Customize the editing experience

Get an overview of the different options for extending and customizing the Umbraco CMS backoffice.

The backoffice is one of the main forces of Umbraco CMS. It is where you build the foundations for the website and where your content editors will work with the content.

In this section, you will find all the resources you need to build an intuitive and fluid editor experience for your content editors.

Dashboards

The dashboard is where all the main functionality of the backoffice will be.

Sections and Trees

Extend the backoffice by customizing existing and building new sections and trees.

Property Editors

Learn how to extend and build some of the main building blocks in Umbraco CMS.

Health Checks

Learn about the health checks that you can run on your site to verify its state.

Backoffice UI API

Familiarize yourself with the Backoffice UI API to start extending the backoffice.

Packages

Add your custom code into packages and distribute them to the rest of the Umbraco users.

Other ways to extend the Umbraco CMS backoffice

• Backoffice Tours

• Backoffice Search

• Content Apps

• Language files and localization

• Macro Parameter editors

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