Umbraco Document Type Renamer Tool

When renaming document types in Umbraco, it is easy to miss something or make a typo when renaming. This console app aims to help prevent issues caused by this by automating the renaming process.

Using the application

Configure appsettings.json

• BaseDirectory - the path to the root of your Umbraco project,
• OriginalDocTypeName - the name of the document type you want to rename,
• OriginalDocTypeAlias - the alias of the document type you want to rename - optional, will be calculated based on the "OriginalDocTypeName" value if left blank,
• NewDocTypeName - the new name for the document type you are renaming,
• uSyncDirectory - the path to your uSync directory,
• IgnoreCase - this value is passed to string.Replace to determine if casing should be ignored when replacing the original document type name or aliases. Will default to true if left blank
• CultureCode - the culture code passed to string.Replace, defaults to en-GB if left blank

Run the console app

If the values for BaseDirectory, OriginalDocTypeName, NewDocTypeName or uSyncDirectory has been left blank in appsettings.json, you will be prompted to enter these. No validation takes place to verify these values are well formed.

A limited description of what has been changed will be output to the console.

Review what has changed

Use git to determine if the changes made by the tool are suitable.

Run uSync

Umbraco will not pick up the new doctype name unless a uSync import of settings and content is run.

Known limitations

This application does not support renaming templates. This will need to be done manually.