Sitecore - Becoming Familiar with the Interface

The Sitecore Interface 

This page of the user guide will help Sitecore Contributors become familiar with the Sitecore Editor Interface. 

How to Access the Experience Editor 

After logging in, you should see an opening screen called the Sitecore Experience Platform.

  1. Click the Experience Editor icon. (see image below)



Becoming familiar with the interface: 

If you do not see some of the menu options below, click the Toggle button. (see Toggle below)


a. Save: Make sure to save your pages often. (see image below)

b. Toggle: Clicking the toggle arrow will open and close the toolbar editor. (see image below) 

c. Edit: Click Edit to return to edit mode. (see image below)

d. Other: Click Other to preview the changes that you have made to your page. (see image below)

e. Navigation Bar: Click the arrows next to Home to find your pages using the Breadcrumb Method.

f. Components: Components are editable sections on a page. You can hover and click on components to edit these sections. (see image below)




Next: Finding Your Pages