Link directly to a document in the CMS from external system

Introduction

Goal

Create a shareable direct link to a document in the CMS.

Background

Sometimes it's usefull to be able to create a direct link to a document in the CMS and share this link through, for example, e-mail. Anyone with access to the CMS can then click the link to load the CMS application and open the document.

Link to a Path

You can use the following URL pattern to directly link to a document in Bloomreach Experience Manager:

https://[CMS_URL]/content/path/[JCR_PATH]

[JCR_PATH] represents the absolute JCR path to the document. To determine the URL, navigate to the document in the CMS, and copy the URL from the browser's address field.

Example

https://cms.demo.onehippo.com/content/path/content/documents/hippogogreen/about/about