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Beebox-Sitecore Connector is the name of the Sitecore module distributed as a .zip and contains Sitecore following packages.

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• Optional:Beebox Sitecore Connector Optional Entity Framework DLLs

                         Only install optional package, if the solution already does not has a reference to Entity Framework. You should look into the bin folder of the solution for EntityFramework.dll

                         and EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll, if they are already present, skip installation of optional package.

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• Inside the ………..\Website\App_Config\Include\Beebox folder, locate Beebox.Sitecore.config.
  • Copy the sample connection string:as displayed provided at the bottom of the Beebox.Sitecore.config or copy from the below sample.

<add

name="Beebox_Sitecore_TranslationEntities"

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providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />

• Locate connectionStrings.config, usually placed at…./Website/App_Config/ConnectionStrings.config and paste the new connectionString at the bottom of existing connection strings as given below.

  <connectionStrings>

  <!--

      Sitecore connection strings.

      All database connections for Sitecore are configured here.

  -->

  <addname="core"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=XXXXXXXSitecore_Core"/>

  <addname="master"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=Beebox71Sitecore_Master"/>

  <addname="web"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=Beebox71Sitecore_Web"/>

        

  <addname="Beebox_Sitecore_TranslationEntities"

  connectionString="metadata=res://*/Beebox_Sitecore_Translation.csdl|res://*/Beebox_Sitecore_Translation.ssdl|res://*/Beebox_Sitecore_Translation.msl;

         provider=System.Data.SqlClient;

         provider connection string=&quot;

         data source=SQL Server Instance Name;

         initial catalog=Beebox_Sitecore_Translation;

         user id=username;

         password=password;

         MultipleActiveResultSets=True;

         App=EntityFramework&quot;"

         providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />

  </connectionStrings>

• Modify the highlighted values suitably: You will need to provide the name of SQL Server instance where we created Beebox_Sitecore_Translation database and corresponding username and password.

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By default, all the non-Sitecore templates are translatable., Launch Sitecore Content Editor and navigate to templates node:

• Beebox Field Translation Setting:  You will observe a Beebox template folder, drill down to the template and notice “Beebox Field Translation Setting” template.
• Inherit into Template and Template Field template: Inherit the “Beebox Field Translation Setting” template into “Template” and “Template Field” as shown in the screenshot below.

Add More Languages to Sitecore 

Please ensure that your Sitecore instance is configured to have multiple languages. You will need to go to Sitecore System item and find the language list. In case, you have English as the only language configured, you are advised to add a few more languages before moving to next step.

Creating a Beebox Connection 

This section describes how to create a Beebox connection. The steps assume that you have already set up a Beebox project on your Beebox server. Open Beebox Setting application as described below.

• Open Beebox Setting application:  Login as Admin to Sitecore Desktop, click Start button, Select Beebox and choose Beebox –Settings applications as shown in the screenshot below.

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Create a New Connection:  The Beebox – Setting application lets you create new and update existing Beebox connection. Click “Add New” Command on the top left to create a new Beebox connection and provide the suitable values. You can use any memorable name for connection name.

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Test & Save the Beebox Connection:  We need to test the newly created/updated settings to ensure that it works as per our expectations. Click on the heart icon i.e. Test command, our heartbeat command. It should display a success message "Yes, it works!". You may check the “Set as default connection” checkbox to make it your default connection. Click Save connection to save the connection.

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Add More Languages to Sitecore

Please ensure that your Sitecore instance is configured to have multiple languages. You will need to go to Sitecore System item and find the language list. In case, you have English as the only language configured, you are advised to add a few more languages before moving to next step.

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