For Developers
Support for our UBCMS developers.
This refers to Flex UI. This new version will be available to all users starting May 21, 2021.
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Last reviewed: March 19, 2021
Akamai content delivery network
The Akamai content delivery network (CDN) delivers our Web pages through high-speed 'edge' servers physically located around the globe, instead of through the 'origin' servers directly (our UBCMS servers). The CDN helps accelerate, filter, and secure web traffic.
Debugging Tools
no custom
- This trick is good for debugging page problems in live sites and Author.
- Simply add "?nocustom=1" to the end of the URL in the browser location bar to turn off any custom code that is not normally part of the UBCMS which may be interfering with page behavior.
- e.g. compare https://www.buffalo.edu and https://www.buffalo.edu?nocustom=1
- nocustom temporarily suppresses:
- HTML snippets
- External embeds
- “Head HTML” from page properties
- Custom HTML from design properties
- main.css and main.js from design folders
- Google Tag Manager
- Shared Content Reference components directly including CSS or JS files
- “customize” nodes
rescue mode
- This trick is good for debugging and fixing page problems in the Author environment.
- It reduces the page to a skeleton view, so it is easy to find all the components including any that are hidden. Components can be modified normally, or temporarily turned off, before the page is then re-displayed. Simply add "?rescuemode=1" to the end of the URL in the browser location bar.
- e.g. https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/content/your-domain/your-site.html?rescuemode=1 (login required)
- This does not disable all CSS but renders most components in a data-only way which can block the effects of misbehaving components that might mess up the whole page. It can also reveal empty or invisible components that cannot otherwise be edited or deleted.
wcm mode
- This trick allows you to preview a page in Author as if it were published live.
- Temporarily disable most of the author environment on a page, including the Sidekick, by adding '?wcmmode=disabled' to your page’s URL in the browser location bar.
- e.g. https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/content/www/cmshelp.html?wcmmode=disabled (login required)
Emulator - user device simulator [Flex UI]
emulator button
This tool is provided on the Edit Console in the top left of the screen. Click then choose from the provided devices (e.g. Galaxy S7) to view your page in that screen size.
CRXDE [Flex UI]
location of CRXDE off the Start page
The link to CRXDE is off the Start page. Look on the left for the Tools hammer icon. Click that to reveal 'General'. Click that to reveal the link to CRXDE (developers only).
Tag Admin Console [Flex UI]
location of Tag Admin Console off the Start page
The link to the Tag Admin Console is off the Start page. Look on the left for the Tools hammer icon. Click that to reveal 'General'. Click that to reveal the link to Tags (admins only).
Users / Groups Manager [Flex UI]
location of User and Group Manager admin tools off the Start page
The links to the User Admin and Group Manager Tools are off the Start page. Look on the left for the Tools hammer icon. Click that to reveal Security. Click that to reveal the link to both user tools (admins only).
Temporarily Switch to Classic [Flex UI]
At any time, manually switch to back to the Classic version by editing the page's URL in the browser location bar. This is a temporary switch, and later pages will load using your default settings.
To edit an open page in the Classic version, change cf# to editor.html.
e.g. – https://ubcms.buffalo.edu/editor.html/content...
becomes https://ubcms.buffalo.edu/cf#/content...
To reach the Classic version's Websites Admin Console, change sites.html/ to siteadmin#/.
e.g. – https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/sites.html/content/...
becomes https://ubcms-author.buffalo.edu/siteadmin#/content/...