Sitecore – Unlock locked item by non-admins

This is a very simple module that will help the non-admin content authors to unlock the locked items. The user has to be in a defined role to access this module.

• A button called Unlock will be added to Publish chunk.
• Add the Content admin who needs access to unlock item to the role - SitecoreContentAuthorUnlock
• To unlock, content admin can click the Unlock button for locked item and item will be unlocked. 

Package will install these items

• An assembly
• Sitecore role – “SitecoreContentAuthorUnlock”
• Configuration file in Includes folder
• Button in Publish chunk (core item)

You can download the Sitecore package here and install it using Installation Wizard.

Unlocking Sitecore items leads to Anonymous Update

In Sitecore 6.6, if a content author unlocks his locked Sitecore items (using Review / My Items command), Sitecore executes a job and unlocks the items. When it unlocks, it also updates the item’s modified details with anonymous user.

Below item was modified by a test user using Lock and Edit.

Once user unlock the item using Sitecore unlock feature, the item will be updated by anonymous user. 

Sitecore support team has acknowledged this as a bug (#416532) and have provided a fix.

- Place the assembly in the bin folder. 

- Replace the following lines in your Website/App_Config/Commands.config file:

   <!-- <command name="webedit:unlock" type="Sitecore.Shell.Applications.WebEdit.Commands.Unlock,Sitecore.Client"/>-->

   <!-- <command name="webedit:unlockall" type="Sitecore.Shell.Applications.WebEdit.Commands.UnlockAll,Sitecore.Client"/>-->

   <command name="webedit:unlock" type="Sitecore.Support.Shell.Applications.WebEdit.Commands.Unlock, Sitecore.Support.338528"/>

   <command name="webedit:unlockall" type="Sitecore.Support.Shell.Applications.WebEdit.Commands.UnlockAll, Sitecore.Support.338528"/>