Wordbee can provide two types of installation packages. For old instances, it can be a zip package, and for new it can be updated package.
Beebox-Sitecore Connector is the name of the Sitecore module distributed as a .zip and contains Sitecore following packages.
- Beebox Sitecore Connector Files– contains assemblies and UI artifacts
- Beebox Sitecore Connector Items– contains Sitecore item definition for various settings for core & master database
- Beebox Sitecore Connector Optional Entity Framework DLLs– (this assembly is only related to the zip package) contains optional Entity framework assemblies to run Beebox-Sitecore Connector, only required to install if Entity framework assemblies are already not part of the Sitecore instance.
These components are installed together. Please connect Wordbee sales to obtain the Beebox Sitecore Connector package. Beebox-Sitecore Connector supports Sitecore XP 7.x, 8.x, 9.x and 10.x.
Creating the Translation DB
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Login to Sitecore as admin and: Launch Sitecore Installation Wizard, upload, and install the packages as described.
Install zip package
- Mandatory: Beebox Sitecore Connector Items.zip & Beebox Sitecore Connector Files.zip
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and EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll, if they are already present, skip the installation of an optional package.
Install updated package
The packages that you need to install are listed in the installation window below. The URL where Sitecore installation is available is: YourSitecoreDomain/sitecore/admin/UpdateInstallationWizard.aspx
Please upload 2 packages which you received from wordbee and install them.
In case the package gets conflict wit other your custom plugins please notify our support team support@wordbee.com
Setting the SQL connection string
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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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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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<add name="core"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=XXXXXXXSitecore_Core"/>
<add name="master"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=Beebox71Sitecore_Master"/>
<add name="web"connectionString="user id=XX;password=XXXX;Data Source=XXXXX;Database=Beebox71Sitecore_Web"/>
<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="
data source=SQL Server Instance Name;
initial catalog=Beebox_Sitecore_Translation;
user id=username;
password=password;
MultipleActiveResultSets=True;
App=EntityFramework""
providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
</connectionStrings>
Modify the highlighted values suitably: You will need to provide the name of the SQL Server instance where we created the Beebox_Sitecore_Translation database and corresponding username and password.
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