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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Creating Collections
Official Documentation
Creating Collections This information applies to Liferay DXP 7.3+. For previous Liferay DXP versions, see Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions. You can create Manual or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. You can create Content Sets through the Content Sets interface...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 4:38 PM
Displaying Categories using Display Pages
Official Documentation
Displaying Categories using Display Pages Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+. Using a display page template, you can render web content, documents, and blog entries in a display page. Starting...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:50 AM
Using Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Using Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated URL. When you create or upload content items, Liferay generates...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates are custom layouts that display individual content items at a dedicated...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Creating and Managing Display Page Templates
Official Documentation
Creating and Managing Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated friendly URL. These templates currently support...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Defining Content Relationships
Official Documentation
Defining Content Relationships When creating new content, you can define relationships between assets even if they don't share any tags and aren't in the same category. The Related Assets option...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Displaying Collections
Official Documentation
Displaying Collections Liferay Portal 7.4 GA6+, DXP 7.3 GA1+ You can display a collection by adding a collection page, or a Collection Display fragment. For more information about these display...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Displaying Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions
Official Documentation
Displaying Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. Content sets are primarily displayed through the Asset...
Published Date: Oct 17, 2024 4:38 PM
Publishing Content With Display Pages
Official Documentation
Publishing Content With Display Pages You can use display page templates to create reusable dynamic designs for displaying content items at their friendly URLs. After designing the template, you...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings
Official Documentation
Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings When using an Asset Publisher widget, you can configure several display settings to specify how users view your content. Create a new page or...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Displaying Assets Using the Asset Publisher Widget
Official Documentation
Displaying Assets Using the Asset Publisher Widget As you create web content, remember that pieces of content are assets like message board entries and blog posts. The most common type of asset is...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:50 AM
Using the Asset Publisher Widget
Official Documentation
Using the Asset Publisher Widget The Asset Display widget displays individual pieces of content from various sources like blogs, web content, and documents. You can use it to highlight specific...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Using Information Templates
Official Documentation
Using Information Templates Available 7.4+ With Information Templates, you can create FreeMarker templates for any item type that implements the Info Framework. Supported item types include web...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications
Official Documentation
Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Display page templates display content at a dedicated URL. To use this URL and view the...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:50 AM
Configuring Asset Publisher Subscriptions
Official Documentation
Configuring Asset Publisher Subscriptions The Asset Publisher supports two kinds of subscriptions: email subscriptions and RSS feed subscriptions. Email Subscriptions Users can subscribe to the...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Exporting/Importing Site Pages and Content
Official Documentation
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
Getting Started with Site Building
Official Documentation
Getting Started with Site Building Sites are a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. A site is a collection of pages with content and applications that provide functionality. When you start your...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Building a Responsive Site
Official Documentation
Building a Responsive Site More than half of all page views in the world come from mobile devices like phones and tablets. Any site should look as good when viewed by a mobile device as it does on...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Optimizing Sites
Official Documentation
Optimizing Sites From having top-tier SEO, to understanding and acting on your site's content, to building a site that is accessible to all types of users, Liferay provides tools for identifying...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Running and Monitoring A/B Tests
Official Documentation
Running and Monitoring A/B Tests You can configure these parameters when you run the A/B Test: Traffic Split: The percentage of visitors randomly split between the original and the variant when...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Reviewing A/B Test Results and Publishing Test Variants
Official Documentation
Reviewing A/B Test Results and Publishing Test Variants When the A/B Test finishes, you can find the test results in Analytics Cloud and Liferay DXP. Analytics Cloud declares a winner when the...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
A/B Testing
Official Documentation
A/B Testing Liferay DXP 7.2 SP1+ With A/B Testing, you can determine the most effective version of your content by testing variations on different users. The majority of visitors see the current...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Creating A/B Tests
Official Documentation
Creating A/B Tests Before creating A/B tests, remember these things: You can create a test for a default Experience or a personalized Experience mapped to a Segment. You can only create an A/B...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Verifying A/B Test Requirements
Official Documentation
Verifying A/B Test Requirements Before running A/B Testing on your Content pages, you must verify these requirements are met: Liferay DXP is connected to Analytics Cloud. Fore information on how...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment
Official Documentation
Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment Availability: Liferay DXP 7.3+. Liferay DXP uses responsive design by default, but there are situations where you want additional and more...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:52 PM
Using the Simulation Panel
Official Documentation
Using the Simulation Panel Available Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can verify your page's responsiveness by simulating different scenarios. With Liferay, use the Simulation panel to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM