---
title: 'Versionista exposes wiki-like views of edits for any site'
date: '2009-01-26T11:07:47-08:00'
type: post
word_count: 264
char_count: 1764
tokens: 344
categories:
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Versionista
  - wiki
tags:
  - mccain
  - obama
  - Portland
  - 'recent changes'
  - 'silicon florist'
  - Versionista
  - 'ward cunningham'
  - wiki
---

# Versionista exposes wiki-like views of edits for any site

You may remember Portland-based [Versionista](http://versionista.com "Versionista") from last year, when they stepped into the limelight as the McCain camp used the tool to [highlight recent changes to the Obama campaign site](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/07/28/versionista-track-changes-for-any-web-page-wiki-highlight-style/ "Versionista highlights changes to Obama site").

Now, they’re allowing [Web site owners to expose those changes](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/versionista_tracking_edits.php "Versionista exposes edits to everyone"), themselves, with a new service that provides the date of the last change and highlights the content that has been revised.

> This feature is particularly useful for Webmasters who wish to offer full edit transparency to viewers. By inserting a simple JavaScript snippet, any tracked Web page will automatically include the date of the last edit, and a link to the revision history of that document.

Here’s an example [using Silicon Florist’s recent changes](http://versionista.com/pub/12615/1/1/ "Silicon Florist recent changes on Versionista").

It seems appropriate that the town known for its wikis—and home to the father of the wiki, [Ward Cunningham](http://www.aboutus.org/Ward_Cunningham "Ward Cunningham")—is home to a service inspired by the [wiki view of recent changes](http://www.aboutus.org/SiliconFlorist.com?history "Recent changes to SiliconFlorist.com on AboutUs"). Even if you don’t let your readers edit your site, it’s always nice to let them know what you’ve changed.

To test drive this feature or to add it to your site, visit [Versionista](http://versionista.com/public-revision-history.shtml "Versionista public revision").