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This article documents Liferay's position regarding the Session Identifier (JSESSIONID), including how and why a new JSESSIONID is generated.  Resolution Customers doing their own security scan of the Liferay platform might have noticed that a new JSESSIONID may have been generated....

This article documents a known issue where refreshing the CAPTCHA image causes a Java NullPointerException (NPE) to be triggered. Please note that the CAPTCHA image will still be refreshed. Steps to Reproduce Start the Liferay Digital Enterprise 7.0 platform. Click the Sign In link at...

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article contains a...

This article documents an issue that has been reported by some users working on Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP). It is a cookies issue that has been reported, and the issue arises when using certain versions of Internet Explorer behind a two-character domain...

This article serves as a reference guide on how to use the getOriginalServletRequest function to get the default queryString when using the OSGi framework. Developers familiar with Liferay Portal 6.2 EE and now using DXP 7.0 (also 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3) will find that certain requests are now...

When deploying Liferay DXP 7.0 Fix Pack 24, 25, 26 or 27, the WeDeploy Auth Admin portlet will appear in the Control Panel. WeDeploy is currently a beta product. The addition of this portlet will have no impact or security risk.  Installing an affected fix pack will result in the...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. Security-hotfix-11-6012, which is available for Liferay Portal 6.0 EE SP2, is preventing embedded portlets from...

In Liferay Portal 6.0 EE SP2, a new Creole parser for the Wiki portlet has been implemented and changed how links are parsed. For example, previously in 6.0 EE SP1, links using single brackets like "[ ]" will redirect the user to a new Wiki page. In 6.0 EE SP2 and newer versions, links...

For customers working on Liferay DXP 7.1, the following table has been formed to serve you and provide current information regarding known issues that have been discovered, reported, or resolved. Please be sure to check the linked LPS ticket for more information on an issue. We also...

For customers working on Liferay DXP 7.0, the following table has been formed to serve you and provide current information regarding known issues that have been discovered, reported, or resolved. Please be sure to check the linked LPS ticket for more information on an issue. We also...

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. When a session of Liferay times-out, an Invalid Authentication error is displayed. When the error is displayed, it...

This article highlights several changes to front-end tools and features with User Interface for Liferay DXP 7.0. Resolution Here are some highlighted changes followed by brief explanations of new projects: Modularization; css and javascript files can be moved with modified file...

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. While using Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility mode, some of the CKEditor tool bar options are missing and thus...

The Liferay WYSIWYG portlet allows for WYSIWYG editing capabilities in a very simplified package. While the lightweight nature of the Liferay WYSIWYG portlet can be useful, Liferay Marketplace indicates that the app, "should only be used when the full capabilities of Liferay's CMS system...

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. When trying to apply Security Update 2012-05-25 the following error message occurs: "security-hotfix-5-6012 ::...

This is a comprehensive article that documents the steps for how to set up SAML on Liferay Portal 6.2 EE. In addition, this article covers the different ways that SAML can be implemented and utilized. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an XML-based open standard data format for...

Issue When using the "Nested Portlets" portlet, one possibility is that portlets cannot be nested because the Nested Portlets portlet is collapsed. Resolution Ensure Nested Portlets is not collapsed when attempting to add other portlets within its frame., content:...

This article serves as a reference concerning an intended change in the minification process which might break some JavaScript code. After upgrading from Liferay Portal 6.2 to Liferay DXP 7.0, any JavaScript code that uses eval() or with() may no longer work as expected. After the...

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. Subscribers often develop custom portlets and themes based on the APIs Liferay provides. As part of the portlet...

This article documents the Kaleo workflow changes that have taken place in Liferay Digital Experience Platform. In DXP, there are some Kaleo Workflow related user experience changes happening surrounding Web Content. These changes include: Unlike 6.2 and previous versions, the Web...

The Liferay platform's JSONWS page is available to unauthenticated users at your Liferay_URL/api/jsonws. However, this does not mean that guest users have access to execute JSON web services. Even if the web services are listed in JSONWS page when accessing as Guest, most of the web...

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article documents...

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. Customers using Internet...

Many apps from Liferay Marketplace are now included in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 Suites, and are updated through Fix Packs and Service Packs.  Please see the complete list below: Resolution Collaboration Suite Liferay Notifications Liferay Wiki Navigation Forms and Workflow...

With the purchase of a subscription to Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP), customers have access to Liferay Developer Studio, which  is a set of Eclipse plugins designed to ease development with Liferay DXP.  This article documents the features included with Liferay Developer...

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. This article describes how to deploy patches to Liferay in a variety of environments. The steps are seperated by...

This article demonstrates how to create a separate audit.YYYY-MM-DD.log file within ${liferay.home}/log for audit INFO messages. It should roll over every day with this configuration. Resolution Once the DXP 7.0 instance has started, navigate to the Control Panel → Configuration → System...

The Patching Tool 2.0.8 is a maintenance release for Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 and 7.1, which includes fixes and minor updates.  Resolution Release Highlights:  Introduces the command, system-info, which provides additional hardware information, such as number of CPUs, disk...

This article documents a minification error you will encounter if using ECMAScript 6 (ES6) in your custom code and the ES6 code is not transpiled. In a production environment, we enable the following property in order to minify CSS and JavaScript resources, and to make our code lighter....

An activation key for Liferay version 5.4 SP4 and lower is based off the Server ID or server MAC address and utilizes a license key. The key will be generated by Liferay's Provisioning team. Please follow the deployment instructions below. Resolution After obtaining an activation key:...

This article describes how to add sites, roles or user groups to a user automatically. Resolution Go to Control Panel Select Portal Settings Select the Users section Select the tab for Default User Associations Add name of site, role or user groups in the relevant fields Notice that any...

This article documents some recommendations that administrators should be mindful of when they prepare to use Staging on their Sites, or when they are managing their already existing Staging infrastructure. Local Staging vs. Remote Staging When planning to use Staging, one of the first...

This article details how to optimize the Announcement portlet using the Customize Announcement Displayed feature in Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) 7.1. The Announcements app allows users to broadcast important information to different groups of users. Each announcement can be...

Beginning with DXP 7.1, the Liferay platform makes use of Clay, which is the implementation of Lexicon 2.0 and the Lexicon Experience Language. This version provides improved accessibility with the offering of high contrast color schemes. For a first-hand look, check out the Alerts page...

This article documents how to use the custom validation script feature in the Web Form Portlet on Liferay DXP 7.0. Users might have used the same feature on Liferay Portal 6.2 and wonder which features are the same and what has changed. Please note that these instructions are for the...

This article documents the basic steps users need to execute in order to set up their instance of Liferay DXP as SP, and OKTA as IdP. Resolution OKTA Configuration Log in to OKTA and navigate to Admin > Add Application (Shortcuts in the right menu) > Create New App. Select SAML 2.0....

Creating and Upvoting Feature Requests As an open-source company, Liferay has always valued community feedback and suggestions to help us continually improve our products. To request for a new feature or suggest enhancements to existing ones, post your ideas in the dedicated Product...

There may be instances in which an administrator would like to disable the ability for the creator of blog entries to receive email notifications when an entry is added or updated, or when comments are added.  Resolution The following are the relevant properties that you can set and edit...

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how Liferay Portal, or Liferay Digital Enterprise 7.0, administrators can enable and leverage the user reminder queries. In addition, this article also documents how end users can customize their password reminder questions. Resolution...

By default, the page title in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.x displays in the format of Page Name - (Site Name) -  Portal Name. This article documents how to change the portal name so that all page titles contain your desired portal name. Resolution Execute the following steps....