Capability

Content Management System

Liferay’s Content Management System (CMS) offers user-friendly applications for creating, editing, publishing, and managing your site’s content.

Liferay empowers you to create and manage web content effectively. Easily create web content, upload documents, and leverage a suite of tools to administer and optimize your content. These tools include a user-friendly Content Dashboard UI, built-in Translation capabilities, and Content Performance insights.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Blog Entry Editor Reference
Official Documentation
Blog Entry Editor Reference The blog entry editor provides context appropriate editing tools for formatting text, managing images, tables, and other rich features. Users are able to switch to code...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Aggregating Blogs
Official Documentation
Aggregating Blogs The Blogs Aggregator widget publishes blogs entries from multiple blog sources. The Blogs Aggregator widget shows multiple blogs. To configure the widget, Start editing the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Content Dashboard Interface
Official Documentation
Content Dashboard Interface Available 7.3+ The Content Dashboard user interface has three main sections: Content Audit Tool Contents List Content Info Sidebar To access the dashboard, open...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Adding Blog Entries
Official Documentation
Adding Blog Entries Blog entries are scoped to sites. By default, only authenticated users can create blog entries. See the Blogs Permissions Reference for more information. You can create a blog...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Blog Permissions Reference
Official Documentation
Blog Permissions Reference Here's a list of all permissions associated with the Blogs application. To configure the permissions for the Blogs widget see Setting Widget Permissions. Blog Entry...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Configuring the Blogs App
Official Documentation
Configuring the Blogs App You can control how the app behaves for all blogs in your site. Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and navigate to Content and Data → Blogs Click Options (Options icon)...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Importing Knowledge Base Articles
Official Documentation
Importing Knowledge Base Articles Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can draft Knowledge Base articles as Markdown files and import them to Liferay. To do this, you must ensure each Markdown file is...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Knowledge Base Display Widget
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Display Widget Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can use the Knowledge Base Display widget to display published articles in site pages with built-in navigation, comments, ratings, and...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:45 AM
Managing Blog Entries
Official Documentation
Managing Blog Entries Bloggers and blog administrators manage blog entries using the Blogs application in the Site Administration menu. To access this app, open the Product Menu (Product Menu) and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating Knowledge Base Articles
Official Documentation
Creating Knowledge Base Articles Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Knowledge Base provides tools for creating and managing a repository of articles. You can create articles using the application's WYSIWYG...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Getting Started with Blogs
Official Documentation
Getting Started with Blogs The blogs application's editor has a complete set of WYSIWYG controls that appear when and where you need them. You can also switch to source mode to edit your content's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Highlighting Recent Bloggers
Official Documentation
Highlighting Recent Bloggers You can use the Recent Bloggers widget to highlight the work of your most recent blog authors. This widget lists each recent author's name, profile picture, and number...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Knowledge Base System Settings
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base System Settings Administrators can use the System Settings UI to set the Knowledge Base’s global configuration (across Sites). You can access this UI in Control Panel → Configuration...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Displaying Blogs
Official Documentation
Displaying Blogs Liferay provides two ways to display blog entries: display page templates and the Blogs widget. Using Display Page Templates You can use display page templates to create reusable,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Knowledge Base
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Knowledge Base provides tools for creating and managing product documentation. You can write articles in the Liferay UI or import existing Markdown files....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Content Management System
Official Documentation
Content Management System Liferay’s content management system includes tools for creating, organizing, and managing content across your sites. These include Web Content, Tags and Categories, Asset...
Published Date: Jul 17, 2025 12:42 AM
Deprecated Content Features
Official Documentation
Deprecated Content Features These content features are deprecated and no longer actively developed in Liferay. While still available for compatibility and migration purposes, they are not...
Published Date: Jul 17, 2025 12:43 AM
Exporting Assets List To a Spreadsheet
Official Documentation
Exporting Assets List To a Spreadsheet The Content Dashboard can export a spreadsheet (.xls file) of content related metadata for further analysis. To export the asset list to a spreadsheet, ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Content Dashboard
Official Documentation
Content Dashboard Available 7.3+ This feature works only with Elasticsearch. The Content Dashboard is a global application for managing your content. From the Content Dashboard page, content...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Blogs
Official Documentation
Blogs Use the Blogs application to publish time-based content like company updates, announcements, or editorial articles. Site members with the appropriate permissions can create, manage, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Responding to Knowledge Base Feedback
Official Documentation
Responding to Knowledge Base Feedback Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ You can view and manage article feedback in the Knowledge Base application. To do this, Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and go to...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards
Official Documentation
Message Boards Message Boards is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to the Questions widget. Liferay's Message Boards application is a...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Knowledge Base Templates
Official Documentation
Knowledge Base Templates Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ Templates give authors a starting point with default headers or other content for articles. Templates help foster consistent formatting and content...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards Widget UI Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Widget UI Reference Explore the user interface elements of the Message Boards widget, including the various tabs and their functionalities. Each tab provides access to different...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Creating Message Boards Threads
Official Documentation
Creating Message Boards Threads A thread is a series of messages focused on a specific topic. It starts with an initial post, followed by replies that form a discussion. Only authenticated users...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Creating Message Boards Categories
Official Documentation
Creating Message Boards Categories Message Boards Categories organize threads into specific topics, making it easier for users to find and participate in discussions relevant to their interests. ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Managing the Knowledge Base
Official Documentation
Managing the Knowledge Base Liferay 7.4 U72+/GA72+ With Knowledge Base, you can draft product documentation quickly and organize it into hierarchies that end users can navigate. Add folders and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Other Knowledge Base Widgets
Official Documentation
Other Knowledge Base Widgets There are other Knowledge Base widgets you can add to pages besides the Knowledge Base Display widget: Knowledge Base Article: Display a single article’s content. ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards Permissions Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Permissions Reference Permissions settings for the Message Boards app include Home Category, Widget, General Category, and Thread permissions. Manage these settings to control user...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List
Official Documentation
Configuring a Message Boards Category Mailing List You can configure a mailing list for a message board category in a site or page-scoped message board. Globally scoped messages boards don't...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:48 PM
Message Boards Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Message Boards Configuration Reference Configuration settings for the Message Boards app are divided in Settings and Notifications. To access the Message Boards app's configuration screen, Open...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Questions Widget Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The Questions widget is a new UI skin for the Message Boards widget, focused on presenting a question-and-answer format. With the Questions...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Using the Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Questions Widget With the Questions widget, users can ask questions, provide answers, and engage in discussions within a site. By organizing topics and enabling collaborative answers, it...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Scoping Your Message Boards
Official Documentation
Scoping Your Message Boards The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release.
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Configuring the Questions Widget
Official Documentation
Configuring the Questions Widget Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ There are two primary methods for configuring the Questions widget: directly through the widget configuration and through the System...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Moderating Message Boards
Official Documentation
Moderating Message Boards Message boards include features that enable effective forum moderation. This includes thread locking, thread moving and merging, user bans, and thread flagging. Users with...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Wiki
Official Documentation
Wiki Wiki is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129. For data continuity, consider transitioning to alternative content management solutions like Liferay Objects or Web Content. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Subscribing to a Message Board
Official Documentation
Subscribing to a Message Board Users can receive email updates and in-product notifications by subscribing to a message board. By default, users are subscribed automatically to any threads they...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:46 AM
Using the Wiki Display Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Wiki Display Widget Users can use the Wiki Display widget to highlight a specific wiki page regardless of whether it is a top level page or a child page. To use the Wiki Display widget: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating Wiki Pages
Official Documentation
Creating Wiki Pages The Wiki widget starts with a default wiki page called FrontPage. Users can edit this page to make their first wiki page. By default, only authenticated users can create Wiki...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Wiki Permissions Reference
Official Documentation
Wiki Permissions Reference You can refer to this reference when assigning permissions to users and roles for the Wiki widget. To learn more about DXP Roles and Permissions in general, see Roles and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Scoping Your Wikis
Official Documentation
Scoping Your Wikis The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Creating a Node
Official Documentation
Creating a Node As more wiki pages are created in a single DXP site, creating additional wiki nodes can provide a loose structure to organize your wiki pages accordingly. Users can create a nodes...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:49 PM
Wiki Widget UI Reference
Official Documentation
Wiki Widget UI Reference FrontPage The FrontPage tab is the landing page for the Wiki widget. From here, content creators can add a child page, edit the existing FrontPage page, view the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Using the Page Menu Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Page Menu Widget The Page Menu widget presents links that can include links to other Wiki Pages, other DXP site pages, Documents and Media assets, external websites, and more. Once you've...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Using the Tree Menu Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Tree Menu Widget The Tree Menu widget lists all the wiki pages and child pages in a particular node. To use the Tree Menu widget: Navigate to the site page where the Wiki widget has...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Page Performance and Accessibility
Official Documentation
Page Performance and Accessibility With page performance and accessibility tools, you can monitor and improve your site’s content quality, loading speed, and compliance with SEO and accessibility...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Analyze SEO and Accessibility on Pages
Official Documentation
Analyze SEO and Accessibility on Pages Starting with Liferay DXP 7.4, you can use the Page Audit tool to examine your pages' SEO and accessibility. The Page Audit tool uses the Google PageSpeed...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Analyze Content Metrics Using the Content Performance Tool
Official Documentation
Analyze Content Metrics Using the Content Performance Tool Available 7.3+ Some Content Performance options are only available starting with Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4. You can use the Content...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
About the Page Audit Tool
Official Documentation
About the Page Audit Tool The Page Audit tool displays performance-related information about the server render time, component type, component's origin, and cache status as well as warning messages...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
About the Content Performance Tool
Official Documentation
About the Content Performance Tool Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The Content Performance tool is a global application for analyzing performance metrics of your content, like traffic acquisition channels...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Recycle Bin
Official Documentation
Recycle Bin The recycle bin provides a safeguard for content management by temporarily storing deleted assets before they are removed permanently. When enabled, recyclable assets—such as documents,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Using the Recycle Bin
Official Documentation
Using the Recycle Bin The recycle bin functionality is available for the following assets: Blogs Bookmarks Documents and Media Folders Message Boards (and attachments) Web Content Wiki...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Auto-Tagging
Official Documentation
Auto-Tagging If you have a lot of content that's untagged, you can help your users find that content more easily by auto-tagging it. Liferay can use a local or cloud-based service to analyze and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Recycle Bin Overview
Official Documentation
Recycle Bin Overview An integrated recycle bin can temporarily store content and data you want to remove from your instance before making that removal permanent. By default, the recycle bin is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Configuring the Recycle Bin
Official Documentation
Configuring the Recycle Bin The Recycle Bin supports instance-wide scope or site-specific scope. By default, the Recycle Bin is enabled instance-wide. You can disable the recycle bin for a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Tags and Categories
Official Documentation
Tags and Categories Use tags and categories to organize content and improve search and navigation across your sites. Categories provide a structured way to group related assets using vocabularies...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Auto-Tagging Images
Official Documentation
Auto-Tagging Images Once asset auto-tagging has been enabled, you can also enable image auto-tagging. Image auto-tagging tags images uploaded to the Documents and Media Library. Currently, tags...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Auto-Tagging Assets
Official Documentation
Auto-Tagging Assets You can manually tag most assets, such as Message Boards, Blogs, Documents, Images, and Web Content Articles. You can tag certain assets, however, automatically when they are...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM
Configuring Asset Auto-Tagging
Official Documentation
Configuring Asset Auto-Tagging Tagging assets is a great way to organize content. Typically, the content creator manually applies tags during creation, but you can configure Liferay to tag content...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:50 PM