Configuring the Questions Widget

Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+

There are two primary methods for configuring the Questions widget: directly through the widget configuration and through the System Settings configuration.

To configure through the widget configuration,

1. Start editing the page where the Questions widget has been deployed.

2. Click Options () in the widget header → Configuration.

   

   Tip

   Before Liferay DXP 2025.Q1, the Configuration option was located in the widget’s top-right corner.

To configure through System Settings,

1. Navigate to Control Panel → System Settings → Message Boards.

2. Click on Questions under Widget Scope.

   

Topic Display Style

Topics can be displayed as cards or as a list.

1. Click Options () in the widget header → Configuration.

   Note

   Before Liferay DXP 2025.Q1, the Configuration option appeared in the widget’s top-right corner.

2. Under General Settings, there is a Show Cards for Topic Navigation option.

If this is checked, the widget displays separate cards for each question topic. If it is not checked, the widget displays a list of all the questions.

Limiting Topic Display

Questions default display behavior is to show all Topics. You can opt to only display certain topics by configuring a Root Topic. To only display specific sub-topics or questions do the following,

1. Click Options () in the widget header → Configuration.

   Note

   Before Liferay DXP 2025.Q1, the Configuration option appeared in the widget’s top-right corner.

2. Click Select under Root Topic ID.

   

3. Select a topic and click Save. The widget now only shows sub-topics and questions for the selected topic.

Managing Widget Permissions

1. Click Options () in the widget header → Permissions.

   Note

   Before Liferay DXP 2025.Q1, the Permissions option appeared in the widget’s top-right corner.

2. A new window opens.

   

3. Assign permissions for different Roles. Click Save.

Redirecting Guest Users to Login

To enable this functionality you must configure it through System Settings,

1. Navigate to Control Panel → System Settings → Message Boards.

2. Click Questions under Widget Scope.

   

3. Check Enable Redirect to Login

4. Guests user are now redirected to a login page when they try to click Ask Question.

Note

A Service Access Policy must be created to allow Guest users to view the widget.

Creating a Service Access Policy to Allow Guest Viewers

1. Navigate to Control Panel → Service Access Policy. Click on the Add icon ().

2. Give the policy a Name and Title. Click the Switch to Advanced Mode button at the bottom. Add the following two signatures under Allowed Service Signatures,

   com.liferay.message.boards.service.MBCategoryService#getCategoriesCount
   com.liferay.message.boards.service.MBCategoryService#getCategory
   

   

3. Click Save to save the new policy.

System Configuration Reference

Setting	Description
Show Cards for Topic Navigation	If this is checked, the widget displays separate cards for each question topic. Otherwise, it displays a list of all the questions.
Use Topic Names in URL	If this is checked, each topic name is used in a more friendly URL instead of a topic ID number.
Root Topic ID	This setting is ignored.

Related Topics

• Using the Questions Widget