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
Category facet: unable to select vocabularies
Issue I would like to filter by site vocabularies when using the Category Facet but I cannot see the vocabularies from other sites. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Set System Settings → Search → Category...
Filter by Status options not present in Management Bar for Web Content administration
Issue When going to the Web Content administration and trying to filter by status, there's no such options in the Filter dropdown. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Quarterly Release 2023.Q3, 2023.Q4, 2024.Q1 Resolution...
'ConfigurationProviderUtil cannot be resolved' after upgrading
Issue We've begun updating to the dxp:2023.q4.4 version and encountered the following error while building the code on the 2023.Q4.4 baseline:...
Unable to generate friendly url for blogs
Issue When trying to generate a friendly URL for blogs, to eliminate the lengthy URLs. Followed the  steps mentioned in this document: Friendly URLs  Expected behavior: The URL should be shortened after following...
White space in the html source
Issue When viewing page source, is it possible to remove the white spaces in order to make it easier to read? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3+ Resolution Set the following properties in your portal-ext.properties file,...
Existing template is not found when creating a web content in Global Site
Issue When trying to add a Web Content in a new created template under the Global Site, the new template is not displayed or available to select. Environment DXP 2023.q3.4 Resolution This is the expected behavior. The...
PHP in Liferay modules
Issue Is PHP used to design the modules in Liferay DXP 7.4? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution The PHP portlets are no longer supported in Liferay DXP. The new runtime won't support deploying portlets...
Pop-up link in Web Content Articles does not work for Q4.3 release.
Issue Pop-up links added to a Web Content Article create a new window. Environment 2023 Q4.3 Resolution This is due to the link being sanitized by Antisamy and erasing the pop-up configuration.  Request a Hotfix...
java.net.UnknownHostException: artifacts.elastic.co
Issue While starting the Liferay application server, the below error is encountered in the log file: ERROR [Start Level: Equinox Container: 53ada45d-f96c-449b-8a58-e68855c57982][ElasticsearchConnectionManager:70]...
Specific pages show the message "No theme found for specified theme id custom_WAR_customtheme. Returning the default theme." in logs
Issue The following warning message appears in logs: [http-nio-8080-exec-13][ThemeLocalServiceImpl:220] No theme found for specified theme id custom_WAR_customtheme. Returning the default theme. Environment Liferay...
Unable to start sidecar elasticsearch after upgrading JDK 8 to JDK 11
Issue Following error appeared in the console after upgrading JDK 8 to JDK 11: [Sidecar:617] Sidecar Elasticsearch process is aborted java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException:...
Uploading the large image the resize option is not appearing to resize the editor
Issue Upload the large image in the web content editor; the option to resize the editor is not available for the first time to check after publishing. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server. 2. Navigate to the...
Fragments associated with Search Blueprints not appearing
Issue Fragments and Web Content, primarily associated with Search Blueprints are not appearing or rendering on pages. Potentially, this error may appear when starting up environment FrameworkEvent ERROR...
Multiple Open Orders for an Account
Issue Multiple orders are being created for an account. Multiple orders should not be in the open status if they are placed from the same account or have the same order ID. The cart should be updated with the...
Quarterly Release Error: [ComboServlet:389] Skip /o/frontend-js-jquery-web/jquery/boostrap.bundle.min.js
Issue After upgrading/downloading the latest Quarterly Releases, upon startup the following error is populated: [ComboServlet:389] Skip /o/frontend-js-jquery-web/jquery/bootstrap.bundle.min.js.  This error populates...
Can SAML be used to send an attribute that can be used to assign site roles?
Issue Currently, SAML is not designed to be utilized to send an attribute that can be used to assign site roles. Environment Quarterly Releases Resolution This is an ongoing task, LPD-6336, for Liferay. Liferay is...
Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat (CVE-2023-46589)
Issue This security vulnerability (CVE-2023-46589) has been reported, and it is fixed in Tomcat 9.0.83. However, our current Liferay DXP 7.4 update 67 has a 9.0.71 Tomcat version. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4...
Liferay 6.2 EE 173 and CVE-2024-25145
Issue We have found the following article CVE-2024-25145 Stored XSS with search results if highlighting is disabled, however it does not specify whether Liferay 6.2 EE 173 is affected or not. Environment Liferay 6.2 EE...
How to set up antivirus scanning of files uploaded to Liferay Documents & Media in Liferay PaaS
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Customers who aren't familiar with Docker can't easily setup...
Possibility to change Friendly URL automatically generated in Objects
Issue The official Liferay documentation comments that when creating an object, displayed through a Display Page Template, an automatic URL is generated with the following syntax: "{domain}/l/objectEntryId" I would...
I cannot use the Friendly URL of Categories
Issue I create a Category and a Display Page Template the following way: Navigate to Categorization > Categories Create a vocabulary and add one category under it Define a friendlyurl for the category (already done...
Unknown publisher issue when installing Liferay developer studio
Issue When installing the Liferay Developer Studio on a Windows machine, it shows the unknown publisher. It is not showing the authorized publisher. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Liferay Developer Studio Resolution...
Access to Display Page Template via webdav
Issue The Display Pages templates aren't accesibles via webdav. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution It is not possible to access via webdav to Display Page Template. There is a solution to access it via Headless API...
How to use anchors in CKEditor
Issue I need to make use of anchors in my content Environment Liferay 7,3, 7.4, Quarterly Releases Resolution To be able to use anchors in your content, you'll need to follow these steps: Add a Rich Text...
Page redirection issue while using Fragment as 'cacheable'
Issue User faces automatic page redirection while performing any actions in fragment is 'cacheable'. Issue goes away, if 'cacheable' option is unchecked. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Such...
Product Specification is not being displayed in search results when faceted navigation is enabled
Issue This article describes a scenario where search results are not being displayed for a Product specification when faceted navigation is enabled Environment Liferay Quarterly Releases Liferay DXP 7.4+ Resolution Please...
Administrators cannot manage Omni Admin apps, like the App Manager
Issue Users having the "Administrator" role cannot access the App Manager through Control Panel → System →App Manager. Environment DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 Quartery Releases Resolution Take into...
How to set up OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration in a Docker environment
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue I am running Liferay through Docker and I would like to enable the...
Different behavior if you call a non-existing jpg or a gif
Issue A user tries to open a non-existing file with the documents path For example: localhost:8080/documents/abc.jpg or localhost:8080/documents/abc.gif The user will get a "Not Found" Page but it is not the same for...
Issue with DynamicQuery for KaleoInstanceToken and DDMFormInstanceRecordVersion
Issue Below error was encountered while trying to use the 'Dynamic Query' in custom code: ERROR [http-nio-9090-exec-9][DynamicQueryFactoryImpl:83] Unable find model...
Eclipse / Liferay IDE: "Failed to read schema document" URL when creating JNDI connections for Spring Portlets
Issue When creating JNDI connections using Spring, Eclipse / Liferay IDE users may encounter the following error: "Failed to read schema document 'http://www.liferay.com/schema/lrjee/liferay-jee.xsd', because 1)...
404 Error when assigning workflow task
Issue Upon assigning a single-approver workflow task, users encounter a 404 error page. The following stack trace is recorded in the logs: ERROR Unable to process portlet...
'Unable to write temporary file' when uploading large LAR files
Issue After uploading a LAR file, a message "The file <filename>.lar cannot be imported: Unable to write temporary file" is displayed Environment DXP 7.3, DXP 7.4, Quarterly Releases Resolution Liferay...
Modules with escapeModel=true attribute in search-container not working
Issue We have detected that the modules that implement the search-container with escapedModel="true" attribute in the search-container-row, are not working. We have also seen the following messages appear in...
Unable to activate ModSecurity
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue When trying to activate ModSecurity or add new rules following...
File upload feature for guest users in Liferay Forms
Issue We have a requirement to create a Liferay form having a document upload feature for guest users. Currently, in Liferay 7.1 uploading documents is not available for guest users.    Environment Liferay...
Error uploading files larger than 100MB in Liferay Cloud
Issue Uploading files greater than 100 MB for enviroments on Liferay Cloud are failing This occurs even after the Maximum Upload Request Size has been increased to accommodate files larger than 100MB When attempting to...
Can't order web content structures alphabetically
Issue Alphabetically sorting when selecting a structure during web content creation Steps to reproduce: 1. Create 7 structures 2. Start to create web content, select 'More' in the list Expected behavior: The user...
CPU utilisation is going greater than the 100%
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue During backup, the CPU utilization is greater than 100%...
Email for activation of Analytics Cloud is delaying to arrive
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've activated the Analytics Cloud account through the...
How to bulk edit Categories?
Issue How can a Liferay user bulk edit Categories in the Documents and Media? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution Go to a DXP site. Navigate to Content&Data --> Categorization -->...
Importing and Exporting Object entries
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue This article discusses how to export a copy of your Object entries,...
After upgrading from 7.4 u90/u91 to a newer version, some Content Pages throw errors and cannot be edited
Issue After upgrading from 7.4 u90/u91 to a newer version, some Content Pages throw pop-up errors: "Your request failed to complete". If you try to edit those pages, an empty page is shown. In the browser console some...
Unable to adjust the Mandatory status of a field after publishing the Object Definition
Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue This article documents intended behavior where the Mandatory status...
"Specified key was too long" warnings when upgrading from 7.2 to 2023.q3.2
Issue We are upgrading from 7.2 to 7.4 When running the upgrade tool, there is this WARN: WARN  [main][BaseDB:1468] (conn=697) Specified key was too long; max key length is 3072 bytes: create index IX_F365A086 on...
Not able to set virtual host value for virtual instance: "Please enter a valid virtual host"
Issue I want to set the virtual host on a virtual instance (Control Panel/Virtual Instances), but I cannot save it, I get error "Please enter a valid virtual host". This hostname is not set for any other virtual instance....
The ci service exceeded 80% of its allocated Memory
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 sometimes see the following warning in the Cloud console when...
URLs for Embedded Page type is not being encoded properly
Issue The URL of Embedded Page type is not being encoding properly, with the & symbol becoming &amp; instead. Environment DXP 7.4 U60 and higher Resolution This issue was introduced by LPS-171572 in DXP 7.4 U60 and was...
How to Manage Concurrent Edition on Pages
Context Since the beginning of Liferay, two or more users can make changes to the same page at the same time. However, the last one to click the “Save” button keeps their changes but...
Configuration of Filters, Sorting and Actions for Dataset Views (Beta)
Context/Problem Liferay interfaces aimed at displaying and managing data are too rigid for the user. However, in case of need to modify how this information is displayed it is needed...
Web Content is not fetched with Headless Delivery API structured-contents
Issue When I use the headless API (o/headless-delivery/v1.0/sites/X/structured-contents) to obtain the web contents of a certain site X, no results are returned. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution Make sure you...
Form Entries Export: Missing Download URL for Attachments
Issue We are experiencing an issue with exporting form entries that contain attachments. The problem is that when we export a form entries, the download URL for the attachments are missing. Only the file names are included...
Will a curl vulnerability impact Liferay DXP?
Issue There have been security announcements that are deemed to be a high-risk vulnerability that is caused by curl 8.4.0.   Environment DXP 7.3 Resolution Liferay DXP does not use the libcurl library. In conclusion,...
The single approver doesn't work when Groovy has been added to the blacklist
Issue Workflow doesn't work if I add com.liferay.portal.scripting.groovy.internal.GroovyExecutor to the blacklist file com.liferay.portal.component.blacklist.internal.ComponentBlacklistConfiguration.config ...
How to create a new product that references an existing image in the Document Library
Issue How to use the headless commerce admin catalog API to associate a document that already exists in Liferay to a product. Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution This can be done with a single call:     POST...
Journal Search Services Were Removed
Issue My custom code uses JournalArticleLocalServiceUtil.search API and it is not working in 7.4 U72 anymore. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution This API (JSONWS: journal.journalarticle/search) is removed by LPS-179287...
Setting up Liferay as both IDP and SP (SAML)
Issue This article outlines how to configure two Liferay DXP bundles for SAML authentication with one functioning as the Service Provider (SP) and the second as the Identity Provider (IdP). Environment DXP...
Updating React dependencies to later version
Issue As part of the security audit, the old version of the React might be vulnerable to attacks. Is there a way to hide the React version that Liferay displays? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution At this...
Publishing Dynamic Data List linked page returns "No Access" error or returns to Staged environment
Issue With local live staging, the linked page within the DDL returns to "Staged" page. With remote live staging, the linked page within the DDL returns a "No Access" error.  Reproduce Launch a Live and...
Why do Workflow Metrics Disappear after a Reindex?
Issue Workflow Metrics go missing after performing a reindex. Here are the steps to reproduce: Login in as an admin Navigate to Applications > Metrics Notice that there are some processes listed Click the kebab menu > Settings...