Capability

Digital Asset Management

Liferay’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools simplify the organization and management of digital assets. Assets include images, videos, presentations, documents, and much more. Additionally, the Asset Library feature enables you to manage and publish assets in one central repository for use across multiple distinct sites.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Migrating Your Database to PostgreSQL
Introduction Liferay adopted PostgreSQL as the default database for PaaS and SaaS projects in October 2024. Since then, all new Liferay PaaS and SaaS deployments use PostgreSQL. To maintain compatibility and ensure...
Liferay DXP Agent Fails to Start on Jakarta (Tomcat 10) Images with javax.annotation Error
Issue When using a Liferay DXP instance deployed on a Jakarta-based image (e.g., Tomcat 10), the liferay-dxp-agent bundle may fail to start. The logs will show an org.osgi.framework.BundleException error related to an unresolved package import. A key part of the error message will look...
How to modify the web.server.display.node and company.security.strangers.verify properties in a Liferay PaaS environment
Issue After updating our Liferay PaaS service version to v4.1.0+, our team noticed that the -uat environment now has the instance's node information displayed in the footer of Liferay pages. We tried to set...
Displaying Missing Navigation Widget Templates - 7.2 SP1
Issue Prior to SP1, it was possible to edit the Navigation ADTs using the following steps: Navigate to Control Panel > Sites > Sites For the "Global" site use the 3 dot menu to go to "Site Settings" Navigate to Site...
Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only - 7.2
Issue Configuring Liferay to display CAPTCHA's with numbers only instead of alphanumeric characters. Environment This issue affects Liferay 7.2 Resolution While the default CAPTCHAs in Liferay generated by...
Unable to Publish Content if there are Missing Page Links - DXP 7.0+
Issue When I disable "Validate Layout References" I receive an error. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 + Resolution If you would like to maintain relative links or allow the validator to ignore the missing file entries,...
Publication of a scheduled web content is delayed by 15 minutes - DXP 7.1+
Issue When I schedule web content to be published a few minutes in the future, the publication does not occur and is delayed for up to 15 minutes. Environment Liferay DXP 7.1+ Resolution The web content scheduled for a...
Site Administrator cannot add a Basic Web Content - DXP 7.0
Issue As a Site Administrator when I go to Content and click on the "+" button to add a basic web content, the basic web content option does not appear. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution As an Administrator, if...
Published web contents are not visible to users - DXP 7.1 - 7.4
Issue I cannot see web contents as a guest user, they are not visible in the Web Content Display or Asset Publisher Environment Liferay DXP 7.1 Liferay DXP 7.2 Liferay DXP 7.3 Liferay DXP 7.4 Resolution The web...
Regular users with specific roles cannot access the configuration of the widget Search Insights
Issue Given a user with a custom role with permissions to access the configuration of Search Insights, she cannot access this configuration. Environment Quarterly Releases: 2024.Q3, 2024.Q2, 2024.Q1, 2023.Q4, 2023.Q3...
Scheduled web content is not published on time - DXP 7.0
Issue I try to schedule web content for future publication but it is not displayed on time. Environment Liferay DXP 7.0 Resolution Check interval should be set correctly. In 7.0 instance there are two Check...
CKEditor Customizations Not Applying to Translations or Forms
Issue Customizations made to CKEditor using an `EditorConfigContributor` are only applying to the editor when editing Web Content, but not in the editor for translations (accessed through Control Panel...
Freemarker templates escape HTML content in Text fields after migrating from Liferay DXP 7.3 to 2025.Q1
Issue After migrating from Liferay DXP 7.3 to 2025.Q1, HTML content within web content "Text" fields is no longer interpreted by Freemarker templates using ${field.getData()}. It is displayed as...
"Inconsistent patch level detected" error occured in the logs
Issue The following error occurs in the logs due to an inconsistency in patch levels: Example 1: ERROR [server.startup : 2][PatcherImpl:204] Inconsistent patch level detected WARN [server.startup :...
Sorting Structures by Name in Liferay DXP
Issue The order of Structures when creating Web Content seems to be random. The structures are not sorted alphabetically or by modification date. Environment Liferay DXP 2024.Q2 Resolution Web Content Display widget...
Sending Individual Emails for Workflow Notifications
Background In a workflow, email notifications are sent to all users in a role as a single email with all recipients in the "To:" field. Objective The goal is to send individual emails to each of the...
Password syntax checking error does not appear when configuring with Minimum Lowercase 1 when creating a new account
Issue I have an issue with checking the password syntax. When they configure the password syntax with Minimum Lowercase 1, Minimum Symbols 1, and Minimum Uppercase 1, try to create an account for a guest user, type a...
Data Sets are not working after upgrading to 2025.q1.4-lts where the feature is released
Issue I upgraded from 2024.q4.7 to 2025.q1.4-lts. After the upgrade, we encountered issues with Data Sets. In 2024.q4.7 I was using datasets as beta but as in 2025.q1.4 its released. I have enabled Root Objects and...
Liferay IDE: Resolving 'Unable to make field private' errors with JDK 21
Issue I'm encountering java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make field private ... accessible errors when starting Liferay from the Liferay IDE plugin within the Eclipse IDE with JDK 21....
Can Layouts Be Dynamically Assigned to Object Entries Based on Experience (e.g., User Role)?
Issue I’ve created an Object named TestObject and added two layouts: Test Layout 1 and Test Layout 2 in the Site Builder → Pages section. Behavior observed: If no layout is marked as default, the system uses the...
User did not provide a valid CSRF token Error
Issue Portlet Action requests intermittently returning a 403 error code. In the logs the following error message regarding invalid CSRF token gets printed whenever the 403 error is thrown. "User [user_id] did not provide...
Changes to Content Page Template Not Propagated to Pages
Issue After creating a Content Page Template and then creating pages based on that template, any subsequent changes and publishing of the template do not reflect on the pages using the template.   Environment...
Unable to Create Liferay Module Project Fragments and Start DXP 2025.Q1.0 Quarterly Release (LTS) in Liferay Developer Studio 3.10.2
Issue In Liferay Developer Studio (version 3.10.2), when navigating to File > New > Liferay Module Project Fragment, nothing happens. The popup window for creating the fragment does not appear....
Restricting the Guest Role's Access to the Home Page
Issue When trying to change the view permission of a page it's not possible to do it for the Guest role in the first page: it shows as non-interactive. Environment QR 2024.Q3, 2024.Q4, 2025.Q1 Resolution This is...
Content lost when changing language during creation
Issue When creating content, such as a calendar event or filling a form, changing the language during the process can cause the loss of all entered information. This can happen if another browser window or tab is open...
Translatable fields display empty after deleting field translation instead default translation
Issue When adding content to a translatable field in a structure and subsequently deleting the content in a secondary language, the field displays as empty in that specific language instead of falling...
How to deploy a custom JAR to the shielded-container-lib directory in my PaaS Environment
Issue I would like to know how to deploy a custom JAR to the shielded-container-lib directory of Tomcat in my PaaS environment. Environment Liferay PaaS Resolution Follow these steps: In your Liferay Workspace,...
Email Address Validation for Forgot Password
Issue The Forgot Password option does not validate if the user enters a correct email address. You can enter anything and the field will accept it. Two types of validation are expected: Email format validation (to...
Limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields
Issue We want to limit the languages displayed in the translation selector for object fields to only those defined in the site, similar to how it works for Journal Articles. Currently, the selector shows all...
Monotype Font Licensing
Issue Usage of Monotype fonts require a license If a user does not have the Monotype font license, is it necessary to remove references to Monotype font throughout the portal?   Environment Liferay DXP 7.4   Resolution...
Setting a Site-Specific Display Page Template for a Web Content created from a Global Structure
Issue You are using a Web Content Structure that was created in the Global site so it can be shared across multiple sites. You need to set a default Display Page Template (DPT) for this structure, but you want the...
Designing and Displaying Reusable Navigation Menus
Introduction This recipe guides you through the basic steps to build a multi-step form. Prerequisites Liferay DXP environment An object definition with fields A user who has access and control to create and manage objects,...
Integrate Okta with Liferay DXP using OpenID Connect
Introduction This recipe guides you through the steps to integrate Okta, your Identity Provider (IdP), with your Liferay environment using OpenID Connect. Prerequisites Okta Dev account Liferay DXP environment Administrative...
Finding your Liferay Cloud location via egress IP address
Issue The ingress IP address of our Liferay Cloud instance shows a different location than expected.   Environment Liferay PaaS   Resolution The ingress IP address does not reflect the actual location of the specific...
The "Menu Display" text appears in the Navigation Menu widget
Issue After a failed login attempt, the navigation menu's display text appears above the menu itself. Steps to reproduce: Create a site. Create a login page and deploy the sign-in widget. Create a navigation...
How to Configure PaaS to Push Metrics to Dynatrace Account
Issue What is the correct way to configure our new PaaS environment to push metrics to a Dynatrace account? Environment DXP 7.4 Resolution Set the following environment variables in LCP.json ...
How can I disable the Commerce Wish List creation
Issue I have an issue with the commerce wish list table in the database. The table has lots of entries and it is growing more, even though we do not use the wish list feature. I would like to remove these entries and...
"Could not resolve value from secret references" error deploying build in PaaS
Issue When deploying a build in my Liferay Cloud PaaS environment, the build process fails and returns the following error message: Some error has happened during the build. Try again. [{"message":"Could not...
Uncaught TypeError: Liferay.Notification is not a constructor
Issue Adding the below script to any page through any Web content display can reproduce the issue in vanilla. <a href="#" onClick="showWltNotification('Your Request failed to process', 'danger');"> Link here </a>...
How to modify the Cache-Control header to prevent browser caching issues
Issue After deploying a new version of my theme, users are experiencing issues due to old Javascript files being loaded from the browser cache. Thus, we would like to modify the Cache-Control header of those...