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Overriding Liferay's Default CSS for Individual Portlets
In custom environments, it may be necessary to apply custom styles to specific portlets. The example below gives guidance on how to override the Liferay Theme CSS in order to customize...
Roles and Permissions FAQ
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
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...
Managing Expired and Future Scheduled Web Content
This article documents how the Web Content Display portlet is designed to display different versions of the same Web Content article. In particular, this article discusses the intended...
Making Liferay CAPTCHA Easier to Read in Liferay Portal 6.1
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...
ThreadLocal Leaking Caused by Usages of Netty in Elasticsearch
This article documents a possible known issue where there is ThreadLocal leak shown in the console logs when shutting down the application server:...
Hiding Portlets From Guests Who Do Not Have Permission to View It
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...
Group mapping required for LDAP export
This article addresses one issue for Active Directory users attempting to log in to the Liferay platform. Liferay is configured for use with an LDAP server (without mapping the "Group"...
Known Issue: Error With URLs Leading With Period (.) in Tomcat 8.5
Customers using Tomcat 8.5 and configuring the Liferay platform with URLs that have a leading period (.) may encounter the following error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: An invalid domain [.example.com] was specified...
Extension Environment Migration Tips
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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable....
Embedding Videos in Web Content Articles on DXP 7.1+
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...
Vocabulary and Category Management for Staging
This article outlines a practical suggestion for managing the use of categories and vocabularies in a way that prevents publication errors due to dependencies.  Resolution When working within a site, a user may...
Page Reordering for Staging
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...
Spring Framework Security Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2018-1271, CVE-2018-1272
QUESTION: How are Liferay Digital Enterprise 7.0 and Liferay Portal affected by the Spring Framework Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2018-1271, and CVE-2018-1272? Resolution Impact to Liferay CVE-2018-1270: Liferay...
Disabling the Authentication System and Delegating It to an LDAP Server
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...
Defining Wiki Permissions
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. Wiki...
Using Multiple Languages for Staging
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
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
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
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...