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title: Using the Xperience interface
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

Welcome to the Kentico Xperience Tutorial. This page introduces the basics of the administration interface, which is used to manage websites in Xperience.

## You will learn about:

- [Administration interface](#usingthexperienceinterface-administration)
- [Documentation](#usingthexperienceinterface-documentation)

🎬 [Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ub2V7GUVYU)

If you have [installed Xperience](https://docs.kentico.com/13/installation.md) on your local machine, you can access the administration interface in your browser under the following default URL:

- _http:///\_Admin_ (for example: _http://localhost/Xperience\_Admin_)

A sign-in page appears:

- The default user name is **administrator**
- The default password is **blank (no password)**

If you are using a [hosted demo website of Kentico Xperience 13](https://www.kentico.com/services/training/training-website-requests) (recommended for business users), you can access the administration interface by typing **/admin** after your trial site’s domain into the browser bar. For example:

- _http://us-03.kenticolab.com/Hosted\_trial\_1/admin_

A sign-in page appears:

- The default user name is **administrator**
- Use the password you received in the email about website creation

Once you sign in, the Xperience administration interface opens. 

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13tutorial/using-the-xperience-interface/xperience_admin_interface.png)

The interface is separated into **applications**. Each application represents a group of related functions that allow you to perform various types of tasks, configure the system, and view information.

### Administration interface 

All parts of the administration interface share the same header with the following elements:

![Header toolbar](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13tutorial/using-the-xperience-interface/header-toolbar.png "Header toolbar")

> **Tip:** **Tip**: You can open any number of applications at the same time in different browser tabs. Right-click the application in the dashboard or application list, and click **Open link in new tab**.

> **Info:** **Choosing the correct site**
>
> If you are following the business tutorial, make sure you've switched to the _DancingGoatCore_ website using the Site selector.

### Documentation 

🎬 [Video](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13tutorial/using-the-xperience-interface/kx13-docs-tutorial.mp4)

### [Continue with the Developer tutorial](https://docs.kentico.com/13tutorial/developer-tutorial.md#developertutorial-model)

### [Continue with the Business tutorial](https://docs.kentico.com/13tutorial/business-tutorial.md#businesstutorial-basic)