Capability

Content Management System

Liferay’s Content Management System (CMS) offers user-friendly applications for creating, editing, publishing, and managing your site’s content.

Liferay empowers you to create and manage web content effectively. Easily create web content, upload documents, and leverage a suite of tools to administer and optimize your content. These tools include a user-friendly Content Dashboard UI, built-in Translation capabilities, and Content Performance insights.

Feature
Deployment Approach
MultiSearch Request solution for Liferay
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
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...
Change the GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID cookie to expire Null
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...
dtSa cookies containing special characters
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...
Document Library does not get deleted from the temp directory after re-indexing when using Amazon S3 Store
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...
How to enable CSRF Token in Liferay?
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...
Repeatable Geolocation field cannot be moved properly
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...
How to configure the default timeout value to any value instead of having it capped at 500ms
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
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...
Instance level LDAP configuration
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...
Custom Layout Templates shows source code in Nested Application Portlet
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
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
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
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
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...
Data Providers are not published to Live
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...
How to identify a Page Template using Freemarker
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...
Runtime CSS minifier creates invalid CSS animation action
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
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...
Saving the segment causes StackOverflowError in Elasticsearch
Issue Selecting a condition as parent organization in Organization segment contributor is not working when there are more sub-organizations Steps to reproduce: Create an Organization Create 1800-2000...
Workflow notification/assignment based on organisation role type
Issue If any user uploads a document in the folder under document and media in which the workflow has been assigned, it should notify the approver within the organization that is based on the role type configured in...
Sort order in select file modal of Document & Media is not stored
Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Go to Content & Data > Document & Media and create atleast three folders( name as 2019,2020,2021). 2. In folder 2021, upload a file. 3. Go to Web Content > Structures and create a new...
Rendering Adapted Images in a Web Content Article Using Asset Publisher with Custom Display Template
Issue How can I use Adapted Images in a web content article displaying in the Asset Publisher with custom Display Template?  Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Go to System Settings > Template Engines > Freemarker Engine...
Incorrect French translation of the site language change message
Issue Steps to reproduce 1. Go to Configuration > Site Settings > Languages and select `Define a custom default language and additional available languages for this site.` and set the French Language as the...
After the publication of child page, summary tab refers to parent page
Issue Steps to reproduce 1. Set up vanilla Liferay DXP 7.2 2. Navigate to Control Panel > Configuration > System Settings > Infrastructure >Staging and enable the publication for child pages. 3. Create this...
CKEditor is not displaying full source code text
Issue Steps to reproduce 1. Set CKEditor as an editor for WebContent. 2. Start Liferay DXP 7.3  3. Create a new basic WebContent. 4. Write a long text, with multiple lines so that scroll should be visible. 5. Go...
After creating option in product details screen no successful message is appearing
Issue No success/failure message is coming for adding a new option in product detail screen. Steps to reproduce 1. Create `Minium` site. 2. Go to any product. 3. Create option, after creating the option no...
Adding a custom item into the journal article drop-down menu (web content drop-down menu)
Issue Within the drop-down menu for Web Content, is there a way to configure my own custom items?  The example for Document Library seen in this blog utilizes the DLDisplayContextFactory extension point. Is there...
Fragment editable values can create history entries without changing
Issue When users drag a fragment onto the content page, it appears to be edited, even though they aren't editing anything about the fragment. Steps to Reproduce: Add a Content Page Place a Paragraph fragment on it...
DXP fails to send email notification after new form entry is added using headless API
Issue Creating a new form entry using headless API fails to send a new email notification New entries are added but no email notification is sent Following logs are shown: 2021-09-16 17:15:35.377 ERROR...
Expand the available special characters for passwords
Issue If you have a password policy enabled where the users must have special characters in their passwords certain characters that are not allowed such as "&" or "%". You will get the following error message when you...
UserTrackerPath entries limitation in clustered environment
Issue Track user visited paths in a clustered environment. Environment Clustered environment with the following properties enabled to use Live Users and Session Tracker: live.users.enabled=true...
While saving the SKU as a "draft" the base price becomes zero
Issue Steps to reproduce 1. Create a `Minium` site. 2. Go to any product. 3. Navigate to SKU tab in product detail screen. 4. Change the base price of SKU. 5. Click on save as draft. Expected Behavior: The base...
I cannot add images in CKEditor
Issue When I try to add an image in a basic web content, the image selection pop-up gets blocked and the Add and Cancel buttons do not work, and therefore the image cannot be added. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix...
Do we need gzip for images?
Issue When retrieving images from Liferay server, gzip is not enabled. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution As images are already compressed, using gzip on them won't provide any additional benefit, and can actually...
Site Template propagation fails with "MySQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: Duplicate entry" error
Issue When changes are done to a page in a site template, the changes are not applied to the derived pages on the actual sites, instead, an exception is thrown: ERROR...
How to prevent an AD user from logging into Liferay using the old password if LDAP authentication cannot set to be required
Issue After the user changes the password in Microsoft Active Directory (AD), the user can still log into Liferay using the old password. If enabling "Required" option, the issue can be resolved. But users created manually...
Tags are not returned in search unless complete name is entered
Issue While searching for multi-word tags, returns no result if only one word is entered. Steps to reproduce 1. Set up vanilla Liferay DXP 7.2 2. Navigate to categorization > Tags. 3. Create few tags(test, test1,...
Localization of document title and description
Issue Why is it not possible to localize the title and description for documents? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution This is a limitation of the product. i.e. The title...
I cannot create a Style Book with error Unknown column 'uuid_' in 'field list'
Issue When I try to create a new Style Book, the portal displays the error "An unexpected error occurred with the publication process. Please check your portal and publishing configuration". The portal log shows...
Can I have different Fix Pack levels in a remote Staging environment?
Issue We are in the process of upgrading our portal to a higher Fix Pack and I was wondering if there is any issue with having the Staging environment with the new Fix Pack and the Live environment with the current...
Allow only one user to be logged into an account
Issue When someone is logging into an account I want to invalidate the previous session.  Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution With the following portal-ext property you can invalidate sessions, allowing only one...
How Liferay is responsible to generate canonical links on the web page?
Issue How Liferay is responsible to generate canonical links on the web page? In which file, the code has written for it?  Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution To disable or modify...
How to cancel navigation events with JavaScript?
Issue Need a solution to stop navigation when a user clicks on a navigation event. i.e.: A custom code wanted to be executed before the navigation. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution You can use the below...
Builds are failing with d2 DXP images
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Jenkins build is failing for docker image version...
How to build a SOAP JAX-WS (Java API for XML Web Services) client using the Liferay infrastructure.
Issue We have a WSDL (Web Services Description Language) descriptor and we need to build a client from it. Finally, we will make this service (client) available to any application installed on our Liferay instance....
Staging URLs within HTML Fragments are not converted to Live URLs when published
Issue Steps to Reproduce Originally tested in a 7.2 bundle patched to DXP-7: 1. Create a new widget page called Help 2. In [Site_Administration] > Publishing > Staging, enable Local Live staging, leaving the defaults...
ClientAbortException's full stack trace may appear at WARN level when downloading files with range header
Issue Steps to reproduce: Upload a big video whose mime type is listed in property web.server.servlet.accept.ranges.mime.types (video/mp4 for example) to Documents Admin Copy its download URL Execute the command "wget...
How can the p_auth authorization token be generated?
Issue Liferay protects itself against CSRF attacks by generating the p_auth authorization token. How can this token be created? Environment DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Resolution When "auth.token.check.enabled=true" is set in...
Unexpected operator and Bad substitution errors executing the patching-tool
Issue When you try to execute the patching-tool, the following errors show up: $ sh ./patching-tool.sh patching-tool.sh: 13: [: unexpected operator patching-tool.sh: 13: [: unexpected operator patching-tool.sh: 13: [:...
Can't clear out Last Modified facet's custom range option
Issue Steps to reproduce: Start Liferay 7.2 Create a Web Content Search for the created Web Content in the Search Bar Click on Custom Range in Modified Facet Click on clear  Expected behavior: The selection of Custom...
Unable to edit fragment when data-lfr-editable-id is being dynamically generated
Issue When a fragment has the data-lfr-editable-id being dynamically generated, if we redeploy this fragment, it is not possible to edit these fields. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3. Resolution Please contact...
Liferay PaaS Space allocation
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Need to know available and used space in Liferay PaaS....
How to resolve slow Liferay PaaS build times when including many React modules
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue We're seeing consistent build failures (typically due to...
NPE occurs when exporting site pages
Issue Exporting site pages fails due to the following error ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-8][IncludeTag:128] Current URL...
The data on the Analytics Cloud dashboard is not visible
Issue Why isn't data showing up on the AC dashboard despite the fact that the AC-DXP connection is set up correctly? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 with Fix Pack 1 Liferay DXP 7.2 with Fix Pack 11 Liferay DXP 7.1 with...
Alerts appearing on every site, even when Distribution Scope set to a specific site
Issue When using the Alerts widget, even when the Distribution Scope for an Alert is set to a specific site, the Alert appears on every site that the user visits. Also, guest users visiting the site specified in the...
Patching Tool 'support-info' command
Issue Trying to run the 'support-info' command using the patching tool, but nothing happens. But there is no output, and there is no error. How can users find out about modules? Environment Liferay DXP Patching...
Google’s Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket support.
Issue Google’s Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket support. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 SP5 Resolution This feature will be merged in the upcoming fix-pack. Hence, please check the LPS-137265 Please create a support ticket...
SessionTracker in clustered environment
Issue Session Tracker cannot be used to track visited paths among cluster nodes. Environment Clustered environment with two or more nodes. Resolution Session Tracker doesn't support tracking visited paths when...