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How to search using JournalArticleLocalServiceUtil and sort by title?

Issue When using the JournalArticleLocalServiceUtil class to search for web contents, we are facing the following issues It is not possible to sort by title, since its localization is being stored in the table...

Duplicated back button on search results

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Issue During search, duplicated back buttons appear on the result item's page. Steps to reproduce: 1) Set up a vanilla Liferay DXP 7.2 2) Create a Web Content to be searched on (for example name it as 'test') 3)...

Can I Customize Blog RSS Feeds?

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Issue I would like to be able to modify the Blog RSS feel to include custom fields from my Blogs portlet. Are there any out of the box methods for this? Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution It is not currently possible...

Metadata is not restored when deleting recent modification from history

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Issue While restoring an older version of a web content article the metadata tags do not return to the previous state and stay in the modified state. Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution This behavior is intentional so it...

Embedded Language Selector with "Select Box" template throws "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'attr' of null" when switching language

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Issue When embedding the Language Selector in the theme or a layout template and setting it to have "Select Box" template in the portlet's Configuration settings, the below error will be thrown in the browser's...

Making changes to a Velocity Application Display Template does not update dynamically

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Issue When making changes to a Velocity Application Display Template, these changes are not processed and updated dynamically, and are not reflected immediately upon saving. Environment Liferay 6.2 Resolution This...

Asset Publisher ordering breaks when switching to a non-default language

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Issue I created some Web Contents based on a Web Content Structure The structure has a Date field I have an Asset Publisher Widget on the page The Widget is configured to show Web Contents with the above structure...

"Error: Please enter a valid title." when creating or editing a web content

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Issue After updating to DXP 7.2 Fix Pack 7, we can't create or edit web content articles that default language is different than the site's language by enabling the "Changeable Default Language" in the...

Javascript errors and disabled elements when editing or saving Web Contents

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Issue When editing or creating new web contents based on a custom structure, the information may be inconsistent, fields may be disabled and non editable, or related errors may be observed. This is an...

Disable Liferay "set your preferred language" message

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Issue In case the User's Display Language is set differently than the language of the Site that is being displayed, a warning message appears with the option to set your preferred language. You may wish to...

Gulp build task fails with: "Error: It's not clear which file to import for '@import ..."

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Issue After launching a gulp build task, the tool will encounter an error similar to the below: [15:14:33] 'build:compile-lib-sass' errored after 811 ms [15:14:33] Error in plugin 'gulp-sass' Message: ...

Web Content Display portlet shows content for Guest even when permission is denied

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Issue When creating a new web content with permission set to denying access to it for Guests and adding it to a Web Content Display portlet which a Guest can see, the portlet shows the content regardless of the...

After upgrading to Fix Pack 17, extra privateLayout=true lines are generated in the database

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Issue After upgrading to Fix Pack 17, we can see in the database that some private layouts are generated even though we have no private pages. Environment DXP 7.1 with Fix Pack 17 Resolution The private layouts are...

How to resolve an "Invalid state passed to 'buttonStyle'" browser console error when using an asset publisher to view Rich Summary content

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Issue When using the "Rich Summary" template in an Asset Publisher to view web content, we are seeing multiple warnings in the browser console that look like the following: Warning: Error: Invalid state passed to...

Microsoft Office XML metadata are copied in CKEditor

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Issue Liferay content editors and administrators may sometimes notice that, on Firefox ESR, when copying (CTRL+C) and pasting (CTRL+V) the content of e.g. Microsoft Word in the CKEditor, the below XML metadata...

Audience Targeting filename

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Issue What does WCM-XXXX in the Audience Targeting source filename? Example: Liferay Audience Targeting 3.0.0-WCM-1508-src.zip Environment DXP 7.1 Resolution Aside from the version (3.0.0.), the other part...

How to include unique links in an RSS feed that point to a displayed web content article

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Issue Our team is attempting to set up an RSS feed for web content, but are running into one of two issues: either all URLs listed in the feed are identical (pointing to the site, instead of pointing to where an...

h2 Tags Are Able to Be Edited by Default

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Liferay will support our API and resolve any issues and answer any questions having to do with the API itself or any other part of Liferay's software. Issues and questions regarding custom development may be...

CKEditor With Mediawiki Format

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Liferay Support does not recommend or...

Common Errors When Applying CSS in DXP 7.0

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This article documents the CSS in Web Content Management and lists steps to resolve the issue or avoid it altogether. Resolution Error: CSS in the template is not applied to web...

Hiding or Restricting Access to Out-of-the-Box Liferay Portlets From Non-Administrator Users

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This article describes one method for how to restrict which users can add out-of-the-box (OOTB) portlets to pages. Resolution One option for limiting permissions to add OOTB Portlets...

Cursor Position Glitch Specific to Using CKEditor on Microsoft Edge

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This article documents a known issue for customers using CKEditor in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0. When editing content that uses CKEditor—such as a Message Board thread—on a Microsoft Edge browser, you...

PNG Compatibility on Internet Explorer 11

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This article documents a known issue with PNG files that are uploaded to Document Library not displaying in IE11 with a DOM7009: Unable to decode image at URL in the console. As a security measure, and to prevent...

Web Pages Do Not Load on Internet Explorer 9

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This article documents a known issue with Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) when accessing the Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0. Upon accessing the browser page /web/guest/home, the page is blank (as shown in the image...

Inconsistent Check Interval Times Expires Web Content Articles Prematurely

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This article documents a known issue when configuring the Web Content check interval settings, and provides a workaround for the user. This known issue only affects Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0. To configure...

Unable to Include 'form' Attribute in Alloy Editor for the Web Content Portlet

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This article documents a known issue with the <form> attribute in Alloy Editor. When the <form> attribute is used for building submittable forms in HTML, Alloy Editor will convert <form> into <p> when added from HTML...

Liferay Information for Common Browsers

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. The following article contains relevant...

Introduction to AlloyUI

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This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. This article provides you with three...

Special Characters Do Not Work in Friendly URL

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Liferay platform "friendly URLs" allow you to create smaller, user-friendly URLs instead of the large, standard ones that the portlet creates. If you try using special characters in...

Using Application Display Templates on DXP 7.1

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Application Display Templates Table of Contents Introduction to Application Display Templates (ADT) Working with an ADT: Media Gallery Using the API: Creating an ADT for Wiki Exporting / Importing ADTs Known Issues and...

Overriding Liferay's Default CSS for Individual Portlets

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In custom environments, it may be necessary to apply custom styles to specific portlets. The example below gives guidance on how to override the Liferay Theme CSS in order to customize...

Managing Expired and Future Scheduled Web Content

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This article documents how the Web Content Display portlet is designed to display different versions of the same Web Content article. In particular, this article discusses the intended...

Not able to change the change the Hello World in Client extension

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Issue Javascript client extension is not working, which can change the Hello World! text with Hello UserName! when the user deploys the below Liferay sample module:...

Web Content Display portlet loses the selected Web Content when upgrading to Fix Pack 20

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Issue After upgrading Liferay DXP 7.2 from Fix Pack 8 to Fix Pack 20, the Web Content Display portlets lost references to selected Web Content. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The issue is happening because...

Web Content Templates error: ORA-00932, during sorting them

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Issue Experiencing a misbehavior after trying to sort the Web Content Templates: ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-10][render_portlet_jsp:131] null ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-7][SqlExceptionHelper:142] ORA-00932:...

Cannot display user input field value in Web Content templates

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Issue When using getData in Web Content template (see example code below), the field reference is displayed instead of the user input field value. (Output: 'Option92682299' is displayed instead of user input value "Test...

Served pages contain links with URLs including the port number

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Issue The server is generating HTML/pages with links containing the Web Server's port number in the URL. Example: https://www.myliferayportal.com:443 Environment All DXP versions Resolution If you want to avoid this...

Enable Ratings in Web Content

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Issue How to enable the rating asset in web content? Environment Liferay 7.2 Liferay 7.3 Resolution Follow these steps to enable ratings in web content: Publish any web content on Page -> Click on edit mode Click...

Language Translation not Working in CKEditor Source Mode

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Issue When working in the source mode of CKEditor, switching between languages using the language editor doesn't display the previously set translation, even though translation works as expected outside of source...

Multiple success messages appear on UI post updating the web content

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Issue Post updating the single web content multiple success messages appear on UI No. of success messages = No. of web content present on the page Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 GA1 Resolution It's a known issue and is...

AlloyEditor image toolbar no longer pops-up

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Issue 1) Start 7.2.x and login as Admin 2) Go to left Sidebar > Liferay DXP > Content and add a new Basic Web Content 3) Click in the content editor and then on the "+" button > select the Image icon and choose one...

Combining Assets from All Segments in Asset Publisher when using Collections

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Issue UserA is in our "Accounting" segment and our "HR" segment. Within an Asset Publisher, is there a way to see content from both on DXP 7.2 or DXP 7.3? Environment DXP 7.2 DXP 7.3 Resolution There is a new...

How to add image extension .webp on editor when creating a new web content in Documents & Media

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Issue Can't add image extension .webp on editor when creating a new web content Environment DXP 7.0 or higher Resolution In order to upload and work with .webp extensions in Documents and Media, follow these steps:...

Field value is not shown in Web Content if the Structure field is configured as non-localizable

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Issue When creating a Structure (Content & Data > Web Content > Structures) and configuring a field as non-localizable, the value defined in the Web Content created from that structure is not shown. Environment...

Unable to add new web content folder when characters blacklist is empty

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Issue When the Characters Blacklist is empty in either of these locations: Control Panel>Configuration>Instance Settings>Web Content Control Panel>Configuration>System Settings>Web Content>Virtual Instance...

Broken Document Links in Search Results

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Issue Clicking on a link to a document in Search Results leads to a /null page and error: Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution This behavior is reported and fixed in LPS-93120. The fix has been released...

Creating a new structure with a date field results in a Freemarker error

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Issue When you create a new structure that includes a date field and try to save it, you receive an error similar to this: Error executing FreeMarker template FreeMarker template error: The following has evaluated to...

Repeatable web content structure items causes error and block publishing

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Issue Steps to Reproduce: 1) Take Liferay 7.1 and install fix-pack dxp-14. 2) Connect with MySQL 5.7 3) Create a structure with two text fields a) Add one text field 1 - make it repeatable b) Add another...

unsupported symbol error after migration with geolocation as field name

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Issue The word "geolocation" is not a reserved word in Liferay Portal 6.2 but in DXP it is. If a field name at Liferay Portal 6.2 is "geolocation", after the upgrade to DPX it could generated an Elasticsearch error...

Editable field isn't working within loops in page fragments

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Under Site Builder > Page Fragments, Import fragment entries.zip(Attached) Drag the fragment on the content page, In the configuration defaultValue for iteration is 3. It works fine and fields...

How to call custom CSS?

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Issue How to call custom CSS in portal normal.ftl file Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution The custom styling can be added by using theme’s _custom.scss file (i.e., src/css/_custom.scss). Liferay DXP supports...

Unable to see Structures Field for the Templates

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Start a Liferay bundle. Create a structure with some fields in it Create a template for it Click on the Structure tab, then back to the Template tab Open the template Expected behavior: The...

Added buttons to AlloyEditor toolbar don't work in Blogs

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Issue I added buttons such as strike-through, superscript, and subscript to the AlloyEditor toolbar, but these buttons don't work when attempting to edit content in the Blogs module. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...

When the "Search" page is first in the list of pages, the link to "Go to Site" in the product menu does not appear.

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Issue When the "Search" page is first in the list of pages, the link to "Go to Site" in the product menu does not appear. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution The observed behavior is a known bug and fixed in...

Custom Excluded Paths in SPA

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Issue So far, it's been possible to disable SPA across an instance, for some portlet or for an individual element. However, having more flexibility to disable SPA has been requested multiple times. What if I want...

Analytics scripts added to a site is displayed on a page

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Issue When I add analytics scripts in Site Settings, I see that the script is displayed at the top of the page and is not properly added to the site. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This behavior is reported and...

Drag & Drop zone is missing when uploading a image in web content

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Issue After installing DXP 7.1 FP18, the Drag & Drop zone is missing when uploading a image in web content. Steps to reproduce: Add a new web content structure with image field. Add a template for the structure created. Add...

Cannot publish or import site (due to missing references) when asset publisher shows displays from another site

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Issue An asset publisher in a site A can be configured to show assets from site A itself and from other sites (B, C, ...). If such a site A is then exported and imported to a site in another environment, or...

How to modify the web.server.display.node and company.security.strangers.verify properties in a Liferay PaaS environment

Issue After updating our Liferay PaaS service version to v4.1.0+, our team noticed that the -uat environment now has the instance's node information displayed in the footer of Liferay pages. We tried to set...

LAR Import fails with Error Invalid file name

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Issue We are trying to move documents from one environment to another environment using the Documents and Media menu. We managed to export the documents from Production environment correctly, but when they were...