Module 6: Site Building
In the previous modules, we’ve seen how Clarity can leverage Liferay’s user management features to import users, set up B2B accounts, and establish role-based access control. Now, it’s time to start building Clarity’s public site! Liferay provides out-of-the-box tools for designing personalized website experiences across multiple channels and devices with ease. With a drag-and-drop visual page editor, Liferay’s site building tools empower non-technical users to create and preview web pages without needing to write code. This allows for greater agility and content ownership. Liferay also provides more technical users with advanced features for extending a site’s style and creating page elements with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Throughout this module, you’ll take on the role of Walter Douglas, Clarity’s web developer, and experience how Liferay’s intuitive interface empowers him to implement site architecture, styling, and page design with speed and ease.
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Create a public website from scratch and learn about the benefits of templates and initializers
- Manage key site settings like membership, virtual hosting, and localization
- Create and publish different types of site pages
- Wireframe page designs
- Leverage master pages to establish consistent layouts and structures for site pages
- Implement user-friendly navigation experience for users
- Create custom page fragments
- Apply custom styling to your site using Liferay’s out-of-the-box features and client extensions
Before you start working on the Clarity site, let’s review some of their site building requirements to help focus and guide our lessons and exercises.
Up First: Clarity’s Site Building Requirements