Collaboration and Social Overview¶
Liferay DXP empowers users to build robust communities with flexible, social, and extensible collaborative applications.
Out-of-the-box features include:
Message Boards¶
The Message Boards app is a platform for content-rich discussions and provides tools for moderation, subscriptions, and thread management.
To begin using the Message Board app to build a forum, see the Getting Started with Message Boards article.
Wiki¶
DXP includes a full-featured Wiki application that provides a rich writing environment, article versioning, and support for multiple wiki nodes. Wikis in DXP are completely integrated with the portal’s user management, tagging, and security features.
To begin creating a wiki, see the Getting Started with Wikis article.
Invitations¶
The Invite Members widget lets Site Administrators send invitations to join the Site. When Users confirm such invitations, they become Site members assigned to the Roles defined by the site administrator. Click to learn more about Site Membership.
Once the user has been invited, they can confirm or ignore the request.
Knowledge Base¶
The Knowledge Base app can be used to display professional product documentation or form complete books or guides. Content writers can use multiple formats, including markdown. Furthermore, Knowledge Base are integrated with the workflow engine so content editors can review and approve articles before publication.
Social Tools¶
The following social applications are included with Liferay DXP:
Activities
Contacts Center
These tools are building blocks for building an integrated, social experience for users. Activities provides a configurable feed of the actions users take on a site. Contacts Center allows users to search, view, and establish social relations with other users.