Is there an easy way to fake a Sitecore Device for testing?

Question

We have a custom device set-up in a Sitecore installation. Is there an easy way to get my desktop to render that?

I'd imagine there should be a nice parameter sc_device= we can tag onto the url, but it doesn't seem so

Answer 1

Using sc_device is exactly what you need. Just make sure that you use device item id, not name, e.g.:

http://localhost?sc_device={46D2F427-4CE5-4E1F-BA10-EF3636F43534}

Answer 2

sc_device is correct. Your problem must lie elsewhere; like suggested maybe your device has not been published etc.

Nice article documenting Sitecore Querystrings here: http://sitecoreblog.patelyogesh.in/2013/07/sitecore-query-strings-parameters.html

Answer 3

Did you create new device under /sitecore/Layout/Devices ? Did you also set query string field on the new device (something like ?d=m ) ? Did you publish devices,layouts, etc ?