Find Content Node Number

Web Express is a content management system that houses all of your content in a large database. The node ID (or number) is the primary key in the database for your content. It's useful to know your content node ID number in many situations.

Related: Web Express Terminology

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Via Edit Page

After you save a new page it is assigned a node number. 

  1. Click Edit on any of your site content.
  2. Find the node number under the page Title.

Node via edit page

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Via Main Menu

You can also find the node number via the Main Menu. 

  1. Go to the Shortcuts toolbar and select Main Menu.
  2. Hover your mouse over one of the edit links. 
  3. Down in the bottom-left corner of the browser, you'll see the URL for the link which contains the node number. In this example, the node ID is node/2.

Node via main menu

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Via Content/Find Content

 The node number can also be found in Content or Find content.

  1. Go to the Express toolbar and select Content (or go to the Shortcuts toolbar and select Find content).
  2. Hover your mouse over one of the edit links. 
  3. Down in the bottom-left corner of the browser, you'll see the URL for the link which contains the node number. In this example, the node ID is node/194.

Node via content list

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Things to note:

  • I'm using Safari in these examples.
  • The browser is showing you Web Express' original URL for editing the page.