Comparison Tool

Overview

The comparison tool allows you to make side by side comparisons between any two Versions of the same piece of content. This can be useful for checking the changes that other users have made, or looking at how a piece of content has changed over time.

For example, you could be working on a new blog entry, collaborating on it with a colleague. With the compare tool, you can quickly see who saved which version, and what changes were made.

The tool supports all text, including, but not limited to:

• Plain text
• HTML
• StyleSheets (CSS)
• JavaScript (JS)

Making Comparisons

Comparisons are supported by several features in Aurora, including Snippets and Content Pages. If comparisons are supported for a particular content type, the Compare Versions tab will be shown when editing the piece of content. One example of this can be found on the Content > Snippets > Edit Snippet > Compare Versions tab.

Comparisons are made between different Versions of the same piece of content, therefore the Compare Versions tab will only show when two or more versions exist for a particular piece of content.

Once on the Compare Versions tab, you'll be presented with two panes:

• The benchmark version on the left
• The comparison version on the right

The benchmark should be the version you would like to use as a basis for your comparison - this can be selected by moving the slider located in the left pane to load the required version. As the slider is moved to the left, progressively older versions are loaded.

The right hand pane contains the comparison version, which is the version you would like to compare to your benchmark. As before, you can use the slider to select the comparison version required.

Once you've selected two different versions, the comparison is made and appears in the right pane. You can change either the benchmark or comparison versions to produce a new comparison.

The formatting of the text of the comparison version is determined by its state compared to the benchmark: