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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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These components are installed together. Please connect Wordbee sales to obtain the Beebox Sitecore Connector package. Beebox-Sitecore Connector supports Sitecore XP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.5, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2.

Creating the Translation DB

We need to create a translation database required by Beebox-Sitecore Connector having two tables as described below.

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• Create Database: Create a new database named “Beebox_Sitecore_Translation”.
• Create Tables: With “Beebox_Sitecore_Translation”database selected run SQL scripts “Create Translation Table” and “Create Jobs Table”.

Installing the packages

Login to Sitecore as admin and: Launch Sitecore Installation Wizard, upload and install the packages as described.

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

Setting the SQL connection string

The Beebox-Sitecore Connector will make use of the “Beebox_Sitecore_Translation” database and we need to setup the connection string appropriately so that it may access the database. 

• 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"

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" />

• 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.

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  <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.

Verify the installation of Beebox-Sitecore connector 

Once the above steps are performed successfully, we will have a visual clue of success in the form of a few Beebox Applications, tabs on ribbons and context menu on items. 

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Beebox Item Content Menu: Select any item from the content tree, right click to find new Beebox Translate Item commands as given in the screenshot below

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Inherit Beebox Field Translation Setting Template

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• 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.

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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The connection page shows these fields:

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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 Update connection to save the connection.

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Remove a configuration

If you want to remove a configuration, you can delete it directly in the Content Editor. All the Beebox settings are listed under Modules/Beebox/Project Settings.

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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