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Form is not visible on page before publish to Remote Live

Issue When I add a Form to a page of a Staging site, I am unable to view the form until I publish my page to Live. Environment DXP 7.2 Fix Pack 8+ Resolution This is an intended behavior from changes made under...

AlloyEditor image toolbar no longer pops-up

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Issue 1) Start 7.2.x and login as Admin 2) Go to left Sidebar > Liferay DXP > Content and add a new Basic Web Content 3) Click in the content editor and then on the "+" button > select the Image icon and choose one...

Multiple rich text fields assign the same default value

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Issue If several 'Rich Text' components are included in a form and assigning a different default value to each of them, then while saving, it assigns the same value to all the fields. Steps to reproduce: Start a...

Avoid the categories conversion of the Web Content types during the upgrade to 7.0

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Description Previous to 7.0, you were able to classify the web content with a type. The types could be specified in the portal-ext.properties, being the next the default types list: # # Set the list of article types....

Which is the correct place for Liferay to automatically display an error message ?

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Issue The error message that appears in a widget whenever the user wants to launch an error, sometimes the message appears at the bottom of the page and others at the top. For example, the same portlet twice in a...

Configuring Liferay with Wildfly

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Issue Detailed steps to Install Liferay DXP on Wildfly Environment Liferay DXP 7.2+ JDK 1.8 Note: For the Wildfly version check for the Liferay compatibility matrix of 7.2 and 7.3 Resolution Download the below files...

Analytics scripts added to a site is displayed on a page

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Issue When I add analytics scripts in Site Settings, I see that the script is displayed at the top of the page and is not properly added to the site. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0+ Resolution This behavior is reported and...

Requirement of blog multi-lingual functionality

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Issue Why isn't the blog multi-lingual where many other asset types are? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Currently, blogs are not multi-lingual (localized) in Liferay. For...

Liferay Portal stops working after changing the theme to Minium or Speedwell

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Issue When I changed the Current Theme in the Public Pages settings to Minium, Freemarker errors are thrown and Liferay Portal immediately stops working: ERROR [default task-16][runtime:59] Error executing...

Hidden fields have their values saved with the Form entry

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Issue If a form has a hidden field with a pre-defined or an entered value, it saves that value to an entry when it is submitted. The hidden field should not save any value, it should be left blank. Environment...

'Portlet is temporarily unavailable' error for Sharepoint Connection

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Issue A day or two after successfully configuring a Sharepoint Connection, I now see a "Portlet is temporarily unavailable" error in the UI and the following error in the Liferay logs when attempting to open the...

Error when a file in Sharepoint repository contains special character in title

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Issue If a Sharepoint repository contains a file with a special character in its title (ex: 'File#s.docx'), opening the Sharepoint repository in the Documents and Media portlet leads to a blank page with the following...

Native authentication in existing ES setup

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Issue How to set up a native authentication feature for the existing elastic search setup? Environment Elasticsearch 2.x Elasticsearch 5.x Resolution The Native user authentication comes when there is a...

Unable to perform any document & media related task post updating Upload Request Size field under system settings.

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Issue Post updating the upload request size field under system settings user is unable to perform any document & media-related task like uploading files, creating the folder, etc. with the below warning in the server...

Combining Assets from All Segments in Asset Publisher when using Collections

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Issue UserA is in our "Accounting" segment and our "HR" segment. Within an Asset Publisher, is there a way to see content from both on DXP 7.2 or DXP 7.3? Environment DXP 7.2 DXP 7.3 Resolution There is a new...

CPFriendlyURLEntryImpl error after upgrading to Commerce 2.1.2

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Issue After upgrading Liferay Commerce to version 2.1.2, the following error is thrown in the Liferay log: ERROR [default task-14][BasePersistenceImpl:440] Caught unexpected exception...

Externalize Session Management

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Issue The session details should be stored in a centralized server so that it is shared with all the available nodes. Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution This is a specific business requirement that falls beyond...

Disable Admin password reset email notifications

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Issue The user should not receive the email notification for the password change. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution The requirement is not available out of the box in Liferay. If you want to achieve this...

How to remove the + button from Document and Media

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Issue How can the + button be removed from the Document and Media Portlet Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution To remove the + button from Document & Media Portlet, please follow the below steps: a) Navigate to the...

Navigation menu problem to drag and reorganize pages

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Issue When a navigation menu containing many pages is created, the user may have difficulty reordering and changing the page level. In addition, when the user tries to drag a page, the scroll enters in a loop and...

Leverage browser caching in Liferay

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Issue Leverage browser caching in Liferay Environment Liferay Portal 6.2 Resolution The query is regarding the SEO implementation and falls beyond the scope of Liferay support. Additional Information Article: Leverage...

Restricting the search result

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Issue After uploading a video with extension mp4 and web content, with the same name. Now when searching with the name, the results show both the mp4 video and the web content. However, it should show only Web content...

"Submit for Publication" button is inactive after a workflow task is rejected

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Issue Using the Single Approver Workflow, if a content reviewer rejects the submission, we cannot resubmit after editing it, because the "Submit for Publication" button is inactive and cannot be clicked....

Unable to configure the Web Content custom template key value in place of autogenerated template key

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Issue Unable to configure the Web Content custom template key value in place of autogenerated template key. Environment Liferay 7.3 Resolution For Web Content, toggle the setting in Control Panel - System Settings -...

"Error on rename of" tables during upgrade when using Windows 10 and MySQL

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Issue When performing a Liferay upgrade, the process stops and you find the following error in the log: 2021-05-06 08:49:36.319 INFO [main][UpgradeProcess:115] Failed upgrade process...

Unable to add new web content folder when characters blacklist is empty

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Issue When the Characters Blacklist is empty in either of these locations: Control Panel>Configuration>Instance Settings>Web Content Control Panel>Configuration>System Settings>Web Content>Virtual Instance...

How to implement Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in Liferay?

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Issue How to implement Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in Liferay? Environment Liferay DXP 7.2 Resolution Accelerated Mobile Pages are not supported in Liferay as of now. However, there is already a feature request in...

Form Storage Adapter is not visible in the form storage type dropdown.

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Issue Post deploying the form storage adapter module it's not visible in the form storage type dropdown. Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution While creating form storage adapter "ddm.storage.adapter.type" value...

Using LMDD with Browser Mobile Emulators

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Issue I'm seeing that the LMDD does not always properly detect a mobile device if I'm using a browser mobile emulator. In this example, the LMDD app was set up to display mobile device information using the Device...

Cleaning Data in Embedded Elasticsearch 7

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Issue When starting up Liferay DXP 7.3 with a clean database, I'm encountering a Red Health status for my embedded Elasticsearch server: 2021-04-08 18:27:44.067 ERROR [main][ElasticsearchEngineConfigurator:93] bundle...

How to change the logo for Application Menu?

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Issue How to change the logo for Application Menu? Environment Liferay DXP 7.3 Resolution The logo for Application Menu can be changed according to the following steps. Stop the server. Place the new log...

FreeHTML - shows text undefined when clicking on it's preview

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Issue Steps to reproduce: Create a content page and drag the Free HTML component on it from the default fragments list. Edit some text Then click in the preview on the right. It will show text undefined. Again making...

When granting the "View" permission only for "Forms" and "Documents and Media" to a Role, the Users with this Role is able to see the "Add" button and can add assets in "Forms" and "Documents and Media"

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Issue When granting the "View" permission only (as below) for "Forms" and "Documents and Media" to a Role, the Users with this Role is able to see the "Add" button and can add things in "Forms" and "Documents and Media"...

The source code format is misaligned in the AlloyEditor

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Issue When updating the DXP 7.1 instance patch level from de-17 to de-20, the code view shows the misaligned format of the tags in the editor of the web content. To format it again, every time while editing the code,...

Adaptive Media does not show errors in logs

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Issue Adaptive Media cannot process some images, but the only info about these errors is found in the UI alone, as shown in the image below. No related errors can be found in the logs. Environment Liferay...

Broken Document Links in Search Results

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Issue Clicking on a link to a document in Search Results leads to a /null page and error: Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Liferay DXP 7.1 Resolution This behavior is reported and fixed in LPS-93120. The fix has been released...

How to Setup HTTPS on Tomcat for Liferay Portal 6.2 and DXP 7.0

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Sorting using localizable and indexable fields from structure is not working

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Issue When trying to get a search result, sorted by some localizable and indexable fields defined in a structure, the configured Sort widget does not work properly. The issue can be reproduced with these steps:...

Facing issues with the workflow powered application

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Issue When trying to create a workflow-powered app, It's changing the app version which is as expected but when clicking the app again to modify or edit anything then the 'NullPointerExceptions' in the Liferay...

Is it possible to fill a form field using a URL parameter?

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Issue I would like to have a predefined value for a field in a Liferay form. Is it possible to pass this predefined value using a URL query parameter? Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 or higher. Resolution Passing a...

Custom module created from form-field template not working as expected

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Issue I created a custom form field using the form-field template in Developer Studio, but when I deploy the module, the form field is not working as expected. The form field does not render and the form never...

Site Admin can't access Fragments page if Global fragments exist in the portal

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Issue After adding fragments in the Global site, site administrators are encountering a Fragments is temporarily unavailable error when attempting to access the Fragments under Site Administration. Environment DXP 7.2+...

WARNING "filterNormalizeUri received bad value" when working with blog entries

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Issue The following WARNING is obtained when editing/listing blog entries: WARNING [http-nio-8080-exec-7] com.google.template.soy.shared.restricted.Sanitizers.filterNormalizeUri |filterNormalizeUri received bad...

Why the error "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: none of the ciphers........are supported by this JVM" is thrown in the logs

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Issue What is the reason behind the following error which is thrown in the logs? [server.startup : 2][com_liferay_portal_search:103] [com.liferay.portal.search.internal.SearchEngineHelperImpl(549)] The...

On the Geo-location, all uploaded documents for a single location should be visible by clicking upon the marked pointer

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Issue When we upload more than one document for a single location and try to see all uploaded documents by clicking on the marked pointer in the map only one document will be visible. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...

Liferay Screens on Liferay DXP 7.2 and latest Google announcement about Android API level 30 support

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Issue As per https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/develop/target-sdk#pre11, Google notified that By August 2021, new apps must target at least Android 11 (API level 30). By November 2021, all...

Can I create unidirectional asset links?

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Issue In Liferay, when I configure Related Resources of a specific asset, I see that the asset links are bidirectional (two-way) by default. For example, if 'Web Content A' is published with 'Web Content B' as a related...

Guest user can not upload file in a form within the Forms widget

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Issue If you have a Form with an upload field set to allow Guest users to upload files, it works fine by using the Form link. However, if you display this Form through the Form widget, a guest user can not...

How to install a different version of Patching Tool?

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Note: please note that Liferay has renamed its Liferay Experience Could offerings to Liferay SaaS (formerly LXC) and Liferay PaaS (formerly LXC-SM). Issue Sometimes you need a different version of Patching...

Page getting deleted after disabling Remote Live Staging

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Issue Page is getting deleted after disabling 'Remote-Live Staging'. Reproduction Steps: 1. Setup 2 Liferay environments, one for staging and one for live. 2. Create a page in the staging environment and add some...

Special characters are escaped in instance names

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Issue After changing the instance name to have a special character (e.g. "Liferay's Portal"), I see that the special character is escaped when the instance name is rendered in the Control Panel menu (e.g. "Liferay\'s...

Fragment IDs get changed in upgrade to DXP 7.3

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Issue After upgrading to DXP 7.3, the fragment-id values of fragments on Content Pages get changed. This can cause issues as customization that apply to specific fragment-ids will no longer work after the upgrade. ...

Total value not recalculated when order edited by administrator

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Issue Existing orders were edited from the admin page, for example quantity was increased or decreased and price was modified. After making these changes, the total price remains unchanged and displays...

Can't type in Forms fields because the text fields won't stay selected (fields lose focus)

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Issue When the extensions Grammarly or LanguageTool are installed on the user’s browser, then Forms fields lose focus when the user is typing new characters on the field. Environment Liferay DXP 7.2...

How Can I Publish Web Contents Which Contain Unencoded URLs?

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Issue Currently, if file entry validation is enabled and web contents are created with unencoded URLs containing special characters (such as ' ' ] } ) > < \n | ? " " ), publishing automatically fails...

Every user getting notifications in the Out-of-Box Single Approval Workflow

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Issue Every user is getting a notification in the OOTB Single Approval Workflow, even though the specific user has been modified in 'Assignments'. Environment Liferay 7.3 Resolution The issue is fixed in Liferay...

How to adjust notifications in the OOTB 'Single Approver Workflow' to approve specific web content based on a specific user

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Issue How to apply 'Single Approval Workflow' to the specific user against specific web content. Use-case Web Content 1 created/edited by user 3 - notification should go to Approver (User1) Web Content 2...

Publishing child pages to Live without their parents

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Issue We have a staging environment with a multi-level page structure containing many child pages When we try to publish the child pages separately, using the page selection in the advanced publication,...

Different tables that are associated with the document data

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Issue How data flows in the database tables after uploading an image. Environment Liferay 7.0 Resolution When the documents have been uploaded via document and media portlet from the Liferay portal, its metadata is...

User 20156 is not allowed to access URL

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Issue While updating any user details the below error is thrown: WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-2][SecurityPortletContainerWrapper:348] User 20156 is not allowed to access URL...