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Liferay’s Content Management System (CMS) offers user-friendly applications for creating, editing, publishing, and managing your site’s content.

Liferay empowers you to create and manage web content effectively. Easily create web content, upload documents, and leverage a suite of tools to administer and optimize your content. These tools include a user-friendly Content Dashboard UI, built-in Translation capabilities, and Content Performance insights.

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Asset Libraries API Basics
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Asset Libraries API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide endpoints for creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting asset libraries. Starting with Liferay DXP 2025.Q4, these same endpoints also...
Categories and Vocabulary API Basics
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Categories and Vocabulary API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for Liferay's categories and vocabularies functionality. You can create and edit vocabularies with the API. You can also...
Message Boards API Basics
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Message Boards API Basics Liferay's Headless Delivery application provides REST services for the Message Boards application. With these services, you can add message board categories, threads, and...
Knowledge Base API Basics
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Knowledge Base API Basics You can Create Knowledge Base Articles and Manage the Knowledge Base with Liferay's Knowledge Base app, but you can also use Liferay's REST APIs. Call these services to...
Blog API Basics
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Blog API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for adding, modifying, and deleting blog posts and images. Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ The Blogs API now uses External Reference Codes...
Tags API Basics
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Tags API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for managing tags (referred to as keywords in Liferay's codebase). You can create, edit, and delete tags using the API. Start with an example of...
Web Content API
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Web Content API Here is a comprehensive resource for understanding and leveraging Liferay’s Web Content APIs. It supports the integration and management of web content within applications,...
Advanced Web Content API
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Advanced Web Content API Using the Liferay DXP REST services, you can create and manage your site's structured content. Structured content is web content that uses a web content structure (or...
Web Content API Basics
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Web Content API Basics Using Liferay DXP REST services, you can create and manage structured content on your site. Structured content refers to web content articles that use a web content structure...
Managing Web Content Structures and Templates by Using the REST API
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Managing Web Content Structures and Templates by Using the REST API Web content structures define the information included in a web content article. Structures facilitate creating and managing web...
Wiki API Basics
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Wiki API Basics Wiki is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to alternative content management solutions like Liferay Objects or Web...
Web Content API Basics Using GraphQL
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Web Content API Basics Using GraphQL Use Liferay DXP GraphQL services to manage web content by creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting structured content on your site. Structured content...
Alternative Asset Tracking Methods
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Alternative Asset Tracking Methods Liferay Analytics Cloud can detect and analyze built-in Liferay DXP assets like blogs, documents and media, forms, and web content throught their respective...
Blogs Analytics
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Blogs Analytics Blogs entries are important content on websites. They attract readers who return to view new blog posts and interact in discussion. Analytics Cloud gives you important insights...
Assets Analytics
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Assets Analytics Assets are individual pieces of content that exist on site pages in your Liferay Analytics Cloud data sources. Assets are Content residing on a page. Registered, tracked, and...
Web Content Analytics
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Web Content Analytics Web content articles are important assets for presenting site visitors with information. Analytics Cloud gives you important insights into how site users are engaging with...
Tracking Events in Third Party Websites
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Tracking Events in Third Party Websites You can use Analytics Cloud to track events for analysis on websites not built on Liferay DXP by adding JavaScript code to the and of your HTML pages: ...
Tracking Events
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Tracking Events You can track events for analysis by adding JavaScript code to your Liferay DXP site pages. Your code interacts with Analytic Cloud's APIs to capture what users are doing on your...
Events Analytics
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Events Analytics As individuals visit and interact with your site, Analytics Cloud tracks these events. Many of these events that take place on your Liferay DXP instance are set up to be tracked...
Events Descriptions
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Events Descriptions Below are the various events that can be analyzed in the events analysis tool. Blog Clicked This is when a user clicks on an element within the blogs application. See Blogs...
File Storage
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File Storage All files uploaded to Liferay DXP are stored in the instance's designated file store. This includes files uploaded using Documents and Media, as well as those uploaded using...
Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files
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Enabling Antivirus Scanning for Uploaded Files DXP 7.3 SP 1+, Portal 7.3 GA7+, and DXP 7.2 FP 9+ This feature is not currently available on Portal 7.2 and earlier versions. You can...
Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Amazon Simple Storage Service Self-Hosted Only Amazon's simple storage service (S3) is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP's S3 Store uses to store files seamlessly to the cloud. Once you have...
Google Cloud Storage
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Google Cloud Storage Self-Hosted Only Liferay DXP 7.3 SP3+ and 7.4+ Liferay DXP provides integration with Google's Cloud Storage (GCS) service. With GCS integration, you can seamlessly store and...
File Store Migration
Official Documentation
File Store Migration Files can be migrated from one file store type to another. Here are some migration scenarios: Migrating from Simple File System Store to Advanced File System Store for...
DBStore
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DBStore DBStore stores files to the DXP database as blobs. DBStore doesn't have the transaction rollback vulnerabilities that the file-based store types (Simple, Advanced, S3) have. DBStore's file...
IBM Cloud Object Storage
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Self-Hosted Only Liferay DXP implements IBM’s Cloud Object Storage store with the S3 compatibility layer so that it uses the same configuration as the AWS S3 store. Once...
Other File Store Types
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Other File Store Types Simple Fie System Store Amazon S3 Store DBStore IBM Cloud Object Storage Google Cloud Storage Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service
Simple File System Store
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Simple File System Store Simple File System Store is the default file store type. It uses a file system (local or a mounted share) to store files. If Simple File System Store is used in a clustered...
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service
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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service Self-Hosted Only 7.4+ and 7.3 FP2+ Microsoft Azure Blob Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP’s Azure Blob Storage Store uses to seamlessly store...
Site Content Configurations
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Site Content Configurations Liferay offers a range of tools and settings to help you configure and optimize your site's content: Setting up the asset recycle bin Configuring content rating...
Managing Content Sharing Across Sites
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Managing Content Sharing Across Sites You can allow Liferay DXP child Sites to display content from parent Sites. This content includes Web Content Structures Web Content Templates Document...
Configuring the Asset Recycle Bin for Sites
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Configuring the Asset Recycle Bin for Sites The recycle bin stores content and assets that have been flagged for deletion, before they are permanently removed from the system. This functionality...
Configuring Geolocation for Assets
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Configuring Geolocation for Assets Geolocated assets include geographical data, allowing them to be displayed on maps or filtered based on location. You can use geolocation data to display a list...
Content Management System
Official Documentation
Content Management System Liferay’s content management system includes tools for creating, organizing, and managing content across your sites. These include Web Content, Tags and Categories, Asset...
Adding Blog Entries
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Adding Blog Entries Blog entries are scoped to sites. By default, only authenticated users can create blog entries. See the Blogs Permissions Reference for more information. You can create a blog...
Aggregating Blogs
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Aggregating Blogs The Blogs Aggregator widget publishes blogs entries from multiple blog sources. The Blogs Aggregator widget shows multiple blogs. To configure the widget, Start editing the...
Blogs
Official Documentation
Blogs Use the Blogs application to publish time-based content like company updates, announcements, or editorial articles. Site members with the appropriate permissions can create, manage, and...
Blog Entry Editor Reference
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Blog Entry Editor Reference The blog entry editor provides context appropriate editing tools for formatting text, managing images, tables, and other rich features. Users are able to switch to code...
Displaying Blogs
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Displaying Blogs Liferay provides two ways to display blog entries: display page templates and the Blogs widget. Using Display Page Templates You can use display page templates to create reusable,...
Highlighting Recent Bloggers
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Highlighting Recent Bloggers You can use the Recent Bloggers widget to highlight the work of your most recent blog authors. This widget lists each recent author's name, profile picture, and number...
Blog Permissions Reference
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Blog Permissions Reference Here's a list of all permissions associated with the Blogs application. To configure the permissions for the Blogs widget see Setting Widget Permissions. Blog Entry...
Getting Started with Blogs
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Getting Started with Blogs The blogs application's editor has a complete set of WYSIWYG controls that appear when and where you need them. You can also switch to source mode to edit your content's...
Managing Blog Entries
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Managing Blog Entries Bloggers and blog administrators manage blog entries using the Blogs application in the Site Administration menu. To access this app, open the Product Menu (Product Menu) and...
Configuring the Blogs App
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Configuring the Blogs App You can control how the app behaves for all blogs in your site. Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and navigate to Content and Data → Blogs Click Options (Options icon)...
Classic Content Management System
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Classic Content Management System
Content Dashboard
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Content Dashboard Available 7.3+ This feature works only with Elasticsearch. The Content Dashboard is a global application for managing your content. From the Content Dashboard page, content...
Exporting Assets List To a Spreadsheet
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Exporting Assets List To a Spreadsheet The Content Dashboard can export a spreadsheet (.xls file) of content related metadata for further analysis. To export the asset list to a spreadsheet, ...
Deprecated Content Features
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Deprecated Content Features These content features are deprecated and no longer actively developed in Liferay. While still available for compatibility and migration purposes, they are not...
Content Dashboard Interface
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Content Dashboard Interface Available 7.3+ The Content Dashboard user interface has three main sections: Content Audit Tool Contents List Content Info Sidebar To access the dashboard, open...
Message Boards
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Message Boards Message Boards is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to the Questions widget. Liferay's Message Boards application is a...
Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List
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Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List You can configure a mailing list for a message board category in a site or page-scoped message board. Globally scoped messages boards don't...
Creating Message Boards Categories
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Creating Message Boards Categories Message Boards Categories organize threads into specific topics, making it easier for users to find and participate in discussions relevant to their interests. ...
Message Boards Permissions Reference
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Message Boards Permissions Reference Permissions settings for the Message Boards app include Home Category, Widget, General Category, and Thread permissions. Manage these settings to control user...
Scoping Your Message Boards
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Scoping Your Message Boards The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. Multiple message boards can be created...
Message Boards Widget UI Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Widget UI Reference Explore the user interface elements of the Message Boards widget, including the various tabs and their functionalities. Each tab provides access to different...
Subscribing to a Message Board
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Subscribing to a Message Board Users can receive email updates and in-product notifications by subscribing to a message board. By default, users are subscribed automatically to any threads they...
Wiki
Official Documentation
Wiki Wiki is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to alternative content management solutions like Liferay Objects or Web Content. The...
Creating Message Boards Threads
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Creating Message Boards Threads A thread is a series of messages focused on a specific topic. It starts with an initial post, followed by replies that form a discussion. Only authenticated users...
Message Boards Configuration Reference
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Message Boards Configuration Reference Configuration settings for the Message Boards app are divided in Settings and Notifications. To access the Message Boards app's configuration screen, Open...