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Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages
Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages Administrators can designate some or all sections (rows and columns of the page layout) of a widget page as customizable for site members. Page...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Adding Widgets to a Page
Adding Widgets to a Page Widgets are applications. They can be simple and only used to display content, or they can be full-featured collaboration applications, like the Message Boards widget. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Developing Page Fragments Reference
Developing Page Fragments Reference The Developing Fragments Reference provides essential information on key aspects of fragment development in Liferay. It covers command references, configuration...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Auto-Deploying Fragments
Auto-Deploying Fragments Liferay Portal 7.3 GA1+ or Liferay DXP 7.3+ If you're developing page fragments with your own tooling, you can deploy them by packaging them in ZIP files for importing via...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Applying Styles to Fragments
Applying Styles to Fragments When you add a fragment to a page, you can use the sidebar menu to configure the fragment, including the Styles configuration tab. Use the Styles tab in the sidebar...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Custom Fields in Page Fragments
Using Custom Fields in Page Fragments If you've added custom fields to Liferay's users or pages, you can access them in fragments. To get the value of a page custom field, use ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using the Fragments Editor
Using the Fragments Editor Liferay DXP includes a built-in editor for developing content page fragments. To access the editor, open the Site Menu ( Site Menu ) and navigate to Design → Fragments....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Creating a Contributed Fragment Set
Creating a Contributed Fragment Set Contributed fragment sets are deployable modules containing page fragments. Fragments in a contributed set can be used like regular fragments, but aren't...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Defining Fragment Drop Zones
Defining Fragment Drop Zones Drop zones are integral to building your content pages. With them, you can create unique page layouts and dynamic displays by defining areas within fragments where...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Including Default Resources in Fragments
Including Default Resources in Fragments You can include images files (e.g. .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png) direct in your fragment sets. Keeping images with your fragments, rather than in other...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using the Fragments Toolkit
Using the Fragments Toolkit The Fragments Toolkit is deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+. See Alternatives for the Fragments Toolkit for more information. The Fragments Toolkit helps...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Validating Fragment Configurations
Validating Fragment Configurations When defining fragment configuration options, you can add validation properties to text type fields that determine rules for valid entries. Determine what type of...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Site Initializers
Site Initializers Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA100+ Site Initializers package pages, content, and configurations to help you jump-start a new site with much of the site already built. You can...
Published Date: Oct 16, 2024 4:33 PM
Displaying Content
Displaying Content You can display content in various ways. The option you choose depends on the type of asset you want to display, how many assets you want to display at once, and how you want...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Best Practices for Using Fragment Configurations
Best Practices for Using Fragment Configurations When you are creating page fragments for your site with your own configurations, it's your responsibility to use them in their HTML presentation...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Setting the Order of Elements in a Fragment
Setting the Order of Elements in a Fragment Liferay 7.4+ The Slider or Tab fragments are typically used to show different areas of information. Sliders present this information in a carousel of...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Default Site Applications
Default Site Applications All sites include the below core applications for building personalized digital experiences. You can access them via the Product Menu (Product Menu). The Product Menu can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding a Site
Adding a Site Sites are customizable spaces within Liferay, designed for building personalized digital experiences that engage specific audiences and meet unique organizational goals. Creating a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content Liferay sites include the export/import applications for extracting and transferring site data as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. You can access these tools...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Personal Sites
Personal Sites By default, Liferay generates a personal site for every user. Each site includes two page sets: My Profile (public) and My Dashboard (private). Each user is the sole member of their...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Hierarchies
Site Hierarchies Sites can be organized hierarchically, similar to organizations, with child sites. This hierarchical structure simplifies sharing content between sites. Unlike organizations which...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Membership
Site Membership Being a member of a site grants users access and abilities beyond an unauthenticated guest user. These key benefits come with site membership: Site members have more permissions...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Adding Members to Sites
Adding Members to Sites Users and sites are central concepts in Liferay DXP. Sites store all your content and pages, while users access and create that content. User management is covered in User...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Creating Teams for Sites
Creating Teams for Sites If you have an ad hoc group of users who perform the same set of tasks in a site (moderating a site's wiki content, managing message boards threads, writing blogs, editing...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Inviting Members to Your Site
Inviting Members to Your Site The Invite Members widget is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. You can use the Invite Members...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Site Templates
Site Templates Liferay provides site templates for designing structures and content that you can use during site creation. Each template includes most standard site applications for adding pages,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Configuring Site Template Propagation
Configuring Site Template Propagation Liferay 7.4 U23+/GA23+ By default, site template changes are propagated automatically to a connected site when a user visits the site after the template is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Creating Site Templates
Creating Site Templates With site templates, you can design and configure templates for creating sites. Each template is built using the same tools as sites. Site templates are primarily intended...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Templates
Exporting/Importing Site Templates You can export and import site templates to share them between Liferay installations. Exporting Individual Site Templates Open the Global Menu (Global Menu),...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:58 PM
Handling Friendly URL Conflicts in Site Templates
Handling Friendly URL Conflicts in Site Templates Currently, this feature is behind a beta feature flag (LPS-174417). Read Beta Feature Flags for more information. Liferay doesn't allow...
Published Date: Oct 30, 2024 3:13 PM
Exported Third Party Packages
Exported Third Party Packages Liferay provides over one-hundred third party Java packages at run time. The com.liferay.portal.bootstrap module exports the packages by specifying individual packages...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Become a Publisher
Become a Publisher To publish apps or solutions on Marketplace, you need a Liferay account with publisher permissions. Becoming a publisher is free, but you must submit a request with relevant...
Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 3:45 PM
Provisioning Cloud Apps
Provisioning Cloud Apps You can provision cloud apps to your Liferay instance and start using them immediately. Unlike DXP apps, cloud apps integrate with Liferay SaaS directly and don't require...
Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 12:35 PM
Understanding Action Types
Understanding Action Types Liferay 7.4 U60+/GA60+ Actions define custom operations triggered by object entry events. Liferay provides these action types: TypeDescription NotificationSend email or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace
Connecting Liferay DXP to Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-35941). Read Release Feature Flags for more information. You can...
Published Date: Apr 15, 2025 4:54 PM
Marketplace
Marketplace Liferay Marketplace is a platform where you can find, download, and share apps. It features an updated UI and supports Liferay SaaS. To access Marketplace, visit...
Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 3:45 PM
Actions
Actions Object actions define custom business logic that you can run manually or automatically for object entry events. Examples include delivering entry event data to a webhook URL, sending email...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Provisioning DXP Apps
Provisioning DXP Apps Free apps can be downloaded, deployed to Liferay DXP, and used immediately without deploying a license. Paid apps have trial, developer, or standard licenses based on the...
Published Date: Nov 8, 2024 3:11 PM
Objects
Objects Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay Objects, you can build and deliver applications without having to write code or deploy modules. Each application built with Objects is integrated with Liferay's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Liferay Labs
Liferay Labs Liferay Labs is an innovation hub within Liferay Marketplace dedicated to exploring newer technologies and developing experimental features. It provides a wide range of useful...
Published Date: Jan 7, 2025 4:36 PM
Publishing Apps in Marketplace
Publishing Apps in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains Cloud apps (for Liferay SaaS, PaaS, and self-hosted) and DXP apps (for Liferay PaaS and Liferay Self-Hosted). As a publisher, you may...
Published Date: Aug 16, 2024 3:45 PM
Defining Object Actions
Defining Object Actions Liferay 7.4 U60+/GA60+ Object actions define operations that you can run manually or automatically for object entry events. To add an action, Open the Global Menu (...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Portal Developer Properties
Portal Developer Properties There are Portal Properties that facilitate development. Liferay's portal-developer.properties file includes all of them. The portal-developer.properties file is enabled...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Publishing Solutions in Marketplace
Publishing Solutions in Marketplace The Liferay Marketplace contains business solutions to improve productivity and reduce time to market. Currently, only existing Liferay partners can publish a...
Published Date: Aug 31, 2024 7:45 PM
Creating and Managing Objects
Creating and Managing Objects Liferay 7.4+ Liferay Objects provides a convenient UI for creating custom applications that meet your business needs without writing code. You can also use Objects to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Extending System Objects
Extending System Objects Liferay 7.4 U86+/GA86+ With Liferay Objects, you can extend supported system services. Currently, only these services are integrated with the Objects framework: Account...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Activating and Deactivating Objects
Activating and Deactivating Objects Custom objects are activated when published. While active, you can use the object to create entries via the Liferay UI or dedicated REST APIs. If needed, you can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Auditing Object Events
Auditing Object Events Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can use Liferay's audit framework to track events for custom object definitions and their entries. To track entry events, you must enable entry...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Attachment Fields
Attachment Fields Attachment fields are for uploading files to your instance's Document Library. When uploaded, the file is linked to the entry's attachment field, and each field can only be linked...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Fields
Fields Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Object fields are data definitions that represent database columns and store different types of values. All objects include default system fields, but you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Aggregation Fields
Aggregation Fields Liferay 7.4 U47+/GA47+ Aggregation fields perform basic calculations on the entries from a relationship table and display the resulting values. Available aggregation functions...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Encrypted Fields
Encrypted Fields Self-Hosted and PaaS Only Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Liferay provides the encrypted field type for storing sensitive user data. To use encrypted fields, first add an encryption...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Formula Fields
Formula Fields Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Formula fields store read-only values calculated using numeric fields in the object definition. Example use cases include calculating an...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Localizing Object Definitions and Entries
Localizing Object Definitions and Entries Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay objects are integrated with the localization framework, so you can add translations for definition labels, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Organizing Objects with Folders
Organizing Objects with Folders By default, object definitions are grouped in the Uncategorized folder, but you can add object folders to organize data models and manage access to definitions. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Defining Object Relationships
Defining Object Relationships Liferay 7.4+ Relationships add fields and tables to object definitions for relating their entries to one another. Follow these steps to add relationships to object...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Removing Relationships
Removing Relationships Liferay 7.4 U26+/GA26+ You can remove relationships from both draft and published object definitions. Removing a relationship permanently deletes its field from the related...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Picklist Fields
Picklist Fields Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Picklists define lists of text values usable as single select or multi-select fields in object definitions. By default, single select fields appear as...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using Read-Only Fields
Using Read-Only Fields Some use cases may require data fields to be read-only. For example, data integrity may require some field values to remain immutable, or you may need to prevent unauthorized...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Adding Categorization to Fields Tabs
Adding Categorization to Fields Tabs Liferay 7.4 U31+/GA31+ You can add categorization blocks to fields tabs so end users can apply tags and categories to object entries. Follow these steps: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM

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