Use Our Sandbox to Explore the Public Web Site and the Commerce Manager Backend
You can explore public site and the Commerce Manager backend to work with ECF and the end-user environment hands-on.
General Guidelines and Rules
This environment is refreshed automatically to a default state. Be aware that there are also other users using the Sandbox demo environment, so some issues may arise during use. Please keep the demo environment free of foul language, obscenities, and racial epithets as you are adding and modifying data. This is a sandbox, not a soapbox. Play nice.
This full access demonstration acts as a starting point for you as familiarize yourself with ECF on an end-user level. This guide is meant to help you walkthrough some common functionality so you do not get lost as you are exploring the environment. You will be able to create catalogs, add content, manage accounts, modify existing products, and much more.
Please submit any feedback, criticisms, complaints, and concerns to support@mediachase.com. We want to hear about your experiences with ECF.
Log In to the Sandbox Demo Environment
Sandbox Link
Access the sandbox site by visiting http://ecf51.sandbox.mediachase.com. Multi-site functionality is enabled by default; two sample sites are configured on the public site. To view the second sample site, click on the drop-down menu on the upper-right corner.
Login Information
Click on "Log In to Your Account" and enter either of these credentials, each with varied permissions. Logging in as Admin gives you the most permissions to make changes on the sandbox site.
- Demo Admin User
- Login: demoadmin
- Password: demoadmin
- Demo Editor Login
- Login: demoeditor
- Password: demoeditor
- Demo Manager Login
- Login: demomanager
- Password: demomanager
Accessing Commerce Manager
To access Commerce Manager, click on Management Console after logging into the site.
Five Things to Do While Exploring the Public Site and Commerce Manager
- Create new catalogs, products, and SKUs
- Create an order from the backend
- Go to the front end site and complete an order. Go back to the Order Management System to see if the order came through. Make any edits to the order if you want.
- Go to the Content Management System and explore existing content. Go to the public site and use the front-end CMS to add controls and additional content.
- Create a new site