History and backups

Undo and redo

TOWeb saves your work as you go. To undo a mistake:

• in a text, ⌘Z (Mac) or Ctrl+Z (Windows) undoes the last keystroke;
• the Undo and Redo buttons in the top bar undo the last change to the site: page, theme or settings.

Each change is a separate step, even when two arrive at the same moment (yours and an AI assistant’s, for example). Undo never touches what cannot be undone: publishing settings, the mail connection, the site notes and the media imported in the meantime stay in place.

Version history

TOWeb sets restore points: each time the site is opened, while you work, before each publication, before a request to the AI, before a product import, and every time you press ⌘S (or Ctrl+S).

1. Click the Saved indicator in the top bar: the Version history opens.
2. Each point shows its reason, its date and the number of pages, posts and products.
3. Click Restore on the point you want, then confirm.

A point is set just before going back: you can always return to the current state. You can also Take a restore point now and name it before a big change.

These points also help in case of an accident: if the site’s main file is damaged (a power cut during saving, for example), TOWeb replaces it on opening with the one from the latest restore point and keeps the damaged file alongside. A page that was saved but is missing from the page list is recovered the same way.

A site open in two places

A site can only be edited in one place at a time. If it is open in another TOWeb window or on another computer (a folder shared by a sync service, for example), TOWeb shows Site open elsewhere and no longer saves anything from the window you are in, pages included, so as not to overwrite the work done on the other side. Reopen the site to continue.

Backups

History protects against a mistake; a backup protects against losing your computer.

• Manual backup: with the site open, Project screen › Backups › Back up now. The file contains the whole site, media included, in its latest version, including what you had just typed. Keep it on a USB stick or an external drive, password-protected if you wish.
• Automatic backup: after each successful publication, TOWeb backs up your site in its own data folder, outside the site folder, and keeps the last five.

To restore: Sites screen › Restore a backup…, or, with the site open, Project › Backups, which also lists the automatic backups. See also Changing computers.

You choose where to put the restored site: TOWeb creates a new folder named after the site inside that folder, “My site (2)” if the name is already taken, then opens it straight away. A password-protected backup asks for its password first.