How to publish a previous version of an item in Sitecore

Question

I want my authors to be able to publish a new version of an item and then later roll back to an older version of the item. How would one make a previous version of an item the latest?

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways (I think) editors can do this.

1. Use publishing restrictions (Publish ribbon > Restrictions > Change) to mark the latest version of an item as not 'Publishable'. When the item is published, the last 'Publishable' version will replace the latest.

2. If workflow is in place, when an editor reverts the latest version of an item to 'Draft', the previous version would be the one that would get published.

Hope this helps!