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.

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Capability
Pie Charts
Pie Charts Pie charts are percentage-based. A pie chart models percentage-based data as individual slices of pie. Each data set must be defined as a new instance of the SingleValueColumn object....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Line Charts
Line Charts Line charts contain multiple sets of data. A Line chart displays the data linearly. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new instance of the ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Spline Charts
Spline Charts Spline charts contain multiple sets of data. A spline chart connects points of data with a smooth curve. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Tag Library
Clay Tag Library The Liferay Clay tag library provides a set of tags for creating Clay UI components in your app. AUI taglibs are deprecated as of Liferay 7.1. We recommend that you use Clay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Step Charts
Step Charts Step charts contain multiple sets of data. A step chart steps between the points of data, resembling steps. Each data series (created with the addColumns() method) is defined with a new...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Cards
Clay Cards Cards visually represent data. Use them for images, document libraries, user profiles and more. There are four main types of Cards: Image Cards File Cards User Cards Horizontal...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Dropdown Menus and Action Menus
Clay Dropdown Menus and Action Menus You can add dropdown menus to your app via the clay:dropdown-menu and clay:actions-menu taglibs. The Clay taglibs provide several menu variations for you to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Alerts
Clay Alerts Clay alerts come in two types: embedded and stripe. Both types, along with several examples of each, are shown below. Embedded Alerts Embedded alerts are usually used inside forms. The...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Buttons
Clay Buttons Buttons come in several types and variations. This tutorial covers the different styles and variations of buttons you can create with the Clay taglibs. Types Primary button: Used for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Badges
Clay Badges Badges help highlight important information such as notifications or new and unread messages. Badges have circular borders and are only used to specify a number. This covers the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Form Elements
Clay Form Elements The Liferay Clay tag library provides several tags for creating form elements. An example of each tag is shown below. Checkbox Checkboxes give the user a true or false input. "...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Icons
Clay Icons The Liferay Clay taglibs provide several icons that you can use in your apps. Use the clay:icon tag and specify the icon with the symbol attribute: You can include icons in your app...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Labels and Links
Clay Labels and Links Liferay Clay taglibs provide tags for creating labels and links in your app. Both of these elements are covered below. Labels The Liferay Clay taglibs provide a few different...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Progress Bars
Clay Progress Bars You can add progress bars to your app with the clay:progressbar tag. These indicate the completion percentage of a task and come in three status styles: default (blue), warning...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Navigation Bars
Clay Navigation Bars Similar to dropdown menus, navigation bars display a list of navigation items. The key difference is navigation bars are displayed in a horizontal bar with all navigation items...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Stickers
Clay Stickers Whereas badges display numbers and labels display short information, stickers are small visual indicators of the content (usually the content type). They can include a small label or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay Theme Objects For JSPs
Liferay Theme Objects For JSPs When you include the tag in your JSP, you gain access to several Liferay theme objects via variables. These objects are described in the table below: ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Clay Management Toolbar
Clay Management Toolbar The Management Toolbar gives administrators control over search container results in their apps. It lets you filter, sort, and choose a view type for search results, so you...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay Portlet Objects For JSPs
Liferay Portlet Objects For JSPs You may have noticed the tag in your JSPs. Similar to the theme:defineObjects tag, when you include this tag in your JSP, you gain access to several variables ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Tag Library
Liferay UI Tag Library The Liferay UI tag library provides tags that implement commonly used UI components. These tags make your markup consistent, responsive, and accessible. You can find a list...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Icon Help
Liferay UI Icon Help The icon help tag lets you communicate additional information to your users in an unobtrusive way. It renders as an iconic question mark that provides more information through...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Icon Lists
Liferay UI Icon Lists An icon list displays icons in a horizontal list, instead of in a pop-up navigation menu like an icon menu. You can see an example of an icon list menu in a message board...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Icon Menus
Liferay UI Icon Menus You can add a pop-up navigation menu to your app with the liferay-ui:icon-menu tag. Icon menus display menu options when needed, storing them away in a collapsed menu when...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Icons
Liferay UI Icons The Liferay UI taglibs provide several icons you can include in your apps. To add an icon to your app, use the liferay-ui:icon tag and specify the icon with either the icon,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay UI Tabs
Liferay UI Tabs Tabs create dividers that organize content into individual sections. Content can be embedded or included from another JSP. To add tabs to your app, use the tag and specify each...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Liferay Util Tag Library
Liferay Util Tag Library The Liferay Util taglib is used to pull other resources into a portlet or theme. You can use it to specify which resources to insert at the bottom or top of the page's...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Body Bottom
Using Liferay Util Body Bottom The body bottom tag is not a self-closing tag. It lets you add additional HTML or scripts to the bottom of the body tag. content placed between the opening and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Body Top
Using Liferay Util Body Top The body top tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the top of the body tag. When something is passed...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Buffer
Using Liferay Util Buffer The buffer tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is saved to a buffer and its output is assigned to the Java...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Dynamic Include
Using Liferay Util Dynamic Include The dynamic include tag lets you specify a point or points in a JSP or theme where a developer can inject additional HTML, resources, or functionality, using the...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util HTML Bottom
Using Liferay Util HTML Bottom The HTML bottom tag is not a self-closing tag. Content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the bottom of the tag. When something is passed...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util HTML Top
Using Liferay Util HTML Top The HTML top tag is not a self-closing tag. The content placed between the opening and closing of this tag is moved to the tag. When something is passed using this...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Get URL
Using Liferay Util Get URL The get URL tag scrapes the URL provided by the url attribute. If a value is provided for the var attribute, the content from the screen scrape is scoped to that...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Include
Using Liferay Util Include The include tag lets you include other JSP files in your portlet's JSP, theme, or web content. This can increase readability as well as provide separation of concerns for...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Whitespace Remover
Using Liferay Util Whitespace Remover The whitespace remover tag removes line breaks and tabs from code blocks included between the opening and closing of the tag. Below is an example configuration...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using a JSP and MVC Portlet
Using a JSP and MVC Portlet An easy way to start developing a web application is to add markup to a JSP file and render it using a portlet Java class. The W3E7 example application demonstrates...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Using Liferay Util Param
Using Liferay Util Param The param tag lets you set a parameter for an included JSP page. This configuration requires two JSPs. JSP A, the main view of the app, includes JSP B and sets its...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Aggregating Resource Bundles
Aggregating Resource Bundles When working with a module that shares localized messages, the bnd header must specify the resource bundles you want to associate with the module. Liferay provides a...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:48 AM
Using Spring
Using Spring PortletMVC4Spring is a way to develop portlets using the Spring Framework and the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern. While the Spring Framework supports developing servlet-based web...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Remote Applications with Headless APIs
Remote Applications with Headless APIs Available 7.4+ After creating and publishing objects, headless REST APIs are automatically generated. Here you'll see how to integrate these endpoints to...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Using Localized Messages in an MVC Portlet
Using Localized Messages in an MVC Portlet Liferay's localization framework is for creating localized messages in your MVC portlet. Deploy the Sample Code Then, follow these steps: Download...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Sharing Localized Messages
Sharing Localized Messages As you work on an application you might have multiple modules, each of which with its own language keys. Instead of maintaining various language properties files in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
React Component Utilities Reference
React Component Utilities Reference Several useful tools are available to help you build high-performance components and applications in Liferay DXP using React: frontend-js-react-web module ...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:48 AM
Using React
Using React Build your own solutions using Liferay and React.
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Reference
Reference PortletMVC4Spring integrates Spring, the Spring Web Framework, and the MVC design pattern with portlet development. As such, it uses configuration files from each of these areas and...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
PortletMVC4Spring Configuration Files
PortletMVC4Spring Configuration Files A PortletMVC4Spring application has these descriptors, Spring contexts, and properties files in its WEB-INF folder: web.xml → Web application descriptor ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
PortletMVC4Spring Annotations
PortletMVC4Spring Annotations PortletMVC4Spring provides several annotations for mapping requests to controller classes and controller methods. @RenderMapping Annotation Examples The following...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
PortletMVC4Spring Project Anatomy
PortletMVC4Spring Project Anatomy PortletMVC4Spring portlets are packaged in WARs. Liferay provides Maven archetypes for creating projects configured to use JSP/JSPX and Thymeleaf templates. Their...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Extending Liferay
Extending Liferay Liferay DXP/Portal is highly customizable. Its modular architecture contains components you can extend and override dynamically using APIs.
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Creating a Model Listener
Creating a Model Listener Model listeners listen for persistence method calls that signal changes to a specified model (such as update or add methods). Most of the methods model listeners use are...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Adding a Language
Adding a Language Liferay ships with over 50 languages out-of-the-box. Translation is complete for many of these languages, and some are still in the translation process. Each language has its own...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Creating Service Wrappers
Creating Service Wrappers With Service Wrappers, you can override default service methods to add extra functionality. For example, you may want the value of a field you've added to Liferay's User...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Customizing Localization
Customizing Localization Liferay ships with 55 translations, making it ideal for deployments all over the world. Sometimes, however, you must modify a translation or provide a new one. Here you can...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 4:48 PM
Customizing JSPs with Dynamic Includes
Customizing JSPs with Dynamic Includes The liferay-util:dynamic-include tag is a placeholder into which you can inject content---JavaScript code, HTML, and more. The example project demonstrates...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Overriding Global Language Translations with Language Properties
Overriding Global Language Translations with Language Properties Liferay DXP/Portal implements headings, labels, and messages for many locales using language translations. You can override these...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Generating Translations Automatically
Generating Translations Automatically Liferay DXP supports 50 languages out-of-the-box. Each locale has its own language properties file containing keys for its language. When you create an...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Overriding Module Language Translations
Overriding Module Language Translations For Liferay DXP 7.4 U4/Portal 7.4 GA8+, the Language Override tool is the recommended approach. Overriding language translations in specific applications...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Overriding OSGi Services
Overriding OSGi Services Liferay's OSGi container is a dynamic environment in which services can be added, removed, or overridden as needed. This framework registers Liferay components with the...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Using Portlet Filters
Using Portlet Filters Portlet filters intercept requests and responses at the start of each portlet request processing phase so you can add functionality there. This makes them useful for auditing...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
APIs as OSGi Services
APIs as OSGi Services After you've learned what a module is and how to deploy one, you can use modules to define APIs and implement them. Liferay APIs are OSGi services, defined by Java interfaces...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM