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Unable to find web.xml file location in WebSphere application server

Issue The web.xml file cannot be located in the Websphere application server. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution To modify the web.xml file, the location in the Websphere server is...

Unable to change the default locale for already existing web contents structure

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.3 2. Navigate to web content > Structure. 3. Create a structure with any type of field. 4. Change the default language to 'Spanish' > Save. 5. Navigated to Web...

How to provide permission to Fragments

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Issue Does DXP have permission feasibility with fragments? Environment Liferay DXP [all versions] Resolution There is no way to directly control the visibility of a Fragment depending on the user accessing the...

Cannot login after deploying a theme

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Issue We get a white screen and a freemarker exception error when trying to login after deploying an OOTB theme with no customizations created via the theme generator: 2023-05-26 13:32:51.826 ERROR...

Web Content Widget, Links are Unclickable

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Issue When using the Web Content Widget on the Home Page, if the first line of content contains a link it will remain unclickable in the "Barebone" setting when logged in as an Admin. Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution...

Custom theme is missing from some sites after a clean server start

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Issue We are trying to create sites from a site template that is generated from a custom theme this custom theme contains the resource WEB-INF/classes/resource-importer/ in the theme's war file there are no custom...

Can I select mutiple images when inserting image in the Web Content

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Issue Can I select multiple images for insertion in html field/rich text field in the Web Content? Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The inline editor (Alloy Editor, CKEditor) will insert the image...

Text is rendered vertically instead of horizontally inside fragments in Collection Display

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Issue When date text is rendered inside a fragment that contains nested a HTML tags, the text is rendered vertically instead of horizontally. Environment DXP 7.3 Resolution This issue has been resolved via...

How to enable users to edit or delete their comments in the Page Comments widget

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Issue Site members/Users are not able to delete or edit their own page comments on the Page Comments widget. Environment Liferay Quarterly Releases, Liferay DXP, or Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution For DXP 2023.Q4 and...

How to get a drop-down option's field reference in a fragment's html/freemarker code?

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 0. In System Settings/Freemarker Engine, remove serviceLocator from the list of restricted variables. (so that we can use it in a fragment code later on) 1. Create a web content structure and put...

Link to Telephone number preventing the publishing of Web Content

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Issue A link containing a telephone number prevents the publishing of web content and seems related to https://issues.liferay.com/browse/LPS-126914 Environment DXP 7.3 Resolution Request a hotfix containing...

Scheduled Web Content has two versions after being edited again

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Issue A scheduled Web Content with a Workflow that requires approval before publishing has two versions after editing again, as follows, what will happen: Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution It's confirmed Version 1.0...

Issues with CKEditor's Tag Hierarchy in the footer of CKEditor

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Issue The availability of the tags hierarchy in the footer of CKEditor is missing when it used to be there. Environment DXP 7.2 Resolution Liferay has stated that this is intended behavior as the CKEditor was updated...

Spaces are removed from the translation when it is longer than 75 characters

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Issue Language Override translation values have removed space when they are longer then 75 characters Steps to reproduce: Control Panel > Language overrides, add a new key, name it e.g. testing-translation Add any...

Portlet's title (web content display (global)) is shown instead of the web content's title

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Issue Web Content Display doesn't display Global Web Content's title. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server 2. Create a global web content 3. Put a web content display on a page, select global scope, and display...

SEO Meta Tags in Display Page Templates

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Issue While working with configuring SEO and Open Graph in display page templates. Is it feasible to add custom tags and keyword metadata to journal web articles in order to integrate tags in a display page...

Custom error 404 page

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Issue A static page in Liferay has been built with the following property in portal-ext.properties. layout.friendly.url.page.not.found=/web/error/error404 Hit the URL: https://xyz/web/error/error404 (just for...

Already selected blogs are not checked

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Issue In the related asset search list, blogs that have already been chosen are not checked. Steps to reproduce: 1. Navigate to Content & Data > Blog. 2. Create multiple blogs and then select one blog. 3. In...

Latest version URL is pointing to old version of document

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay DXP 7.4 2. Navigate to Documents & Media > Upload an image. 3. Click on the uploaded image > info > check the Latest Version URL. 4. Now, reupload another image in the...

Content getting lost with multiple locales

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Issue Users that add their regional language to their DXP setup via portal-ext.properties file may see unexpected behavior with web content, such as clearing input from text fields of content when changing locale...

Blank screen is seen after password reset

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Issue A blank screen (with url http://localhost:8080/c) is seen after user password is reset. The expected behavior after password reset is for users to A) be successfully redirected to Liferay home page and B) remain...

Invalid date error when creating content with date field using APIs

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Issue When using the Liferay API to create Web Content with a date field, using the "dd-MM-yyyy'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'" format results in the display of an "Invalid date" error. curl \ -H "Content-Type: application/json"...

How to set custom page for "You do not have the roles required to access this portlet" error

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Issue Custom pages for 404 errors can be easily configured in DXP; however, how can a custom page be designed for the "You do not have the roles required to access this portlet" error? Environment Liferay DXP 7.4...

Look and Feel Configuration popup is missing

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Issue The 'Look and Feel Configuration' popup with the custom plugin is blank or missing, even though the same is working fine in update 25 of DXP 7.4. Environment Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The observed behavior...

How to loop through repeatable fields in a Display Page Template

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Issue Using Display Page Templates for Web Content with image field which is repeatable and adding more images to this content. When the image field is mapped to the Display Page Template, only the first image...

Missing path in search results for web content

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Issue There is a missing path in search results for web content. Steps to Reproduce: 1) Create 2 web content folders - folder 1 and folder 2 2) Create contents in those 2 folders with common words in the title...

Blog subscriber unable to view the blog after clicking on "Continue Reading" in the email

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Issue Blog subscriber gets redirected to a control panel link instead of blog portlet page link after clicking on "Continue Reading" button in the email, when the blog portlet is placed on a content page. The...

Navigation menu items for public/private layouts are not published from Staging to Live

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Issue We have a Navigation Menu in a public page pointing to a mix of public and private pages. When we perform a publication from Staging to Live, only the items pointing to public pages get published. Or vice versa:...

DXP 7.3 Behavior Clarification for Open Graph locale alternate meta tags

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Issue The Liferay server outputs all Liferay instance locales as Open Graph locale alternate meta tags. Is this expected? Should Liferay output Open Graph locale alternate meta tags, when page content only uses the...

Can't select pages from other sites

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Issue No Pages are displayed if a DDL with a 'Link to page' DDM field has been created on the Global Site Steps to reproduce 1) Navigate to the Global site 2) Go to Content & Data > Dynamic Data Lists> Manage Data...

Button dropdown menu follows scrolling in iframes

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Issue This article details a case where button dropdown menu follows scrolling actions within iframes, and how this can be resolved. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution In iframes, popper.js will move the dropdown menu...

Piwik script won't execute

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Issue Steps to reproduce: 1. Start the server. Log in as Admin. 2. Navigate to Site > Configurations > Site Settings > Advanced Tab. 3. In the Analytics section navigate to the Piwik script box and add the valid...

Should the download option in the Documents and Media widget be displayed immediately?

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Issue Users are experiencing difficulties downloading PDFs from the Documents and Media Portlet. Steps to reproduce 1) Create a Documents and Media Portlet on the Home Page 2) Upload a PDF and other files 3)...

How to find the "Look and Feel" and "Advanced" tabs when creating a content page

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Issue When I create a content page, I am not able to find the "Look and Feel" and "Advanced" tabs. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution On DXP 7.1 and 7.2 when you...

Item Selector does not display PDF previews

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Issue PDF files not previewing in Item Selector Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a web content structure with a Documents and Media field. Create a template for this structure. 2. Start creating a new web content of...

Error when comparing Web Content versions if creators have been deleted

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Start a 7,2 bundle with the latest fix pack (10) Create a web content Create another admin user, login with that Edit the web content Delete that user (deactivate then delete) Go to the web...

Mouse scrolling is not working while adding and dragging a new portlet from the sidebar from DXP 7.3

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Issue On larger widget pages, positioning a portlet while adding it from the sidebar by dragging can be uncomfortable from DXP 7.3 as mouse scrolling is no longer working. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP...

Problems migrating component from AUI to Clay

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Issue Migrating components from AUI to CLAY, there are some features that cannot be directly adapted. Sometimes, these problems in the migration bring features requests or functionality questions regarding CLAY...

Users can access the Control Menu from DXP 7.3

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Issue On DXP 7.2, the Control Menu was not visible for Users and Power Users, but from DXP 7.3 it is. But since they don't have any permissions, the Control Menu seems to be empty. Environment DXP 7.3+ Resolution...

Publication fails caused by "No User exists"

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Issue Publishing a Widget Page Template from Staging to Live will fail if the user who created it no longer exists. The following stack trace is seen in the logs: Caused by:...

HTTP ERROR 414 when attempting to move web contents/folders

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Issue When I try to select all web contents and/or folders and try to move them to another folder I receive an "HTTP ERROR 414". Reproduction Steps: Go to Content & Data --> Web Content Create several web contents...

Web Content Template caching: Changes are displayed even though Resource modifications check is set

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Issue We are trying to cache web content templates and we checked the cacheable parameter for a template. We also set the resource modifications check option to 60000. We see those modifications are displayed...

ADT (Application Display Template) parameter configuration or update

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Issue Structures and contents can have configurable parameters that can also be updated. Can we do something like this on an ADT? Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution There is no option to do the same on ADTs. You have the...

How to check from a page fragment if the edit mode is active?

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Issue From a page fragment code, we want to check if the edit mode is active for the page. Our fragment needs to behave different if the page is in edit mode (for instance, to create a modal fragment). Environment DXP...

Unable to select individual Web Content for export

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Issue Users are unable to select the specific web content for export/import. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create 2-3 Basic Web Contents. 2. Select 3 dots in the top right corner. 3. Select Export/Import. 4. Web...

You can't create child pages of a page from a site template with propagation enabled

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Issue When creating a site from a site template with propagation enabled, this does not allow adding child pages to pages that were already created from the template. Environment DXP 7.0 or higher Resolution This...

When changing web contents at the same time, the error message can be confusing

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Issue Editing web content concurrently Steps to reproduce 1) Create a Web Content 2) Open it for edit on 2 tabs 3) Edit it on the 1st tab and publish 4) Edit it on the 2nd tab and publish Expected behavior: The...

Issue with Selected Categories in Asset Category Selector

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Issue Steps to Reproduce: Set up a vanilla 7.2 with the latest fix pack and start it. Go to Categorization->Categories and create some Vocabulary (the more vocabulary the better chances to reproduce it). In each...

Moving a menu item tree can potentially corrupt the order values at the level where the root menu item is inserted

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Issue Reproduction Steps: Setup Liferay DXP 7.1 Create a new Site Create the following page hierarchy Home Search P P1 P2 Create a new navigation menu nm1 Add Home and Search as navigation menu items to nm1 in a row...

Deleting a single menu item does not reorder all its sibling menu items

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Issue Reproduction Steps: 1. Setup Liferay DXP 7.1 2. Create a new Site 3.) Create the following page hierarchy 1.Home 2.Search 3.P 4.Q 4.)Create a new navigation menu nm1 5.) Add Home, Search, P and Q as navigation...

Decimal separator is lost after saving in non localized fields

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Issue Steps to reproduce Set Spanish as default language in your site. Create a new Dynamic Data List. In the Data Definition create a new structure include a numeric field and setting Localizable => No. Create a List...

It is not possible create friendly URL with only one character

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Issue If I create a page with one single character FriendlyURL, when I save the page I get an error. It is not possible either by using letters or numbers. Environment DXP 7.0+ Resolution It is not possible to create...

WCAG Accessibility issue on the <@liferay_ui["quick-access"]> taglib

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Issue (WCAG) accessibility issue on the <@liferay_ui["quick-access"]> taglib. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start Liferay 7.2 dxp-8 server, log in as Admin on Chrome browser. 2. Create a new dummy theme with Theme...

Unable to create role with edit/update/delete permissions on all widget's application display templates

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Issue If you want to manage permissions on all widget's templates / adt's you can use a general Administrator role or a specific custom role. With the current implementation users having the custom role will only be...

AssetEntryUsage entries are not automatically generated during lar importing

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Issue We observed that after importing a full site export (pages + web contents), there are not any entries for AssetEntryUsage in database. We checked it with our own groovy script. Our problem is that we have...

Are there Blade templates available for custom Web Content structure fields?

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Issue Is it possible to use a Blade template to create a personalized Field for a Web Content structure? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 Resolution For Liferay DXP 7.3 and lower versions, there is...

I cannot reuse a friendly URL that has already been used by another page

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Issue We are experiencing an issue where it is not possible to reuse friendly URLs that have already been used by another page and are no longer in use. I get the following error message: Error: The friendly URL is...

Re-importing contributed fragment collections cause missing default resources

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Issue If a fragment on a page has a static resource (an image for example), it will disappear when the fragment collection is imported again. Environment DXP 7.3 DXP 7.4 Resolution This is the expected behavior because...

Guest user cannot see the Questions widget

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Issue I placed a Questions widget on a Widget Page and posted a question. The Questions widget has the Guest View permission. When a Guest user access this widget page, the posted question is not display and the...

Can the Web Content-related elements' IDs change after export/import processes?

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Issue I want to know if the IDs that can be seen on the UI for Web Content articles, Structures, Templates can change after exporting and importing them on the same or a different site. We did a test where we exported...

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