Connect Umbraco

The Silktide plugin for Umbraco lets you open any page in the Umbraco editor from Silktide, and tells Silktide to retest a page when you publish it. See CMS connections for what a connection does.

It has three parts: the plugin, a line in your page template that tells Silktide where each page is edited, and your connection key. You need to be able to install packages in Umbraco and edit its templates.

1. Get your key

1. In Silktide, open Settings, then Integrations, and choose CMS.
2. Choose Umbraco, pick what the connection applies to, and choose Connect.
3. Copy the key.

2. Install the plugin

• Umbraco 9 and later: install Silktide.Umbraco.Plugin from NuGet. Its version numbers match Umbraco's, so choose the one for your Umbraco version.
• Umbraco 7 or 8: download the plugin for Umbraco 7 or Umbraco 8. In Umbraco, open Packages, then Install local, and upload it.

3. Add the meta tag

Open your page templates in Umbraco, ideally the master template every page uses, and add this line inside <head>:

<meta name="silktide-cms" content="@Html.Raw(HttpContext.Current.Items["SILKTIDE.CMS"])" />

Every page that should open in Umbraco from Silktide needs it.

4. Add the key

1. In Umbraco, open Settings, then Silktide.
2. Paste the key and choose click here for verification.
3. When it is verified, choose Save.

5. Retest and check

Retest the website in Silktide. When the test finishes, open a page in the Inspector and choose Open in CMS. The page opens in the Umbraco editor.

To check publishing, update a page in Umbraco and publish it. Silktide starts testing that page within a few minutes.