Page Edit Restore module

[ryan]

Support thread for the PageEditRestore module. This module helps to prevent page edits in the admin from getting lost when the user’s session is lost.

• Blog post about Page Edit Restore
• Module directory page
• GitHub page

[Pete]

@ryan I know you asked in the blog post about whether this should be in the core or not and there have only been two replies on the post and not much discussion aside from that (unless I missed a thread somewhere), I think it should go in the core.

Like you said you only realise you need it when something goes wrong and recently a staff member lost an hour's work to some scenario or other. I've also done it myself from time to time but keep forgetting this module is here.

In my opinion, if it's low overhead it should be in the core and turned on by default. If we're uncomfortable with the idea of modules being installed by default, perhaps the installer should make suggestions after installation - like "suggested modules for different types of site". Anything article/blog related should then suggest this module.

I do forget certain modules exist too, like this one has existed for 2 years and I forgot. It would be lovely if the Modules part of the PW admin could be overhauled to easier find things from the directory by category or some sort of search like WP/Craft etc does it. Not saying their implementation is perfect but feels like it would take a little hassle out of it by making things searchable and 1-click installable from the PW admin. I'm sure others have discussed that in the past so maybe also a way to suggest features and vote for things too? The forum software can handle polls easily but I'm getting off topic now.

[Pete]

Something else to add - I think people maybe don't know things like this exist either. Not sure how best to explain it but since there's no metadata for SEO that would easily match "I lost my page data" with a module called "page edit restore" I'm not sure how easily people would find the module.

Google obviously does a good job: https://www.google.com/search?q=processwire+module+to+prevent+data+loss&rlz=1C1ONGR_en-GBGB989GB989&oq=processwire+module+to+prevent+data+loss&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBCDUyMjBqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

But if you type "data loss" into the search on ProcessWire it doesn't return this module (seems to return a lot of things other than that though). There's probably an argument there for someone to go through and add more search terms that don't necessarily relate to a category to make some modules easier to find I think. Any maybe based on my earlier thoughts, a way to categorise modules as suitable for specific types of site (article/blog etc) as well as by the usual categories.