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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...
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...
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...
Virtual LDAP Server Plugin Setup
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The following article gives a basic use case for Liferay's Virtual LDAP Server Plugin. Liferay's EE Virtual LDAP plugin turns Liferay portal into a virtual LDAP server that can be accessed by external LDAP explorer...
Utilizing the Validation Feature Within the Web Form Portlet
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This article contains a brief example for how to effectively manage validation in the web forms portlet. Resolution Note that following the below reproduction steps (or something similar) will produce an error:...
Social Office Upgrade
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While Social Office was previously available as a separate application that could be installed on Liferay Portal EE, many of the components that were present in Social Office are now included within Liferay DXP 7.0. This...
Unable to Include 'form' Attribute in Alloy Editor for the Web Content Portlet
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This article documents a known issue with the <form> attribute in Alloy Editor. When the <form> attribute is used for building submittable forms in HTML, Alloy Editor will convert <form> into <p> when added from HTML...
Setting up Solr on Linux with JBoss
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This is an introductory guide to setting up Solr and then switching Liferay Portal's indexing method to Solr. Keep in mind that this is only one step in creating a cluster for use with...
Setting Up Basic Facebook Authentication With Liferay Portal
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This article will provide a step-by-step guide to configuring the Facebook login feature in Liferay Portal.   Resolution Create Facebook Developer Account To begin, you will need two facebook accounts; that is, a...
Roles and Permissions FAQ
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This article documents some of the more complex use cases when granting permissions to a site. Who can be site members? I am having trouble adding user groups to a site; the user groups are not displaying. I don't want...
LSV-391: Security Advisory for Vulnerability With Pingback in Blogs
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This advisory comes in response to the recent public announcement of a potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.4. The report talks about a perceived vulnerability for the...
Making Liferay CAPTCHA Easier to Read in Liferay Portal 6.1
legacy How To
This article is intended for legacy versions of Liferay Portal CAPTCHA is an industry standard security measure that requires users to enter what they see a small window as part of the validation process when creating an...
Hiding Portlets From Guests Who Do Not Have Permission to View It
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When view permissions for guests are unchecked for a portlet, a guest will see the following message in the portlet: You do not have the roles required to access this portlet. While...
Embedding Videos in Web Content Articles on DXP 7.1+
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This reference article describes several different ways to embed videos in Web Content Articles in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1+. It is designed to supplement Liferay's Official Documentation on Publishing...
Page Reordering for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for performing a page reordering in a staged environment. Following the suggestion below will ensure that pages are reordered without the publish taking an inordinate...
Disabling the Authentication System and Delegating It to an LDAP Server
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By default, the Liferay platform always uses its own authentication system that checks and validates the user password in its own database. Even if you enable LDAP settings and set it...
Using Multiple Languages for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for avoiding issues when using multiple languages in a site along with the Liferay platform’s staging feature. Following this suggestion will help prevent future staging...
Defining Encryption Algorithms for Passwords Stored in the Database
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By default, Liferay encrypts the passwords that go into the database. The default algorithm is SHA-1 in 6.0 and 6.1 versions, which changed to PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1/160/128000 in version...
Communicate Standard for Using 'Live-Editable' Portlets for Staging
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This article outlines a practical suggestion for keeping data in sync between the staging and live site for portlets that allow changes in both places. Following the workaround will help prevent staging publication...
Creating Numeric Screen Names
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This article describes how numeric screennames can be used in Liferay Portal. Resolution Set the following property to true in the portal-ext.properties file that will override the...