Where is the trash?

[marthamarksParticipant]

I just accidentally trashed one of the new images I put up yesterday. My write-up was solid green on Yoast, so I don’t want to lose it.

If I can find the Trash file, I can restore it but… Where is the danged thing? I can’t find it anywhere.

Help!

[ChristineParticipant]

‘fraid you will have to reupload. It does not seem you can restore it.

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http://nail-art-at.kerioak.com - Art and Nail Art

[marthamarksParticipant]

@christine wrote:

‘fraid you will have to reupload. It does not seem you can restore it.

Wha… There’s no way to access the trash??? I’ve never seen a WP application that didn’t have the trash link sitting there ready to be accessed.

[ChristineParticipant]

If you find it let me know.

http://kerioakimaging.com - trying to reopen
http://nail-art-at.kerioak.com - Art and Nail Art

[marthamarksParticipant]

@christine wrote:

If you find it let me know.

Sure will. I haven’t gone hunting it yet, but the silence here must mean it doesn’t exist.

But really… on the Stock Images > All Images page, we see these four options below each image:

Edit | Quick Edit
| Trash | View

Woe unto she who inadvertently clicks the “Trash” link rather than the “Edit” link in close proximity right above it. The system doesn’t even ask a “safety” question like: Are you sure you want to delete this file? Yes/No. It just deletes the file w/o warning.

That’s what happened to me this morning. Sure surprised me to find no way to retrieve a trashed file. My other WP websites (using 2 Elegant Themes and 1 Andreas theme) provide a link to the “Trash”, and on that page there’s a choice of restoring any trashed file to its original place, leaving it there, or permanently deleting it.

How is it possible that’s not available with the SYS theme?

Maybe the four links on the All Images page should read this way instead:

Edit | Quick Edit
| DELETE | View

Since “delete” is really what you’re doing if you click “trash.”

[ChristineParticipant]

One of the first requests I made was to move trash away from edit – ‘cos I clicked the wrong one and someone else did the same. I am more careful now 😀

http://kerioakimaging.com - trying to reopen
http://nail-art-at.kerioak.com - Art and Nail Art

[marthamarksParticipant]

@christine wrote:

One of the first requests I made was to move trash away from edit – ‘cos I clicked the wrong one and someone else did the same. I am more careful now 😀

Yeah, I will be more careful from now on too. Actually, I just discovered that this morning I somehow deleted TWO of my new image pages. I know how one happened. Not sure how the second happened. But both of the new ones I worked on last night are gone now. I’m off to rewrite them now. Aargh.

I still don’t understand why SYS can’t have an accessible Trash page like every other theme I’ve ever used does. Because accidents do happen.

Let this thread serve as a warning to newbies.

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