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Securing Site Documents Content By default, your Site's Documents and Media files and folders are not visible in the web server directory index, so you can't view them through the browser. To...

Document Shortcut API Basics Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST services for Documents and Media that add document shortcuts to sites or asset libraries, list their information,...

Defining Document Types for Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions In Liferay, Document Types are templates used for uploading files and categorizing them in Documents and Media. These templates are...

Defining Metadata Sets For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions With Documents and Media, you can define reusable groups of metadata fields that can be added to custom Document Types. Once created,...

Limiting File Size You can configure file size limits in Documents and Media. Set a maximum file upload size or for more granularity, define file size limits based on MIME Types. This can take...

For Liferay 7.3.x and Earlier The Documents and Media application comes with a built-in image editor. Edit images right from your browser and apply filters, adjust contrast, or crop. In the...

Document Types and Metadata Sets API Basics Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Liferay's headless delivery application provides REST services for Documents and Media that add document types and...

Digital Asset Management Use Liferay’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) features to store, organize, and reuse documents, images, and other media across your site. The Documents and Media library...

Configuring Sharepoint Via Azure Access Control Service (Legacy) Requires DXP Subscription; Compatible with SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint Online Liferay's REST Connector to SharePoint integrates...

Issue Images and files uploaded to Documents and Media are not visible to guest users, even with "View" permission granted to the Guest role. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 [and above versions] Resolution Guest users require both "View" and "Download" permissions in Documents and Media to...

Issue The "Copy to" option is displayed in the Documents and Media widget for Guest users, even though they lack the necessary permissions to perform this action. This can lead to a poor user experience, as clicking on the option results in a 404 error.   Steps to reproduce: Add a...

Issue Is there an OOTB feature to hide the following fields in the Document and Media Upload section? Document Type Display Page Categorization Expiration Date Friendly URL Related Assets Permissions Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution No, there is no OOTB feature available to hide...

Issue After translating existing web content, the last modified user displayed is the original author, not the translator. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution The "Modified by" user and timestamp for web content reflects modifications to the default language content. Translations do...

Issue Google Drive authentication usually works correctly, but sometimes it randomly fails with java.lang.IllegalStateException: Authorization oAuth2State not initialized errors in the logs. Google Drive was linked to the environment correctly following the official documentation. My...

Issue We created a few message board threads in the portlet and if we run an empty string search, all threads are displayed in the search result. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This is the expected behavior, searching for 'nothing' will return all the available message board...

Issue When users send messages or create threads in the discussion forum, certain information about them (name + surname) is displayed. This article covers the need to change this behavior through a customization and display the user's screen name instead of their full name. Environment...

Issue How do the 'Viewable by' dropdown and Download permission work when uploading files to the Document Library? Environment 7.4 U76 - 2024.Q4 Resolution 'View' permission → 'View' and 'Download' permissions The permission that used to be View, starting from version 7.4 u76, was split...

Issue How do I prevent Liferay from saving files in the tomcat/temp/ directory? Environment Liferay DXP Quarterly Release Resolution There is no OOTB way to stop files from saving in the tomcat/temp/ directory. This action is managed by the application server, rather than Liferay, and is...

Issue Error 404 when trying to access Web Content & Document Media using a domain name over the machine IP for the Liferay instance. Environment Windows Server 2019 using IIS Web Server Liferay 2024.Q1.8 Azure Storage for DLFileEntry Storage Resolution Enabling IIS Web Server double...

Issue I'm trying to access Javadocs such as https://docs.liferay.com/portal/7.4-ga1/javadocs/portal-kernel/. However I'm getting redirected to https://learn.liferay.com/w/reference/index. Environment All versions Resolution As of June 2025, we have decommissioned docs.liferay.com. For...