Capability

Sites

Liferay sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. Each site includes applications for creating content, designing pages, and more. With these features, you can bring your custom solutions to life, whether intranets, public sites, customer portals, or e-commerce storefronts. In fact, you can leverage Liferay's multi-site capabilities to create multiple such sites in the same Liferay instance.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Setting Widget Scopes
Official Documentation
Setting Widget Scopes The Scope configuration is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. By default, Liferay's page widgets are scoped...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Setting Widget Permissions
Official Documentation
Setting Widget Permissions All of Liferay's widgets support Liferay's robust, fine-grained permissions system. Some higher level permissions can be configured in the permissions tab of the widget's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Exporting/Importing Widget Data
Official Documentation
Exporting/Importing Widget Data Export data from individual widget instances without affecting the rest of the site. Many widgets support exporting and importing their data separately, including: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:56 PM
Default Widgets Reference
Official Documentation
Default Widgets Reference Liferay provides a variety of widgets out-of-the-box, so you can start building your solution right away. Widgets can be placed on content pages, widget pages, and page...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Styling Widgets
Official Documentation
Styling Widgets Once you've added widgets on a page, you can customize the look and feel of the widgets to meet your needs. With a range of configuration options available, you can tailor the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Setting a Default Widget Template
Official Documentation
Setting a Default Widget Template You can change the widget template for individual widgets through their own configuration; however you can also configure a default widget template to apply to all...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Page Settings
Official Documentation
Page Settings In Liferay, effective page management is crucial for maintaining an organized and user-friendly site. Page settings go beyond the physical layout and content of your pages to help you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Configuring Locked Pages
Official Documentation
Configuring Locked Pages Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay locks pages during editing to avoid conflicts when multiple users try to edit the same page. This feature works with content,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Creating a Widget Template
Official Documentation
Creating a Widget Template Widget Templates use FreeMarker to determine how widgets are rendered in site pages. Each template is designed for a specific widget type and can be selected while...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Configuring Widget Look and Feel
Official Documentation
Configuring Widget Look and Feel Customize your widget's appearance using the Look and Feel Configuration menu when using widget pages. Adjust text styles, background colors, borders, margins,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using a Widget Template Example
Official Documentation
Using a Widget Template Example Widget Templates are great tools for customizing how widgets look and feel on your site. This example shows changing the default configuration of the Media Gallery...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Configuring Page Sets
Official Documentation
Configuring Page Sets For Liferay 7.4 U22+ and GA22+, private pages are disabled for new installations. They are also deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and are scheduled for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Configuring Your Page's Friendly URL
Official Documentation
Configuring Your Page's Friendly URL Liferay 7.3+ You can set friendly URLs for each of your site's pages. These URLs make it easy to understand and recall your page's address while providing key...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Page Settings UI Reference
Official Documentation
Page Settings UI Reference You can configure individual pages to meet your needs. All changes made in this way are scoped to the selected page. To configure a specific page, open the Site Menu...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Updating Page Permissions
Official Documentation
Updating Page Permissions By default, when users join a site, they can see all of its pages. However, you can configure permissions for individual pages to restrict access based on user roles. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Types of Utility Pages
Official Documentation
Types of Utility Pages Utility pages are content pages managed at the site level. Since the default system-level pages are not customizable, you can use site-level utility pages to provide a unique...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Adding Elements to Content Pages
Official Documentation
Adding Elements to Content Pages After creating a content page, you can add widgets and fragments to build the page's content and structure. Navigate to the content page and click Edit (Edit...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Content Pages
Official Documentation
Using Content Pages Liferay's default page type is the content page. You can manage and edit page content and design with a convenient interface containing configurable drag-and-drop elements, or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Setting Default Permissions
Official Documentation
Setting Default Permissions Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+ You can define a set of default permissions for Liferay content pages. The default permissions setting is available at both instance...
Published Date: Jul 16, 2024 3:43 PM
Understanding Pages
Official Documentation
Understanding Pages Pages render content and applications for users of a site. Page Sets If you enable private pages, two page sets are created: public pages and private pages. For Liferay 7.4...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:51 PM
Other Page Types
Official Documentation
Other Page Types Content pages are the most commonly used page type, but there are uses for the other page types. Utility Pages Utility pages are content pages you can apply to system-level pages,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Content Page Editor UI Reference
Official Documentation
Content Page Editor UI Reference For Liferay 7.4 U37+/GA37+ Using the content page editor, you can add and configure elements in a content page. Go to a content page and click Edit (Edit icon)....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Managing Content in Content Pages
Official Documentation
Managing Content in Content Pages When working on content pages or templates, you can view and manage documents, web content articles, collections, and inline text added to them. To access these...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Widget Pages
Official Documentation
Using Widget Pages A widget page is a page with a set layout that allows widgets (applications) to be displayed. Widgets can display content or add interactive and dynamic functionality to the page.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Adding Widgets to a Page
Official Documentation
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
Using Page Comments
Official Documentation
Using Page Comments When building content pages, you and your team can collaborate using Liferay's page comments feature. Comments are enabled out-of-the-box in Liferay DXP 7.3+. Use page comments...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using Widgets on a Content Page
Official Documentation
Using Widgets on a Content Page The widgets section functions like the add menu on a widget page. You can access the full list of available widgets and add them to the page. The main difference is...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Managing Content in Content Pages For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Managing Content in Content Pages For Liferay 7.3 and Earlier Versions For Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3, you can review web content deployed using fragments and widgets in the Contents panel (Contents). ...
Published Date: Oct 29, 2024 3:17 PM
Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages
Official Documentation
Converting Widget Pages to Content Pages In older versions, widget pages provided exclusive features, such as custom layouts and customizable columns. Many of these exclusive features are available...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Enabling User Personalization of Widget Pages
Official Documentation
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
Default Site Applications
Official Documentation
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
Displaying Content
Official Documentation
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
Additional Content Display Options
Official Documentation
Additional Content Display Options In Liferay, displaying content on your site requires flexible tools to enhance how information is presented. From using the Web Content Display widget to managing...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Using the Web Content Display Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Web Content Display Widget After you create a web content article, the quickest way to display it is the web content display widget. Once displayed in a widget, content updates appear...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Collections and Collection Pages
Official Documentation
Collections and Collection Pages This information applies to Liferay DXP 7.3+. In previous Liferay versions, collections were called content sets. For information on content sets, see Liferay DXP...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Using the Iframe Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Iframe Widget The Iframe widget creates an iframe that can embed and display a web page. Setting Up the Iframe Widget Create a new page or start editing a content page. Click Add...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Filtering Collections on a Page
Official Documentation
Filtering Collections on a Page To improve the experience for Users viewing Collections on your Site, you can add Page Fragments to filter content in those Collections. For example, you can add a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Styling Widgets with Widget Templates
Official Documentation
Styling Widgets with Widget Templates You can use widget templates to customize the appearance and functionality of out-of-the-box widgets, such as the Asset Publisher and Media Gallery widgets. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Collection Providers
Official Documentation
Collection Providers Collection providers group items into collections for display on your pages. Several are available out of the box, or you can create them using the Information Framework to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. A content set is exactly what it sounds like: a...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 4:38 PM