A set of handy tools for Sitecore Authors: Live URL, Grouped errors, Flags, Dark mode, Notifications, Media drag & drop...
Sitecore Author Toolbox Extension
• Live URLs of a page
• Status of a page (Published/Not available)
• Experimental UI Theme
• Dynamic error messages
• Dark Mode
• Language flags + version highlight
• Workbox badge & notifications
• New Media Library views (grid ans list)
• Support native Drag and Drop media upload
• Desktop notifications (Publish items, Rebuild indexes, Install packages)
• Instant Search
• Right-to-left support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi)
• Favourites Bar
• Resume form where you left off
• Syntax highlighter (HTML/Css/Scriban)
• Accordion sections to Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Character counter
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Enhanced preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
What's new in 7.2.x
• Awesome notifications for Experience Editor (field, page, workflow, lock...)
• Experimental UI Theme for Experience Editor
• Workbox notifications for Experience Editor
• Show Live URLs after a publish (Content Editor and Experience Editor)
• Reorganisation of the extension option page
• Wiki/Documentation updated
• Bug fixing & performance improvements
• XM Cloud compatibility
• Sitecore Demo Portal compatibility
What's new in 7.1.x
• Bug fixing
What's new in 7.1
• Experience Editor Preview mode
• Bug fixing
What's new in 7.0
• Major upgrade to Manifest v3
• Experience Editor Favicon
• Quick Info: Usage stats
• Security, privacy, and performance.
What's new in 6.2 & 6.2.x
• Live Urls: Add Display Name support
• Bug fixing & performance improvements
What's new in 6.1
• Bug fixing
What's new in 6.0
• Live Urls: Multi-sites configuration
• Live Urls: Multi-languages configuration
• Media Library: Card view
• Media Library: Lightbox
• Media Library: Instant search
• Experimental UI: new set of icons
• Experimental UI: New Experience Editor toolbar
• Experimental UI: Dark mode palette updated (dark night)
• Experience Editor: Search a rendering
• Experience Editor: default text highlighter
• Template builder query suggestions (SXA)
• Enhanced Quick Info
• Extension sites: Save your sites (import/export .json)
• Sitecore 10.1: new launchpad icon
What's new in 5.0
• Experimental UI for Desktop mode
• New user menu
• Option menu updated
• Performance and compatibility improvements
What's new in 4.0
• New preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
• Treelist: go to source link
• Experimental mode UI enhancement
• Bug fixing
What's new in 3.1
• Clickable breadcrumb in Experimental UI
• Media Library list view bug fixing (with non admin account)
• Bug fixing
What's new in 3.0
• Media Library list view
• Experimental mode UI Dark Mode
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements (Open datasource in Content Editor)
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.6
• Bug fixing with Live URL Chrome CORS policy
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements
• Syntax highlighter (Support added for HTML Snippet template)
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.5
• Show/hide editable content button in Experience Editor
• Experience editor enhancements
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.4
• Better Copy to Clipboard (Sitecore ID, Sitecore path)
• Compatibility fixes with Sitecore 9.3
• Experimental UI, fixes
• Better Sitecore detection
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.3
• Launchpad tiles
• Experimental UI, colours/contrasted icons
• Experimental UI, new actions menu
• Experimental UI, enhancements and bug fixing
• Experimental UI, new save message bar UI
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.2
• Instant Search in Content Editor
• Help link message bar
• Auto Expand enhancements (Speak UI)
• Sitecore Experimental Interface
• Dark mode enhancements
What's new in 2.1
• Better sharable URLs (now with language and version)
• Experience Profile Gravatar image (Inspired by Corey Smith's Gravatar tool)
• Content tab (opens by default)
• Back/Next buttons to navigate in your history
• Checkbox style to switch toggle
• Version menu alert (if editing a past version)
• Media Drag & Drop (Upload button)
• Dark mode enhancement (Speak UI)
• Bug fixing and improvements
What's new in 2.0.2, 2.0.3:
• Bug fixing
What's new in 2.0:
• Live Status URLs (published / not published)
• Better live URLs (configure your CM+CD/Live domains)
• Workbox badge & notifications
• Auto Dark Mode (based on your OS)
• Right-Click menu (open any live page in Experience Editor)
• Sound notification
• Languages sorted by version number
• Auto Expand Tree (Security Editor)
• Custom message bars, with meaningful icons
• UX improvements (and preloaders)
• Spring code cleaning and bug fixing
What's new in 1.7.2:
• Bug fixing
What's new in 1.7:
• Accordion sections to Tabs (Content editor)
• HTML editor color syntax + completion (Content editor)
• Reload page upgrade (keeps your language and version)
• Multi-list enhancement (Experience Editor)
• Version number display (Content editor)
• Loader icon (Content editor)
• Search result list shows full path (Content editor)
• Bug fixing and improvements
What's new in 1.6:
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Bug fixing and improvements
What's new in 1.5.2:
• Bug fixing and improvements
What's new in 1.5:
• Dark mode in Experience Editor
• Language flag in Experience Editor ribbon
• Browser icon badge when Sitecore is detected
• Dark mode fixes
• Load speed improvement
What's new in 1.4:
• Character counter (input, text area)
• Go To Item action in Multi-list Select and Bucket Select lists
• Better Experience Editor mode detection
• Bug fixing and improvements
What's new in 1.3:
• Sharable Urls (Recipients must have the extension installed)
• Multi-list view enhancement, with template icons and path (beta)
• On a live page: Right click > Edit page into Experience Editor (beta)
• Experience Editor improvements (Button fields tooltip, Dynamic errors in EditFrames, UI improvement
• Better Live URL (Site is now detected via your site grouping cookie)
• Loads of bug fixing and improvements for Dark mode and RTL
• Fallback if \"Quick Info\" and \"Title Bar\" section are not activated in your Content Editor
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If your Sitecore install is highly customised or not one of the tested versions, then certain features might not work.
Requires that Sitecore is installed to the default directory of /sitecore/ and your homepage name to be set as \"Home\".
This extension is written in vanilla JS.
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Tested on Sitecore versions:
• XM Cloud
• 10.2
• 10.1
• 10.0.1
• 9.3
• 9.2
• 8.2
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install Sitecore Author Toolbox extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Sitecore Author Toolbox extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.
However, you may need to install Sitecore Author Toolbox extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Sitecore Author Toolbox extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Sitecore Author Toolbox extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Sitecore Author Toolbox extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.
Step 1: Download the Sitecore Author Toolbox Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Sitecore Author Toolbox extension that contains all the data.
Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files
Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.
Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page
Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.
Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension
Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.
Step 5: Complete the Installation
Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.
Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.
Method 2: Download Sitecore Author Toolbox extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Sitecore Author Toolbox extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.
Step 1: Download the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension file
Select and download the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents
Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Sitecore Author Toolbox extension running.
Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page
In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.
Step 4: Enable Developer Mode
After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.
Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension
Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."
Step 6: Select the Extension Folder
Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Sitecore Author Toolbox extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.
Step 7: Confirm and Install
After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.
Conclusion
Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Sitecore Author Toolbox extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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