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MultiSearch Request solution for Liferay

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Issue Liferay has no out of the box solution for handling MultiSearch Requests. Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution The Multi-Search API is exposed as a low-level API in Liferay Search's APIs through...

Unable to show journal articles

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Issue We have some troubles when trying to show web contents. Scenario 1: Trying to show a web content in search results page. Some of the web contents in the search result show the error message "An error occurred...

How to enable CSRF Token in Liferay?

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Issue How to enable CSRF Token in order to prevent CSRF attacks in Liferay? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Liferay's p_auth token protects against CSRF and is enabled by default. Here is the main...

Instance level LDAP configuration

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Issue When configuring LDAP authentication from DXP 7.3, the companyId has to be configured on an instance level. This issue can present itself for example during a CI / CD development. Environment DXP 7.3...

Change the GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID cookie to expire Null

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Issue The Guest language ID cookie in Liferay has a one-year expiration, whereas the undefined cookie in the F5 balancer caused the conflict. Is there a way to modify the Cookie's duration in Liferay? Environment...

Document Library does not get deleted from the temp directory after re-indexing when using Amazon S3 Store

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Issue Steps: Set up Liferay to use Amazon S3 Store Navigate to Site Administration > Content & Data > Documents and Media Upload several documents Perform a re-index of the instance Navigate...

Repeatable Geolocation field cannot be moved properly

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Issue Steps to reproduce 1. Start Liferay 7.3 Bundle. 2. Create a new structure. 3. Add a geolocation field and set property to repeatable 4. Create new web content with the above created structure. 5. Repeat the...

dtSa cookies containing special characters

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Issue As dtsa cookies are detected, are these cookies URLs cause for concern? Is there any information concerning these cookies in relation to Liferay? Use Case: As Liferay generated dtSa cookies contain the...

How to configure the default timeout value to any value instead of having it capped at 500ms

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Issue The default library timeout until Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack dxp-3 is 250ms. The default library timeout since Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack dxp-4 is 500ms. Use Case: The user would like to be able to set/configure...

View permission for the "Guest" is not selected by default

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Issue When we create WebContent, the permission for guest user is not selected by default. Steps to reproduce 1. Create new basic webcontent. 2. Before publishing, check the permissions of webcontent. 3. We see...

Custom Layout Templates shows source code in Nested Application Portlet

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Issue Configure the Nested Application Portlet to appear with any of the custom layouts whenever it is used. Instead of the layout's rendering, the source code is shown. Steps to reproduce 1) Deploy the custom...

NoSuchUserException when setting email address in "To" field of Order Placed Notification Template

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Issue When placing an order and having an Order Placed Notification Template with an email address in the "To" field, a NoSuchUserException is shown and the order can't be placed. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start a...

Portlet Id changes from Staging to Production

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Issue ID of the portlet instance is different in the staging environment than in the real environment Steps to reproduce: Add a content editor portlet to a page. Go to staging. In staging: Edit "Configuration" Go...

A new version file is created for each slight modifications

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Issue Is it possible to change the attribute of a file version without creating a new one? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution Document and Media Portlet is designed to create a new file version whenever a file...

Liferay as SAML SP fails after switching the URL of the virtual instance

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Issue SAML configuration hasn't been working since the virtual host of the portal instance changed. Caused by: org.opensaml.ws.security.SecurityPolicyException: Request was required to be secured but was not...

How to identify a Page Template using Freemarker

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Issue I need to identify if the current page is a page template or not, using Freemarker from the applied theme. Is there a method similar to Layout.isPublicLayout() to achieve this? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...

Data Providers are not published to Live

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Issue A site under Staging has a form and a data provider ready to be published to Live. When publishing to Live, the form and the data provider are selected for publication. Result: The form is shown in Live but...

Runtime CSS minifier creates invalid CSS animation action

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Issue transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0s; becomes transition: background-color 5000s ease-in-out 0; when minification is used. At build time, the CSS gets compiled, but at the run time, when...

7.4 styled custom themes not working properly

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Issue When applying a styled based custom theme to a page in 7.4, header and other elements are misplaced and when you click the three elipsis button of a widget, options show up in the incorrect...

Patching a Liferay Cluster With No Down Time

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This article describes steps for customers to patch Liferay instances in a cluster with no down time for the cluster environment. Known as a rolling change, there are limitations to...

Enabling strip.css.sass Results in an Exception

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When strip.css.sass.enabled is set to true in the portal-ext.properties, a MalformedURLException will be thrown: ERROR [http-bio-8080-exec-1][VirtualHostFilter:323] java.net.MalformedURLException: Path null does not...

JSON Authentication for Custom Portlets

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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 handled by...

Liferay Schema Encoding

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The Liferay schema encoding should always match the encoding used in the database. One of the easiest ways to do this is to simply use UTF-8 across the board so that no issues arise....

Introduction of Sites in Liferay 6.1 EE

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In previous versions of Liferay Portal, there were two distinct ways to group things: Communities and Organizations. With Liferay Portal 6.1, these two options are still available, but...

Installing Liferay on Mule Tcat

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Liferay Portal Tcat Edition is a combination of Liferay Portal—the leading open source portal—and Tcat Server—an enterprise grade administration console for the Apache Tomcat application server. Tcat server provides...

Developer License Marked as Invalid on Liferay Portal 6.2

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Between fix packs "portal-96" and "portal-109", there is a known issue with license handling. When the maximum connection limit is reached, the license page is displayed and the license itself is marked as...

Importing Large LAR Files Fails

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Importing Large LAR files (100MB+) may fail in Liferay Portal. Below are some version-specific recommendations: For versions before DXP 7.1 Increase the size of the following property:...

Installing a Patch Without Correctly Shutting Down Liferay Portal Corrupts the Portal Files

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When using patching-tool version 20 and below, corruptions of portal files can occur if a patch is installed when the portal is not completely shutdown, or if it is still running....

CKEditor Missing Buttons When Page is Not Maximized

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If the window size of the browser is not fully maximized, the CKEditor will not display all the buttons as when the browser is maximized. Resolution This behavior is a new feature...

Import Data Strategies

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This article describes the methods that can be used during an import of a LAR file to update the data that is already present in the target Site. There are three data strategies that change the behavior for how the...

Errors Exporting Password to LDAP

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The fix on LPS-55208 modifies LDAPUserExporterImpl (PortalLDAPExporterImpl in Portal 6.2 EE) in a way that the user is only exported to LDAP when the user's modifiedDate field changed....

Audience Targeting EE Plugin Known Issues

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This article outlines known issues that exist in the Audience Targeting EE plugin for Liferay 6.2 and includes links to their respective tickets for more up-to-date progress on the...

Importing Contact and Custom Field Mappings From LDAP

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In some environments it may be desirable to import a user's contact information from an LDAP server. This article explains how to import custom mappings as well as contact mappings from a Microsoft Active Directory...

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...

Thumbnails Are Not Displayed Correctly in Liferay Portal 6.2 EE SP9

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This article outlines a specific known issue that exists within Liferay Portal 6.2 EE SP9 and provides a link to follow its resolution. At the time of release, there is one notable known issue with Liferay Portal 6.2...

User is Able to Access Web Content Functions Without Proper Permissions

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This article documents a known issue in LPE-15180 where users are able to access web content functions without proper permissions. This vulnerability was fixed by the Portal-143-6210 Fix Pack. However, this fix was...

Users Are Unable to Add Content Using CKEditor on Weblogic 12.1.1

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Granting Specific Roles to be Associated With a User at Creation

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In some environments, every user that is created needs to be associated with a specific role. Instead of manually associating the role to every user by editing them after the user is...

Getting Started With Liferay Maven SDK

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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. In this...

Disabling the Change Password Request When Users First Log In to Liferay

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When a user first logs in to the Liferay Portal 6.1 EE, they are immediately prompted to change their password. Resolution While this request is the default setting, the setting can be...

AJP Sends Body With Status 304 If Using Tomcat 7.0.42

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This article documents a reported status code of 304 when using Apache 2 and Tomcat 7.0.42 connected via mod_proxy_ajp. In addition, the article provides a solution to fix the bug. Resolution The...

Embedding an HTML Page as a Liferay Portal Page

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This article describes how to use the HTML embed pages functionality. Liferay Portal pages are not just for displaying portlets. Users can also embed HTML documents as pages. It is up to the user to ensure that the CSS, JS,...

Kaleo Forms Admin Assign Forms Back Button Disappears After Deleting a Chosen Form

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This article outlines a known issue that exists in Kaleo Forms EE 2.1.0 for Liferay 6.2 and includes a link to the respective ticket for more up-to-date progress on the particular issue. Resolution Note the following...

Web Content Displayed in the Asset Publisher Portlet Is Not Updating When Edited in Portal 6.2

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This article addresses a known issue with Liferay Portal 6.2 EE. The issue is that web content displayed in the Asset Publisher portlet is not being updated after editing. As a reference, please see LPS-42282....

Creating Liferay Themes With Maven

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This article contains a guide on how to add themes to a project using the Liferay Maven SDK. Resolution 1. Open command prompt or terminal and go to your project directory. 2. Next,...

Setting 'dl.file.extensions' Property Prevents All Documents and Media File Uploads

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This article describes the issue with setting dl.file.extensions portal property preventing all Documents and Media file uploads, including using the multiple filder uploader. Steps to...

Displaying Web Content Across Multiple Sites

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Displaying content across multiple sites in the same portal instance is an out-of-the-box Liferay feature. This article provides a basic example for achieving this. Resolution The...

Configuring Log4j Logging for the Audit Portlet in Liferay Portal EE

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This article demonstrates how to create a separate audit.YYYY-MM-DD.log file within ${liferay.home}/logfor audit INFO messages. It should roll over every day with this configuration. Environment Liferay Portal EE...

Creating a Blogger Role

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This article documents how to create a blogger role with the ability to view, edit and publish blog posts. Resolution Follow these basic instructions to achieve the blogger role:...

Liferay Portal 6.0 Documentation

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Liferay Portal 6.0 is a platform for creating effective business applications and solutions. It offers a robust feature set, impressive scalability, time-saving development tools,...

Deploying Liferay Artifacts to Your Own Maven Repository

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As part of the Liferay Portal 6.1 release, anyone can download the created package that has a convenient script to install Liferay platform artifacts to their local repository or to a...

Remote Staging Issues with Large Amounts of Data

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This article describes known issues that have been encountered when publishing large files using Remote Staging. Resolution Affected Products Liferay Portal 6.2 EE SP5-SP10 Known Issue: Invalid checksum for LAR file...

Deploying Portlets, Themes and Other .war Files Correctly on Jboss 5.1

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If you try to deploy a portlet or theme or any .war file on a standalone JBoss 5.1, it will fail and try to create the directory in [Jboss_home]\jboss-5.1.0.GA\standalone\deployments...

Dockbar Display Error After Patch Installation With Patching Tool

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After installation of a new hotfix, the dockbar fails to display and an error message can be found in the logs: ERROR...

Changing the Storage Type When Using Dynamic Data List Data Definitions

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When working with Dynamic Data Lists, it is possible to create your own data definition. By default, the Liferay platform stores the data definition as an xml, but you may also store...

Liferay Portal 5.2 Documentation

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Liferay Portal 5.2 is a platform for creating effective business applications and solutions. It offers a robust feature set, impressive scalability, time-saving development tools, and...

Adding Portlets to Users' Private Pages By Default

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This article describes how to add portlets to a user's private page by default. Resolution One way of achieving this is by creating a page anywhere in the portal with the pre-configured portlets you need, and...

Activating a Marketplace App Through a Proxy Server

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If a Marketplace app activation key is acquired via OrderId, the Liferay bundle will try to validate the key by accessing www.liferay.com. This is an issue if the server requires a forward proxy to access the...

Adding a Tag, Category, or Related Asset Does Not Increment the Version or Update the Time Stamp

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This article documents a known issue with adding categories, tags or related assets to files in the Document and Media library. When you try to do this, a new version of the document...

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