Enabling Publications¶
Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+
Publications provides a convenient and flexible way for you and your teams to develop, track, and publish changes to your DXP instance. When enabled, Publications is activated globally and can be accessed anywhere to edit supported entities.
Important
Staging and Publications cannot be enabled at the same time. If Staging is enabled on any of your Sites, you must first disable Staging before enabling Publications. See Disabling Local Live Staging and Disabling Remote Live Staging for more information.
Workflow cannot be used with Publications in Liferay 7.3.
How to Enable Publications¶
Follow these steps to enable Publications:
Open the Global Menu (
), click on the Applications tab, and go to Publications.Toggle Enable Publications.
(Optional) Toggle Sandbox Only mode. While enabled, users are directed automatically to their last working publication when they log in. If they don’t have one, a new publication is generated for them.
Tip
Using Sandbox Only can help reduce accidental edits to production.
Click on Save to save your configuration. This redirects you to the Publications application page.
Once enabled, you can access the drop-down Publications bar menu from anywhere in your DXP instance.
You can use this menu to create new publications, select which publication you want to work on, switch between edit and production modes, and review and publish the current publication’s changes. See Creating and Managing Publications to learn about creating, editing, and removing individual publications.
How to Disable Publications¶
If desired, you can disable Publications at any time via the Publications application page.
Open the Global Menu (
), click on the Applications tab, and go to Publications.Click on the Actions button (
) in the Application Bar, and select Settings.
Toggle the switch to disable Publications.
Click on Save.
Important
Once disabled, all active publications are deactivated, scheduled publications are canceled, and you can no longer access your publication history. DXP, however, retains your instance’s publication history, so you can access it again if you re-enable Publications.
Enabling Publications for 7.3.x¶
Follow these steps to enable Publications:
Open the Global Menu (
), click on the Applications tab, and click on Settings under Publications.
Toggle the switch to Yes.
Click on Submit to save your configuration.
Alternatively, you can click on Save and Go to Overview, which saves your configuration and redirects you to the Publications overview page.
Disabling Publications for 7.3.x¶
If desired, you can disable Publications at any time via the Publications Settings page.
Open the Global Menu (
), click on the Applications tab, and click on Settings under Publications.Toggle the switch to No.
Click on Submit.
Important
Once disabled, all active publications are deactivated, scheduled publications are canceled, and you can no longer access your publication history. DXP, however, retains your instance’s publication history, so you can access it again if you re-enable Publications.