Have you ever edited in the Sitecore web db by mistake?

For version 8, see v8.1 post

I think you’ll agree its rather easy to do!

From the content editor you can select which database you are using to view content:

If you select ‘core’ the tree contains quite a different set of items however the difference between master and web can be very subtle. I know I’ve run into the problem where I’ve edited web by mistake!

In order to build a bit more feedback to the user the sample script below shows how to give a bit more feedback to users:

You need to edit ‘\sitecore\shell\Applications\Content Manager\default.aspx’ and add the following javascript (added after <a id=”SystemMenu” .. />):

	<script type="text/javascript">
		function getParameterByName(name) {
			name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");
			var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),
				results = regex.exec(parent.location.search);
			return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));
		}
		window.onload=function(){ 
			if (getParameterByName('sc_content') == 'web') {
				var captions = document.getElementsByClassName('scCaption');
				for (var i = 0; i < captions .length; ++i) {
					var item = captions [i];  
					item.style.background="#761819 url(/sitecore/shell/themes/standard/gradients/red1.gif) 50% 0 repeat-y";
				}
			}		
		};
	</script>

function getParameterByName(name) {

name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");

var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),

results = regex.exec(parent.location.search);

return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));

}

window.onload=function(){

if (getParameterByName('sc_content') == 'web') {

var captions = document.getElementsByClassName('scCaption');

for (var i = 0; i < captions .length; ++i) {

var item = captions [i];

item.style.background="#761819 url(/sitecore/shell/themes/standard/gradients/red1.gif) 50% 0 repeat-y";

}

};

</script>

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