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h3. Use Our Sandbox to Explore the Public Demo Site and the Commerce Manager

You can explore public site and the Commerce Manager backend to work with ECF and the end-user environment hands-on.

h3. General Guidelines and Rules

This environment is refreshed automatically to a default state on a daily basis. 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|mailto:sales@mediachase.com]. We want to hear about your experiences with ECF.

h3. Log In to the Sandbox Demo Environment

h4. Sandbox Link

Access the sandbox site by visiting [http://ecf52.sandbox.mediachase.com|http://ecf52.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.

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h4. 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

h4. Accessing Commerce Manager

To access [ecf52devguide:Commerce Manager], click on *Commerce Manager* after logging into the site. Please be sure to read the [ECFG52CommerceGuide:Commerce Manager User Guide].

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h3. Five Things to Do While Exploring the Public Site and Commerce Manager

* Create new [catalogs|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Creating a Catalog], [products|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Creating a Product (including Variations and SKUs, SEO, Associations, Assets)], and [SKUs|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Creating a Product (including Variations and SKUs, SEO, Associations, Assets)]

* Create an [order|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Order Workflow (secondary)] from the backend

* Go to the front end site and complete an order. Go back to the [Order Management System|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Order Management] to see if the order came through. Make any edits to the order if you want.
* Go to the [Content Management System|ECFG52CommerceGuide:Content Management] and explore existing content. Go to the public site and use the front-end CMS to add controls and additional content.

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