- while an A/B test runs. The panel says “A test is running. End it by keeping one version before restoring another.” See A/B tests.
Does undo cost credits?
No. Undo, redo and Make live hold no credits, because they publish a saved version without building anything.
Can I download an old version?
Yes, on a paid plan. Settings, Backups has a Download button on every version, which gives you its code as a zip. See Your site's code.
Is anything deleted when I undo?
No. Every version stays saved, and any of them can be made live again.
I undid by mistake.
Press redo, or open Versions and press Make live on the version you want.