Content purge
All inactive content is periodically purged from the system.
This includes:
- media library items
- content types
- sections
- all child sections of inactive sections
Once content is purged it can't be retrieved.
Media items
How to find inactive media
Inactive media library items have a red inactive tag as their status.
- Open your media folder(s)
- Change the display number to show 100 items
- Click the status column header twice to show inactive items first
How to save inactive media
- Open the media item by clicking on it
- Click Save changes
Content types
How to find inactive content types
Inactive content types have a red inactive tag as their status.
- Go to the Site Structure
- In the action menu of your home page, choose Expand all
This will allow you to see all sections within the branch - Next to the action menu, there are green, orange, and red ovals with numbers in them. If there is a number in the red oval, that is how many inactive content types are in that section.
How to save inactive content types
- Expire the content type
- Save and approve the content type
Sections
How to find inactive sections
Inactive sections have red text.
- Go to the Site Structure
- In the action menu of your home page, choose Expand all
This will allow you to see all sections within the branch - Inactive section will have red text
How to save inactive sections
- Create an Archive section
- Move the inactive section to the archive section
- Change the status of the inactive section to Pending
All the child sections of an inactive section will also be purged.
It is possible to permanently lose an entire branch if the parent section is inactive.