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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Best Practices for Using Fragment Configurations
Best Practices for Using Fragment Configurations When you are creating page fragments for your site with your own configurations, it's your responsibility to use them in their HTML presentation...
Creating a Contributed Fragment Set
Creating a Contributed Fragment Set Contributed fragment sets are deployable modules containing page fragments. Fragments in a contributed set can be used like regular fragments, but aren't...
Including Default Resources in Fragments
Including Default Resources in Fragments You can include images files (e.g. .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png) direct in your fragment sets. Keeping images with your fragments, rather than in other...
Developing Page Fragments Reference
Developing Page Fragments Reference The Developing Fragments Reference provides essential information on key aspects of fragment development in Liferay. It covers command references, configuration...
Fragment Configuration Types Reference
Fragment Configuration Types Reference Below are the available configuration types for fragments. See Adding Configuration Options to Fragments for more on how to make a fragment configurable. ...
Fragments Toolkit Command Reference
Fragments Toolkit Command Reference The Fragments Toolkit is deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+. See Alternatives for the Fragments Toolkit for more information. The Fragments...
Setting the Order of Elements in a Fragment
Setting the Order of Elements in a Fragment Liferay 7.4+ The Slider or Tab fragments are typically used to show different areas of information. Sliders present this information in a carousel of...
Using the Fragments Editor
Using the Fragments Editor Liferay DXP includes a built-in editor for developing content page fragments. To access the editor, open the Site Menu ( Site Menu ) and navigate to Design → Fragments....
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...