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Liferay sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes applications for creating content, designing pages, and more. With these features, you can bring your custom solutions to life, whether intranets, public sites, customer portals, or e-commerce storefronts. In fact, you can leverage Liferay's multi-site capabilities to create multiple such sites in the same Liferay instance.

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Creating Your First Site
Creating Your First Site Sites are collections of pages that contain and display content. This article walks through creating a new Site based on an existing out-of-the-box template. Creating a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Changing Your Site's Appearance
Changing Your Site's Appearance Liferay has many ways to customize your site's appearance. Your site's favicon and theme are two of the first elements you may want to change. Themes set a default...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Styling Widgets with Widget Templates
Styling Widgets with Widget Templates You can use widget templates to customize the appearance and functionality of out-of-the-box widgets, such as the Asset Publisher and Media Gallery widgets. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using the Simulation Panel
Using the Simulation Panel Available Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can verify your page's responsiveness by simulating different scenarios. With Liferay, use the Simulation panel to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Configuring Menu Displays
Configuring Menu Displays Use a Menu Display fragment or a Menu Display widget to display and configure a menu display. With either option, you can define the menu display options, levels, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Appearance
Site Appearance You can customize the design and functionality of a Liferay site in several different ways. The table below shows the Liferay tools you can use: FeaturesStyle BooksMaster Page...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Style Books
Style Books
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Frontend Token Definitions
Frontend Token Definitions Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The visual rules of style books consist of options grouped into categories. For example, in the Buttons category there can be an option called...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Exporting and Importing Style Books
Exporting and Importing Style Books You can export and import style books to share them between Liferay installations as ZIP files or as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. Exporting a Style Book as a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Navigation
Site Navigation Liferay DXP separates your site's navigation menus from its page hierarchy to give you the flexibility you need, along with powerful tools to make content easy to access. Here, you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Managing Page Hierarchies
Managing Page Hierarchies With Liferay, you can organize pages into hierarchies to achieve the desired structure for your site. This can be done by directly adding child pages to an existing page...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding a New Analytics Service
Adding a New Analytics Service Liferay DXP includes support for Google Analytics and Piwik for analyzing traffic on your site. If you require a different analytics service, you can add it for your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Hreflang Meta Data
Configuring Hreflang Meta Data Hreflang tags are HTML attributes used to identify the language and geographic region targeted by alternative versions of a page. In some cases, these attributes can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Managing Site URLs
Managing Site URLs Liferay DXP provides multiple out-of-the-box features for configuring and managing site URLs. Virtual Hosts Site URLs Configure virtual hosts for your Liferay server to connect...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using the Breadcrumb Widget
Using the Breadcrumb Widget This widget provides a way to navigate to related pages or sites through links. From Fragments and Widgets, add the Breadcrumb widget to a page. It's located in the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using the Navigation Menus Application
Using the Navigation Menus Application Use the Navigation Menus application to create custom menus for site pages and content. With it, you can determine which elements are included in a menu, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Open Graph for Sites
Configuring Open Graph for Sites Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Open Graph is an Internet protocol that standardizes previews of site content when shared in application contexts that support it, such as...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Virtual Hosts Site URLs
Configuring Virtual Hosts Site URLs A virtual host connects a domain name (e.g., www.helloworld.com) to a site. This can be a full domain or a subdomain (e.g. developers.helloworld.com). You can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking
Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking 7.4 U48+/GA48+ Maintaining URL integrity is important for any site. Liferay's Redirection tool provides a convenient and integrated way to manage HTTP...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Tracking 404 URLs
Tracking 404 URLs With the Redirection application, you can view and manage site requests leading to 404 errors. While enabled, Liferay catalogs each error, so you can assess the cause of the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using Pattern Redirects
Using Pattern Redirects Available 7.4 U48+/GA48+ Pattern redirects use regular expressions to define patterns for multiple source URLs and their replacements. Consequently, they are best used when...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Friendly URL Redirects
Configuring Friendly URL Redirects Liferay 7.4+ When you update friendly URLs for pages, blogs, and documents, Liferay automatically stores the old URLs. As long as the old URL remains in the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Your Site's Friendly URL
Configuring Your Site's Friendly URL Friendly URLs are readable URLs that can helps users quickly access your site. Each URL must be unique and is appended to https://localhost:8080/web (e.g.,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Using Alias Redirects
Using Alias Redirects Alias redirects define absolute source and destination URLs explicitly. Because of their predictability, alias redirects are recommended for most use cases. You can make alias...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Content Rating Type
Configuring Content Rating Type Ratings can be represented by different types of icons/labels (like, stacked stars, stars, and thumbs ups). You can configure these rating types for the following...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Localization
Site Localization If you are setting up your Liferay installation for the first time, we recommend reviewing Initial Instance Localization first. Configuring Site Languages You can set your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Sites
Sites Sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes out-of-the-box applications for building custom solutions, such as portals, intranets,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content Liferay sites include the export/import applications for extracting and transferring site data as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. You can access these tools...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding a Site
Adding a Site Sites are customizable spaces within Liferay, designed for building personalized digital experiences that engage specific audiences and meet unique organizational goals. Creating a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Default Site Applications
Default Site Applications All sites include the below core applications for building personalized digital experiences. You can access them via the Product Menu (Product Menu). The Product Menu can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Personal Sites
Personal Sites By default, Liferay generates a personal site for every user. Each site includes two page sets: My Profile (public) and My Dashboard (private). Each user is the sole member of their...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Hierarchies
Site Hierarchies Sites can be organized hierarchically, similar to organizations, with child sites. This hierarchical structure simplifies sharing content between sites. Unlike organizations which...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding Members to Sites
Adding Members to Sites Users and sites are central concepts in Liferay DXP. Sites store all your content and pages, while users access and create that content. User management is covered in User...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Templates
Site Templates Liferay provides site templates for designing structures and content that you can use during site creation. Each template includes most standard site applications for adding pages,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Templates
Exporting/Importing Site Templates You can export and import site templates to share them between Liferay installations. Exporting Individual Site Templates Open the Global Menu (Global Menu),...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Propagating Template Changes
Propagating Template Changes When site template propagation is enabled, you can make changes to the template's pages and automatically propagate those changes to connected sites. However, making...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Inviting Members to Your Site
Inviting Members to Your Site The Invite Members widget is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. You can use the Invite Members...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Site Template Propagation
Configuring Site Template Propagation Liferay 7.4 U23+/GA23+ By default, site template changes are propagated automatically to a connected site when a user visits the site after the template is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Creating Site Templates
Creating Site Templates With site templates, you can design and configure templates for creating sites. Each template is built using the same tools as sites. Site templates are primarily intended...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Social Tools
Social Tools Social tools play a vital role in fostering engagement, collaboration, and interaction within digital environments. They can enhance user experiences and facilitate connections....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Using the Activities Widget
Using the Activities Widget The Activities widget is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. The Activities widget is used to track...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Using the Contacts Center Widget
Using the Contacts Center Widget With the Contacts Center widget, users can form two connection types: Connect and Follow. Connected users can see each other's activities in their private...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Using the Ratings System
Using the Ratings System With Liferay DXP's asset framework, users can use a content rating system and rate or value content. Many of DXP's built-in content types have ratings enabled by default. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Metrics Description
Metrics Description See the description of various metrics used by Analytics Cloud and how they are calculated. Index: A/B Testing - Estimated Time to Declare Winner A/B Testing - Improvement ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:44 PM
Using Fragments
Using Fragments Page fragments are extensible and reusable drag-and-drop elements for building content pages and templates (i.e., masters, pages, and display pages). Built with HTML, CSS, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Exporting and Importing Fragments
Exporting and Importing Fragments Export fragments from one environment and import them into another to move content, replicate setups, share fragment collections, or back up custom work. ...
Published Date: Jun 2, 2025 6:31 PM
Managing Fragments
Managing Fragments Liferay DXP provides tools for managing fragments in the Liferay UI. With out-of-the-box tools, you can edit fragment code, export/import fragment sets between sites, and more. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Translating Fields in Form Containers
Translating Fields in Form Containers Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-37927). Read Release Feature Flags for more information. ...
Published Date: Jan 24, 2025 12:28 PM
Updating Page Permissions
Updating Page Permissions By default, when users join a site, they can see all of its pages. However, you can configure permissions for individual pages to restrict access based on user roles. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Adding Elements to Content Pages
Adding Elements to Content Pages After creating a content page, you can add widgets and fragments to build the page's content and structure. Navigate to the content page and click Edit (Edit...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Displaying Collections
Displaying Collections Liferay Portal 7.4 GA6+, DXP 7.3 GA1+ You can display a collection by adding a collection page, or a Collection Display fragment. For more information about these display...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Understanding Pages
Understanding Pages Pages render content and applications for users of a site. Page Sets If you enable private pages, two page sets are created: public pages and private pages. For Liferay 7.4...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:51 PM
Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance
Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance Available 7.3+ A site's Style Book provides visual rules for applying a consistent experience across its pages. Style books determine various...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Navigation Menu API Basics
Navigation Menu API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for Liferay's navigation menus. You can create and edit navigation menus with the API. Start by seeing an example of adding a new...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements
Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Use icons to make navigation menus easier to scan and more visually engaging. They provide quick visual cues that help users recognize...
Published Date: Apr 10, 2025 4:00 PM
Site Settings
Site Settings After you create a site, customize it to meet your needs and the needs of your users. A wealth of configuration options and tools are available to create the site you envision....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Changing Site Membership Type
Changing Site Membership Type A site's membership type determines how freely users may join your site. There are three types of site membership: Open: Users can join and leave whenever they...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Membership
Site Membership Site members can be assigned roles that define site-level privileges. This gives them more permissions than guests, allowing them to collaborate through widgets like message boards...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM

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