View an Article Page in Edit Mode Using Query String Parameters

May 4, 2015

View an Article Page in Edit Mode using Query String Parameters

You may never need this tip, but I recently ran into an issue where my article page’s Edit Page button stopped working in SharePoint 2013 (probably something I messed up with the master page… I’ll fix it later). I Googled and Binged everywhere, but couldn’t find how to switch an article page to edit mode.

All you need to do is append your page URL with the following parameters:

?DisplayMode=Design&ControlMode=Edit

So if your page is:
http://mysharepointserver/pages/tdamnededitbutton.aspx You would write:
http://mysharepointserver/pages/tdamnededitbutton.aspx?DisplayMode=Design&ControlMode=Edit

I hope it saves someone else from having to search.

Did anyone have any problems with the Edit button not working? Share below!