Wiki source code of Page Replacement

Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/10/02 09:12

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1 Recreating a Page means [[creating a new Page>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.create.WebHome]] at the exact location of a previously [[deleted Page>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.operations-refactor.delete.WebHome]], under the same [[Page name>>xwiki:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit.titles-names.WebHome||anchor="HPageNames"]] as the deleted one.
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3 When a Page is recreated, the [["Deleted Pages" tab of the Page Index>>xwiki:documentation.xs.admin.base.page.index.WebHome]] offers a "Replace" action for the deleted version of that Page instead of the usual "Restore", as follows:
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5 {{image reference="replace-page.png" size="extra" alt="The Deleted Pages table with the Replace action available for the deleted version of the Page"/}}
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7 That is how the tab tells you a new Page already exists at the same location. Clicking on the "Replace" button opens a popup that restores the deleted Page into that location, deleting the recreated Page first.
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9 {{image reference="restore-existing-page.png" size="large" alt="The popup to restore the previous deleted Page in the location of the recreated Page"/}}

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