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Localizing Fragment Configuration Fields

Localizing Fragment Configuration Fields Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+ When using Liferay Fragments, you can localize the following Fragment configuration fields to match your target audience's...

Saving Fragment Compositions

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Saving Fragment Compositions Layout and composition are the foundation of your page design. They make pages easier to read and navigate, resulting in a richer and more consistent user experience....

Propagating Fragment Changes

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Propagating Fragment Changes By default, changes made to a custom fragment's code are not propagated to deployed instances of the fragment. Using fragment propagation, you can propagate changes to...

Managing Fragments

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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. ...

Mapping and Linking Fragment Elements

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Mapping and Linking Fragment Elements Map and link fragment elements to create reusable components for your digital experiences (for example, form submissions and navigation actions). Not all...

Personalizing Forms Using Form Fragments

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Personalizing Forms Using Form Fragments Form fragments auto-generate forms based on custom objects. If Liferay's out-of-the-box form fragments don't satisfy your use case, you can create form...

Translating Fields in Form Containers

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Translating Fields in Form Containers Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Localize text inputs in form containers directly in the Page Editor to provide multilingual support for fields listed in...

Creating Form Fragments

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Creating Form Fragments Liferay 7.4 U45+/GA45+ The form components fragments are for building your object's forms in a content page. If Liferay's form fragments don't satisfy your use case, create...

Creating Forms Using Form Fragments

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Creating Forms Using Form Fragments Use form fragments to create and manage forms on content pages or page templates. With form fragments, you can map fields to objects, organize layouts, and...

Using Fragments to Build Multi-Step Forms

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Using Fragments to Build Multi-Step Forms Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ You can use fragments to create a single-step form or create a multi-step form with the Stepper fragment or by changing...

Using Form Fragments

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Using Form Fragments Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay includes form fragments for building forms in content pages. To build a form, add a form container to a content page or page template...

Using Layout Elements

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Using Layout Elements For Liferay 7.4 U22+/GA22+ Layout elements define drop zones for designing page or template layouts. By default, Liferay includes two layout elements: containers and grids....

Using Widgets

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Using Widgets Widgets are full-blown web applications that must be deployed to a Liferay instance. Built on the Portlet specification, widgets provide a way to create customized web experiences for...

Exporting/Importing Widget Data

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Exporting/Importing Widget Data Export data from individual widget instances without affecting the rest of the site. Many widgets support exporting and importing their data separately, including: ...

Communication Between Widgets

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Communication Between Widgets Portlet widgets can communicate with each other using public render parameters and events. Some Liferay portlets provide a configuration UI to help you get the most...

Configuring Templates

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Configuring Templates Once you've configured a widget, Configuration Templates can save those settings in a reusable template. Configuration templates are only available for widgets placed on a...

Setting Widget Permissions

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Setting Widget Permissions All of Liferay's widgets support Liferay's robust, fine-grained permissions system. Some higher level permissions can be configured in the permissions tab of the widget's...

Configuring Widgets

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Configuring Widgets Widgets available out-of-the-box with Liferay DXP share several configurable features: look and feel, import/export of widget data, inter-widget communication, and more.

Creating a Widget Template

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Creating a Widget Template Widget Templates use FreeMarker to determine how widgets are rendered in site pages. Each template is designed for a specific widget type and can be selected while...

Default Widgets Reference

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Default Widgets Reference Liferay provides a variety of widgets out-of-the-box, so you can start building your solution right away. Widgets can be placed on content pages, widget pages, and page...

Setting a Default Widget Template

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Setting a Default Widget Template You can change the widget template for individual widgets through their own configuration; however you can also configure a default widget template to apply to all...

Configuring Widget Look and Feel

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Configuring Widget Look and Feel Customize your widget's appearance using the Look and Feel Configuration menu when using widget pages. Adjust text styles, background colors, borders, margins,...

Sharing Widgets with Other Sites

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Sharing Widgets with Other Sites The Sharing options for widgets are deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and are scheduled for removal in a future release. Currently, this feature...

Setting Widget Scopes

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Setting Widget Scopes The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. By default, Liferay's page widgets are scoped...

Styling Widgets

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Styling Widgets Once you've added widgets on a page, you can customize the look and feel of the widgets to meet your needs. With a range of configuration options available, you can tailor the...

Configuring Page Sets

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Configuring Page Sets For Liferay 7.4 U22+ and GA22+, private pages are disabled for new installations. They are also deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and are scheduled for...

Configuring Locked Pages

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Configuring Locked Pages Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay locks pages during editing to avoid conflicts when multiple users try to edit the same page. This feature works with content,...

Using a Widget Template Example

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Using a Widget Template Example Widget Templates are great tools for customizing how widgets look and feel on your site. This example shows changing the default configuration of the Media Gallery...

Page Settings

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Page Settings In Liferay, effective page management is crucial for maintaining an organized and user-friendly site. Page settings go beyond the physical layout and content of your pages to help you...

Types of Utility Pages

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Types of Utility Pages Utility pages are content pages managed at the site level. Since the default system-level pages are not customizable, you can use site-level utility pages to provide a unique...

Page Settings UI Reference

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Page Settings UI Reference You can configure individual pages to meet your needs. All changes made in this way are scoped to the selected page. To configure a specific page, open the Site Menu...

Other Page Types

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Other Page Types Content pages are the most commonly used page type, but there are uses for the other page types. Utility Pages Utility pages are content pages you can apply to system-level pages,...

Updating Page Permissions

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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. ...

Understanding Pages

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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...

Configuring Your Page's Friendly URL

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Configuring Your Page's Friendly URL Liferay 7.3+ You can set friendly URLs for each of your site's pages. These URLs make it easy to understand and recall your page's address while providing key...

Setting Default Permissions

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Setting Default Permissions Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+ You can define a set of default permissions for Liferay content pages. The default permissions setting is available at both instance...

Content Page Editor UI Reference

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Content Page Editor UI Reference For Liferay 7.4 U37+/GA37+ Using the content page editor, you can add and configure elements in a content page. Go to a content page and click Edit (Edit icon)....

Adding Elements to Content Pages

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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...

Managing Content in Content Pages

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Managing Content in Content Pages When working on content pages or templates, you can view and manage documents, web content articles, collections, and inline text added to them. To access these...

Managing Content in Content Pages For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions

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Managing Content in Content Pages For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions For Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3, you can review web content deployed using fragments and widgets in the Contents panel (Contents). ...

Using Content Pages

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Using Content Pages Liferay's default page type is the content page. You can manage and edit page content and design with a convenient interface containing configurable drag-and-drop elements, or...

Default Site Applications

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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...

Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages

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Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages In older versions, widget pages provided exclusive features, such as custom layouts and customizable columns. Many of these exclusive features are available...

Using Widgets on a Content Page

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Using Widgets on a Content Page The widgets section functions like the add menu on a widget page. You can access the full list of available widgets and add them to the page. The main difference is...

Using Widget Pages

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Using Widget Pages A widget page is a page with a set layout that allows widgets (applications) to be displayed. Widgets can display content or add interactive and dynamic functionality to the page.

Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages

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Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages Administrators can designate some or all sections (rows and columns of the page layout) of a widget page as customizable for site members. Page...

Using Page Comments

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Using Page Comments When building content pages, you and your team can collaborate using Liferay's page comments feature. Comments are enabled out-of-the-box in Liferay DXP 7.3+. Use page comments...

Adding Widgets to a Page

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Adding Widgets to a Page Widgets are applications. They can be simple and only used to display content, or they can be full-featured collaboration applications, like the Message Boards widget. ...

Ext module is not deployed with the cloud deployment process

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue The modules_ext style projects in workspace will correctly deploy to /build/dist/osgi/marketplace/override. However, for dockerDeploy...

Layout module upgrade fails with NoSuchGroupException when moving up to dxp-14 fix pack

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Issue After installing dxp-14 fix pack, start up fails due to the layout module upgrade failure. ERROR [main][UpgradeStepRegistratorTracker:184] Failed upgrade process for module com.liferay.layout.impl com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.UpgradeException:...

Empty string is considered as null in the parameter map

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Issue Is there any specific reason why the empty String in the parameter map is considered Null? Steps to Reproduce: Deploy the com.mycompany.my.icefaces.portlet. The portlet has a example <ace:datatable> with filters. Add the com.mycompany.my.icefaces.portlet to a Liferay page. Type...

Special Characters are Escaped in Salesforce Chat

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Issue Special characters are escaped when using the Salesforce Snap-In Chat in Liferay. Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Since Salesforce Snap-In Chat is a third-party add on, and no core Liferay issue has been identified which leads to this issue, there is currently no official...

Accessing a Service Builder module from a Spring MVC portlet in Liferay DXP

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Issue When a Spring MVC portlet is trying to call a Service Builder service, there are java.lang.ClassCastExceptions in the logs. For example: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-5][DispatcherPortlet:428] Could not complete request java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy1205 cannot be...

Known Issue: Adjusting Calendar Notification Template fields to be greater than 75 characters results in “Portlet is temporarily unavailable" and JDBCExceptionReporter errors

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Issue When attempting to edit the fields for a calendar email notification template (such as the "From Name" and "From Address" in the "Invite Email" template), if the combined values of the two fields are too long (>75 characters, including the database metadata), when attempting to...

Adding custom preferences to Spring MVC Portlet

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Issue We've create a new Spring MVC Portlet and we'd like to configure it with some custom portlet preference. How can we do it? Environment Liferay DXP Resolution Once you've created your Spring MVC Portlet you need to follow below steps in order to add some custom preferences to it:...

"Service "com.liferay.portal.kernel.cache.MultiVMPool" is unavailable" errors in the logs during startup

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Issue The following error can be seen in the logs multiple times during server startup ERROR [Start Level: Equinox Container: 30e307ea-2db2-001b-1b24-8fe7a9e210b3][ServiceProxyFactory:265] Service "com.liferay.portal.kernel.cache.MultiVMPool" is unavailable in 60000 milliseconds while...

Startup errors after installing DXP 7.3 Fix Pack 2

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Issue After installing Fix pack 2, errors like the following are shown in the server boot log: 2021-07-02 08:21:57.763 ERROR [com.liferay.portal.spring.extender.internal.LiferayServiceExtender-BundleTrackerOpener][BasicLazyInitializer:165] Javassist Enhancement failed:...

A servlet matching the filter (servlet.init.private=false)(servlet.type=friendly-url) is unavailable

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Issue The following WARN message is obtained during the portal startup: 2020-02-07 09:02:43.401 WARN [http-nio-9090-exec-7][PortalImpl:6752] javax.servlet.ServletException: A servlet matching the filter (servlet.init.private=false)(servlet.type=friendly-url) is unavailable...

Schedulers are not initialized as intended in a clustered environment

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Issue In a clustered environment if we restart the nodes at the same time for a deployment, schedulers and information can be lost. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution The issue described above is caused by not starting clustered nodes sequentially which is considered to be a bad...

When adding long values to a JSON object using the Liferay API a String with double quotes is being returned

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Issue When generating a new JSON object using the Liferay API (JSONObjectImpl.java) and a new long value is added to it the returned value is a String with double quotes. In this case the user is calling...

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