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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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Integrating Objects with Third Party Services
Official Documentation
Integrating Objects with Third Party Services You can use Liferay Objects with popular data integration tools to create automated tasks for syncing Object data with external services. These tasks...
Setting a Default Sorting
Official Documentation
Setting a Default Sorting Liferay 7.4 U18+/GA18+ With custom views, you can set a default sorting for tables. Follow these steps: Begin editing the desired view and go to the Default Sort tab. ...
Using System Objects with Custom Objects
Official Documentation
Using System Objects with Custom Objects
Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting Liferay Performance Issues with Glowroot Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Use Glowroot to identify and diagnose performance issues in your Liferay installation. The following...
Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin
Official Documentation
Troubleshooting Templates with Glowroot Freemarker Plugin Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Glowroot can troubleshoot FreeMarker templates to pinpoint slow transactions. Configuring the...
Client Extension Reference
Official Documentation
Client Extension Reference Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 You can find code examples for all types of client extensions in liferay-portal Frontend Client Extensions ...
Field Options Provider
Official Documentation
Field Options Provider You can populate a drop-down list manually in the @Meta.AD annotation of the configuration interface. But you can also populate the option labels and values automatically...
Development
Official Documentation
Development Liferay's development platform makes developers faster and more efficient by providing a baseline set of features to build upon. Rather than start from scratch, you can start instead...
Building Applications
Official Documentation
Building Applications For maximum compatibility with all of Liferay's deployment options, you can combine Liferay's Objects, Client Extensions, and other features and tools to build real-world...
Building a Custom Ticketing System
Official Documentation
Building a Custom Ticketing System Liferay makes it easy for you to build digital solutions. For example, you can create a custom ticketing application with the styling and features needed for your...
Applying a Custom Theme
Official Documentation
Applying a Custom Theme You can use different front-end client extensions to customize the look and feel of your site. Specifically, theme CSS type client extension can be used as an alternative to...
Defining a Custom Data Schema
Official Documentation
Defining a Custom Data Schema The ticketing application requires custom data fields and selections. You use Liferay objects and picklists to define a custom data schema. Creating Custom Picklists...
Deploying a Custom Application
Official Documentation
Deploying a Custom Application You can use a custom element client extension to render a JavaScript application as a widget on a Liferay site page. The application is served by Liferay and...
Implementing a Documentation Referral System
Official Documentation
Implementing a Documentation Referral System The ticketing system can be further enhanced with a documentation referral system. The system searches automatically for relevant documentation based on...
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs
Official Documentation
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs Use Cron jobs to automate managing tickets. For example, have a job to run at a regular schedule to delete any tickets that have a resolution type of duplicate or...
Building a Time Off Requester
Official Documentation
Building a Time Off Requester Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay Objects, you can build entire applications without writing code or deploying modules. Here, create a Time Off Request application using...
Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 When you want to extend Liferay, either by modifying its look and feel or by calling functions outside of Liferay, you...
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference You can use an instance settings client extension to configure a wide variety of Liferay configurations. Each configuration is referenced by its PID...
Packaging Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Packaging Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Client extension projects are built as deployable archives called Liferay Universal File Format Archives...
Configuration as Code
Official Documentation
Configuration as Code Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Liferay instance configurations are deployable with client extensions. For example, you can deploy OAuth2...
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension
Official Documentation
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q1+/Portal GA92+ JavaScript import map entry client extensions make JavaScript code or resources available to...
Working with Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Working with Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Using client extensions, you can extend Liferay without deploying OSGi modules. Just like traditional...
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth headless server client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines...
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth user agent client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines an OAuth...
Language Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel
Official Documentation
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel One of the easiest ways to get started developing on Liferay's platform is to modify its look and feel. You can change everything from its favicon to its entire...
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript import map entry client extension: assemble: - from: build/static ...
Using Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Using Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ Using client extensions, you can extend Liferay without using OSGi modules. Deploy them to any Liferay environment, whether you host it...
Payment Integration Client Extension Reference
Official Documentation
Payment Integration Client Extension Reference Payment Integration Client Extension YAML Reference FieldValueDescription keyliferay-sample-commerce-payment-integrationSpecifies the unique key for...
Using the Checkout Step Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using the Checkout Step Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ You can use a client extension to create a new checkout step. This tutorial uses an example client extension from the...
Using the Shipping Engine Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using the Shipping Engine Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ You can use a client extension to add a new shipping engine to Liferay. This client extension from the sample...
Using the Payment Integration Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using the Payment Integration Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ You can use a client extension to integrate with a new payment method in Liferay. This client extension from the...
Shipping Engine Client Extension Reference
Official Documentation
Shipping Engine Client Extension Reference Shipping Engine Client Extension YAML Reference FieldValueDescription keyliferay-sample-commerce-shipping-engineSpecifies the unique key for the shipping...
Developing Page Fragments Reference
Official Documentation
Developing Page Fragments Reference The Developing Fragments Reference provides essential information on key aspects of fragment development in Liferay. It covers command references, configuration...
Setup
Official Documentation
Setup Prerequisites A supported version of Java. Google Chrome. Gradle or Gradle Wrapper 6.6.1 or higher. Setting up the Poshi Standalone Gradle Project Create a new directory, example...
Batch YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
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: ...
Creating a Macro File
Official Documentation
Creating a Macro File Test Scenario Write your first macro file using the test scenario below: You would like to test that your name does not appear on any learn.liferay.com article. The steps you...
IFrame YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
IFrame YAML Configuration Reference You can define an IFrame client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Data Usage This client-extension.yaml file defines an IFrame client extension: ...
Getting Started
Official Documentation
Getting Started Previously, Poshi tests could only be executed by downloading and creating the test files within the Liferay source code. The Poshi Standalone gradle project enables you to use...
Running a Test
Official Documentation
Running a Test Open the poshi-ext.properties file on your poshi-standalone directory and add the following line, replacing the TestCaseFileName#TestCaseName with the one you created in Creating A...