Timeline
The Timeline is a feature in the Contributor Editor that provides an interface for snapshot comparison. Available snapshots are shown in a timeline from which you choose the two snapshots to be compared. Orange vertical change bars show which sections that have been changed in the latest selected snapshot version. To be able to access this feature, you have to be a reviewer or higher, see User Types.
The timeline interface consists of two panels:
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Preview (to the left) shows the difference between the two compared snapshots.
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Timeline (to the right) shows the topic activities over time. This is where you choose the snapshots to be compared.
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Note
The timeline differs from the comparison feature in the Review View and Edit View, where you can use:
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Edit View to see the changes and update the live content while comparing, see Compare Contributions.
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Review View to see the changes and add feedback comments while comparing, see Compare Reviews.
The difference is that instead of comparing two archived snapshot versions, you compare the live content with a snapshot version.