Version history
Every time you press Publish changes, Signital keeps what was published as a numbered version. Version history lists them, shows what each one changed, and lets you bring an older one back.
Open it
Press View history under the title of a channel, a playlist or a display. Every role can open it.
On a display, the link is there while the display plays its own content. A display that follows a shared channel has no history of its own; open the channel's page and use View history there.
The list of versions
The left side of the dialog lists the versions, newest first.
| Entry | What it is |
|---|---|
| Version N, marked Unpublished | Your draft, when it differs from what is playing. Listed first and reads Not published yet. |
| Version N, marked Live | What displays are playing now. |
| Version N | An older published version. |
Each published version shows when it was published and who published it, and a count of what it changed against the version before: + for items added, − for items removed and ~ for items changed or moved. Versions published before 5 November 2026 show their date only.
Compare two versions
Select a version and the right side shows it beside the one it is compared with, row by row. Added, removed, changed and moved items are marked, a changed value is struck through on the left and highlighted on the right, and chips above sum it up, for example 2 added and 1 changed. Hide unchanged folds away the rows that are the same in both.
| You select | It is compared with |
|---|---|
| The draft | Live, so you see exactly what a publish would change. |
| Live | The version it replaced. |
| An older version | The version before it. Under Compare with, switch from Previous to Live to see how far it is from what is playing now. |
Restore a version
Restoring and discarding need the Editor role or above. A Viewer can open the history and compare, but not change the draft.
Select an older version and press Restore version N as draft. Its content replaces your draft and a toast confirms Version N loaded. Nothing has changed on your displays yet: check the draft, then press Publish changes. That publish becomes a new version at the top of the list, so the history itself is never rewritten and you can always go back again.
Restoring replaces the draft you had, without asking first. If the draft holds work you want to keep, publish it before you restore.
Discard a draft
With the draft selected, Discard draft throws away your unpublished changes and puts the draft back to what is live. Publish version N in the same place publishes it instead, exactly like Publish changes on the page.
What a version holds
A version is the list of what plays: the items, their order, durations, schedules and whether each is active.
- For a channel or a display it does not hold the layout, a widget's settings or what is inside a playlist. Restoring a version brings back a removed widget's place on the plan, not the settings it had then.
- For a playlist it holds the playlist's items, not its name or notes.
Next
- Publishing changes, drafts and what a publish reaches.
- Channels and Playlists, where View history lives.