Capability

Development and Tooling

Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

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Fragment Specific Tags and Attributes Reference for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Fragment Specific Tags and Attributes Reference for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions Along with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can use Liferay-specific tags and attributes to define...
Page Fragment Editor Interface Reference
Page Fragment Editor Interface Reference The page fragment editor's interface is organized into two tabs: Code Editor Configuration The sections below cover how to use these portions of the...
Using Custom Fields in Page Fragments
Using Custom Fields in Page Fragments If you've added custom fields to Liferay's users or pages, you can access them in fragments. To get the value of a page custom field, use ...
Using the Fragments Toolkit
Using the Fragments Toolkit The Fragments Toolkit is deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+. See Alternatives for the Fragments Toolkit for more information. The Fragments Toolkit helps...
Validating Fragment Configurations
Validating Fragment Configurations When defining fragment configuration options, you can add validation properties to text type fields that determine rules for valid entries. Determine what type of...
Using a Site Initializer Client Extension
Using a Site Initializer Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Site Initializer client extensions can quickly create or update a site, complete with configurations and content. Start...
Site Initializer YAML Configuration Reference
Site Initializer YAML Configuration Reference Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Use a client-extension.yaml file to define a Site Initializer client extension. Usage...
Integrating External Applications
Integrating External Applications Custom Element and IFrame client extensions register applications with Liferay and render them as widgets on site pages. When you create one of these frontend...
Site Initializers
Site Initializers Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Site Initializers package pages, content, and configurations to help you jump-start a new site with much of the site already built. You can...
Creating a Basic Custom Element
Creating a Basic Custom Element Liferay 7.4+ Custom element client extensions use Liferay's frontend infrastructure to register external, remote applications with the Liferay platform and render...
Theme Sprite Map YAML Configuration Reference
Theme Sprite Map YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme sprite map client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml defines a theme sprite...
Editor Config Contributor YAML Configuration Reference
Editor Config Contributor YAML Configuration Reference Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ This feature is currently behind a release feature flag (LPS-186870). Read Release Feature Flags for more...
Adding Configuration Options to Fragments
Adding Configuration Options to Fragments Liferay DXP 7.2 SP1 Configurable options make your fragments flexible, minimizing the maintenance of similar fragments. For example, instead of creating...
Applying Styles to Fragments
Applying Styles to Fragments When you add a fragment to a page, you can use the sidebar menu to configure the fragment, including the Styles configuration tab. Use the Styles tab in the sidebar...
CSS YAML Configuration Reference
CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a CSS client extension definition: ...
Using a CSS Client Extension
Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme favicon client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a theme favicon...
Defining Fragment Drop Zones
Defining Fragment Drop Zones Drop zones are integral to building your content pages. With them, you can create unique page layouts and dynamic displays by defining areas within fragments where...
Fragment Specific Tags and Attributes Reference
Fragment Specific Tags and Attributes Reference Along with standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can use Liferay-specific tags and attributes to define editable sections, embed widgets, and more....
Batch YAML Configuration Reference
Batch YAML Configuration Reference Use a client-extension.yaml file to define a batch client extension. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a client extension of type batch: ...