Find items which override standard values using Revolver

For a while now, the best practice for assigning presentation in Sitecore has been to apply the presentation to an item’s template standard values rather than on the item itself. This has some distinct advantages. Firstly, presentation is usually defined by the type of the item, such as a list page or a news page. [...]

Common uses for Revolver

When developing Sitecore solutions I use Revolver a lot. I find it easier and quicker at times to do things in the command prompt than clicking through the beautiful UI. So here’s a bit of a list of common scenarios I use Revolver for.
Most of the scripts below utilise the find command. By far I [...]

ChangeTemplate with Revolver

One of the goals of Revolver is to provide a platform for custom tool development and execution. Often we need to execute some code against an arbitrary set of items from the content tree. For example, yesterday I had to change the template of most of the items in the content tree of the site [...]

Source Control for my content

Sitecore already has version control built in for content. This is great when you’re using the CMS to deliver content, but during implementation the benefit isn’t as great. What would be really good, is if I could somehow utilise my existing source control software which I use for my developer files for the content as [...]

Windows Command Bindings for Revolver

So, you may have guessed that I lean towards the *nix way of doing things with the command bindings in Revolver. I prefer ls over dir. But if you’re writing code for Sitecore you’re definatly working in a Windows environment and probably not so comfortable with the *nix commands.
I’ve written Revolver to be extensible and [...]

Moving fields with Revolver

The Sitecore packager is a brilliant little application for moving things from one Sitecore server to another. One limitation I’ve run into with it is that it only operates on the item level. If I only need or want to update certain fields of an item, then I have to do it manually.
Or so I [...]

Revolver is Released!

It’s been a long road, but finally, Revolver has been released!
And what’s more, Sitecore Xpress users can run it for free! Thanks to Lars Nielsen for the suggestion.
Head on over to my website to download the software and if you’re a commercial user, purchase your license.

Introduction to Revolver

I’ve mentioned Revolver before on this blog. So what is it? For those that haven’t ventured down the hyperlink…
Revolver is a command prompt for Sitecore targeted at developers and site administrators. I originally wrote Revolver due to 2 reasons:

I really liked the idea of “Sitecore Script” which was an idea I was working on to [...]