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Versioning concepts

Content Manager applies versioning to various items to retain a history of the items over time. Version numbering includes a major version and a minor version.

Items that have versions

Only some types of Content Manager items are versioned. Content Manager keeps track of earlier versions of the following types of items:

  • Component
  • Component Template
  • Page
  • Page Template
  • Template Building Block
  • Schema

Version numbers

When you create an item, the Content Manager gives it a version number of 1.0 when you check that item in. The Content Manager subsequently gives items a new version number every time you save.

A version number can consist of a major version number and a minor version number:

  • major version—if a user saves an item, and the item is checked-in, the major version number increases by 1.
  • minor version—if a user saves an item that is checked out or is in workflow, the version number increases by 0.1 each time it is saved. When a checked-out item is checked in or when an item in workflow completes a workflow process, the version number increases to the next whole number. For example, if a checked-out Component has a version number of 2.3, and the Component is checked in, the version number increases to 3.0.

If, for example, an item has a version number of 2.3, "2" is the major version number and ".3" is the minor version of the item.