10 July 2021, 1:00

Someone has deleted a portfoliopage in a group. Is it possible to recover the portfoliopage in the webfronted of mahara?

Can groupmembers get the information who has deleted this portfoliopage?

12 July 2021, 14:50

Hi Andreas,

On the frontend, there currently is no functionality that allows recovering deleted pages.

Is event logging enabled on your site? You can check if it is by going to Admin menu → Configure site → Site options → Logging settings.

If it is, then you can find out who deleted the portfolio page. Mahara can record events such as page deletions through logging events into the event_log database table. When checking the event_log DB table, look for an event called “deleteview”. The log event can tell you who deleted the page. Group members do not get notified of this event.

Other options:

• Do you have exports of that group page that you could possibly import back in?
• Do you have a backup of your database and site files? If so, you can follow these steps:

1. 1. Restore your database backup onto a local instance of Mahara or one on a test server.
   2. Locate the group page.
   3. Share the page with your account allowing copying.
   4. Copy the page into your account and export it.
   5. In your production instance, import the copied page into your personal account.
   6. Share the page with the group and allow copying.
   7. Copy the shared page into the group.
   8. Check that everything is still on the page.

• Can you recreate the page? When you delete a page, the artefacts within blocks are not deleted. However, page comments are deleted as well as blocks that are not based on artefacts such as images or other files.

All the best in recovering the deleted page,

Doris