What are the standard URL suffix views that every SharePoint professional should know?

Question

There are certain lesser-known URL suffixes that can be quite useful in SharePoint, such as

{PageUrl}?contents=1

for web part maintenance and

{PageUrl}_layouts/UsageDetails.aspx

for displaying usage statistics.

Does anybody have anymore of these, or is there a listing already available? Specifically I am interested in pages that are not easily accessible from the GUI (such as site settings).

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Here's one that's useful when you want to put a Web Part page into edit mode but you don't have the option in the UI:

?toolpaneview=2

I explain it more fully in this post: http://sympmarc.com/2010/10/27/add-web-parts-to-sharepoint-forms-without-sharepoint-designer/

Answer 2

[url]?IsDlg=1 renders the page in dialog mode (no navigation).

[url]?mobile=0 renders the desktop page on a mobile device.

[ListViewURL]?FilterField1=fieldName&FilterValue1=value filters a list view (can be extended to FilterFieldnn).

Answer 3

Let's start with

{PageUrl}/_layouts/settings.aspx (for site settings)
{PageUrl}/_layouts/viewlsts.aspx (for Site content)
{PageUrl}/_layouts/sitemanager.aspx (for content and structure)
{PageUrl}/_Layouts/ChangeSiteMasterPage.aspx (switch master page)

Answer 4

1. User information List _catalogs/users/simple.aspx
2. Taxonomy Hidden List Lists/TaxonomyHiddenList/AllItems.aspx
3. owssvr.dll suffixes like:

The following example creates a new Custom list named "Employees" on a site called STSWeb1: http://STSWeb1/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=NewList&ListTemplate=100&Title=Employees&LangID=1033

This example displays the Discussions list as a CAML file: http://STSWeb1/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?Cmd=Display&List=Discussions&XMLDATA=TRUE

The next example exports the Discussions list to a Microsoft Excel worksheet. Note that the unique GUID for the associated view must be assigned to the View parameter.

http://STSWeb1/_vti_bin/owssvr.dll?CS=109&Using=_layouts/query.iqy&List=Discussions&View={4442B73A-8E2B-4edc-A272-94E3615008C5}&CacheControl=1

Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd588673(v=office.11).aspx for OWSSVR.dll suffixes

Answer 5

http://{hostname}/{catalog site}/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx - Grant permission to an app page. Refer an article Create a workflow with elevated permissions by using the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform for a details.

Answer 6

My favorite:

/_layouts/15/closeConnection.aspx?loginasanotheruser=true

And sometimes useful:

/_layouts/savetmpl.aspx

This is used to open the "Save site as template" form, which is unavailable, if the publishing feature is enabled. For more information look here.