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
Web Content Templates
Web Content Templates With Web Content Templates, you can define how content appears, ensuring that your web content aligns with your brand and functional requirements. Learn how to create...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Embedding Widgets in Web Content Templates
Embedding Widgets in Web Content Templates You can embed core or custom widgets, instanceable or not, in web content templates. Below is an example of embedding a web content widget in FreeMarker:
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Managing Web Content Structures
Managing Web Content Structures You can manage structures from the structures page: Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and go to Content & Data → Web Content. Select the Structures tab. Open the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Mapping Repeatable Fields to Fragments
Mapping Repeatable Fields to Fragments Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+ When creating fields on web content structures, you can make them repeatable. You can then map these fields to fragments...
Published Date: Aug 6, 2024 3:41 PM
Mapping Web Content Templates to Fragments
Mapping Web Content Templates to Fragments By default, you can map web content structure fields holding a single value (such as date, numeric, image, number, or text) to fragments. For multi-value...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Using Taglibs in Web Content Templates
Using Taglibs in Web Content Templates Liferay's taglibs are accessible when developing templates in FreeMarker. There is no need to instantiate these taglibs within your FreeMarker template;...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Applying a Custom Theme
Applying a Custom Theme You can use different front-end client extensions to customize the look and feel of your site. Specifically, theme CSS type client extension can be used as an alternative to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Deploying a Custom Application
Deploying a Custom Application You can use a custom element client extension to render a JavaScript application as a widget on a Liferay site page. The application is served by Liferay and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building a Custom Ticketing System
Building a Custom Ticketing System Liferay makes it easy for you to build digital solutions. For example, you can create a custom ticketing application with the styling and features needed for your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Defining a Custom Data Schema
Defining a Custom Data Schema The ticketing application requires custom data fields and selections. You use Liferay objects and picklists to define a custom data schema. Creating Custom Picklists...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Development
Development Liferay's development platform makes developers faster and more efficient by providing a baseline set of features to build upon. Rather than start from scratch, you can start instead...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Creating Web Content Templates
Creating Web Content Templates Web content templates use the FreeMarker Template Language (FTL) to determine how content fields are rendered on a page. Each template can be associated with a web...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:51 PM
Building Applications
Building Applications For maximum compatibility with all of Liferay's deployment options, you can combine Liferay's Objects, Client Extensions, and other features and tools to build real-world...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Implementing a Documentation Referral System
Implementing a Documentation Referral System The ticketing system can be further enhanced with a documentation referral system. The system searches automatically for relevant documentation based on...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs Use Cron jobs to automate managing tickets. For example, have a job to run at a regular schedule to delete any tickets that have a resolution type of duplicate or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building a Time Off Requester
Building a Time Off Requester Liferay 7.4+ With Liferay Objects, you can build entire applications without writing code or deploying modules. Here, create a Time Off Request application using...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Client Extension Reference
Client Extension Reference Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 You can find code examples for all types of client extensions in liferay-portal Frontend Client Extensions ...
Published Date: Jun 21, 2024 3:41 PM
Packaging Client Extensions
Packaging Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Client extension projects are built as deployable archives called Liferay Universal File Format Archives...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference You can use an instance settings client extension to configure a wide variety of Liferay configurations. Each configuration is referenced by its PID...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth user agent client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines an OAuth...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Language Client Extensions
Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...
Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 12:57 PM
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q1+/Portal GA92+ JavaScript import map entry client extensions make JavaScript code or resources available to...
Published Date: Sep 14, 2024 3:48 PM
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel One of the easiest ways to get started developing on Liferay's platform is to modify its look and feel. You can change everything from its favicon to its entire...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:48 AM
Bundling and Copying Files from an Existing Theme
Bundling and Copying Files from an Existing Theme By using gulp's kickstart task, you can copy the files from a previously created theme into any theme you choose. This functionality is useful in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript import map entry client extension: assemble: - from: build/static ...
Published Date: Sep 14, 2024 3:48 PM
Themes
Themes Themes customize the default look and feel of your site. You can define the style and visual identity of your brand or label across your whole site. You can use a theme CSS client...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:48 AM
Bundling a Thumbnail Preview into Your Theme
Bundling a Thumbnail Preview into Your Theme A theme's thumbnail is the visual representation of how the theme looks when it is applied to a Site. The thumbnail is shown in the theme selection menu...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Bundling and Installing Resources into Your Theme via Themelets
Bundling and Installing Resources into Your Theme via Themelets Themelets are small, modular pieces of code that you can reuse in multiple themes. Unlike themes themselves, themelets may only...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Bundling Independent UI Resources via Theme Contributors
Bundling Independent UI Resources via Theme Contributors Theme contributors are modules that contain CSS and JavaScript resources and apply them to every page. They are independent from specific...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Embedding Widgets Using Templates
Embedding Widgets Using Templates You can embed a widget in your theme to make it available on all pages using the chosen template file. When you are embedding a widget, you will need to reference...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Setting Up an Environment and Creating a Theme
Setting Up an Environment and Creating a Theme Creating a theme is the first step in theme development. Once you have your own theme, you can deploy it to your Liferay DXP instance, and use it for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Upgrading a Theme
Upgrading a Theme Themes developed for previous versions of Liferay DXP must be upgraded in order to be deployed to a new version. The gulp upgrade task updates Liferay version references and theme...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a CSS Client Extension
Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ You can use Frontend Data Set (FDS) cell renderer client extensions to customize the display for your data set. Use this type...
Published Date: Aug 15, 2024 3:42 PM
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Frontend data set filter client extensions define JavaScript functions for creating customizable filter...
Published Date: Jun 6, 2024 3:55 PM
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference You can define a Frontend Data Set cell renderer client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details The client-extension.yaml file...
Published Date: Aug 15, 2024 3:42 PM
Using a JavaScript Client Extension
Using a JavaScript Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a JavaScript (JS) client extension, you can run your own JavaScript on any page in Liferay without worrying about dependencies on Liferay code...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension
Using a Theme CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme CSS client extension, you can override the current theme's CSS files (main.css and clay.css) to change the look and feel of a page....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme favicon client extension, you can override the theme's favicon on the selected page. Start with the sample workspace to build and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference
Theme Favicon YAML Configuration Reference You can define a theme favicon client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a theme favicon...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:54 PM