How to Access EPiServer CMS Edit Mode with the URL
Often times I find myself accessing CMS Edit mode (or Admin mode) directly via the URL. It seems pretty basic when you’ve worked with the system for a while but maybe we take that knowledge for granted based on our experience. I’ve had a few partners ask about his recently so I thought I’d write a short and simple blog post about it.
CMS 6 Edit Mode (based on CMS 6 RC1):
http://<computername>:<port>/<yoursitename>/<ui>/cms/edit
Where…
o <computername> is your computer name
o <port> is the port you configured for the site during install. Default is 17000 for the first site install
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o <yoursitename> is the name you configured for the site during install. Default for the site is “MyEPiServerSite”
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o <ui> is the relative path you configured for the site during install
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Example:
http://mywindowsysevenmachine:17000/myepiserversite/ui/cms/edit
CMS 5 Edit Mode (based on CMS 5 R2 SP2):
http://<computername>:<port>/<yoursitename>/<ui>/edit
o Essentially this is the same as above for CMS 6 however by default CMS 6 uses ../ui/cms/edit and CMS 5 uses ../ui/edit.
Notes:
o If you aren’t certain what path you set for your site on install:
o Open the episerver.config file for the site typically located at C:\EPiServer\Site\<yoursitename> (CMS 6 stores this in episerver.config. CMS 5 stores this in web.config)
o Search for “uiUrl”. You will find something similar to the following: ~/MyEPiServerSite/UI/. This is the relative UI path. Adding “edit” to the tail of this path will give you the relative Edit mode path.
o If you aren’t certain what your sites URL or port for your site is:
o Open the episerver.config file for the site typically located at C:\EPiServer\Site\<yoursitename> (CMS 6 stores this in episerver.config. CMS 5 stores this in web.config)
o Search for “siteUrl”. Here you should find the site URL as well as the port.
o How do you access Admin mode via URL?
o Typically the same as the above steps for Edit mode but swap in “admin” in place of “edit” in the URL.
Example:
http://mywindowsysevenmachine:17000/myepiserversite/ui/cms/admin
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