Creating a revision
You can create a revision of an asset you already published.
To create a revision:
- Search for an open the asset for which you want to create a new revision.
In the Revisions widget, click Start New Revision. The New Revision widget appears.
Type a name for the revision and click Create. Brightspot does the following:
- Adds the new revision to the Revisions widget.
- Lists the new revision in the Recent Revisions banner when editing previously live revisions.
- In the content edit form, modify the revision. As you save the revision, you can compare it with the currently live version by clicking Compare to Live.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the asset.
The following example shows that a revision is in progress.
![New Revision.png](https://brightspot.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9ffa3e0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1190x700+0+0/resize/1190x700!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrightspot-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbsp%2F14%2F95%2F61d6bb274680b0ae175db8f02a6b%2Fnew-revision.png)
![New Revision.png](https://brightspot.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ff25e4d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1190x700+0+0/resize/800x471!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrightspot-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbsp%2F14%2F95%2F61d6bb274680b0ae175db8f02a6b%2Fnew-revision.png)
The following example shows the list of recent revisions that are not yet published.
![Recent Revisions (1).png](https://brightspot.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fa8fd9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/913x279+0+0/resize/913x279!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrightspot-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbsp%2F2e%2Fb1%2F3aa941ef4486b7cc806d0139c415%2Frecent-revisions-1.png)
![Recent Revisions (1).png](https://brightspot.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/400d551/2147483647/strip/true/crop/913x279+0+0/resize/800x244!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbrightspot-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbsp%2F2e%2Fb1%2F3aa941ef4486b7cc806d0139c415%2Frecent-revisions-1.png)
Recent revisions appear in the banner if they were updated within the last 24 hours. You can configure the window for recent revisions; for details, see Global site settings.
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