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Liferay Portal users can export and import the contents of the Web Content Display portlets as a Liferay Archive (LAR). When exporting a LAR from the Web Content Display Portlet, the past versions of a web content article are not included in the exported LAR file. This is intended...

This article aims to clarify what a Service Pack is, and the two methods that may be used to achieve the latest Service Pack level. Resolution For most versions of the Liferay platform, a Service Pack (e.g. 6.2 EE SP5 and above) is simply the original, GA version of the Liferay platform...

How can users install plugins if they cannot use the marketplace portlet within the control panel of Liferay portal? Resolution The plugin would have to be downloaded as a file and deployed through the deploy directory of the Liferay application. Navigate to Liferay Marketplace. Find the...

The following article outlines a step-by-step guide of connecting Liferay Portal 6.2 EE to Solr 4.3.1 for the purpose of testing. Please note that for Liferay Portal 6.2 EE, the supported versions of Solr 4 are versions 4.3.1 through 4.10.2. Resolution Follow the steps below to start...

This article documents an OSGI configuration file name change. This name change is the result of a known issue that Liferay platform users have experienced while using Elasticsearch 6 with their Liferay DXP 7.0 environment. Compatibility with Elasticsearch 6 has been introduced for...

In the process of reproducing customer issues, it is critical that the patches in a given environment be made available to the Liferay Support Engineer who will be assisting you. This article describes how to capture a list of the patches installed in your environment. The patch...

This article demonstrates how portal administrators can enable or disable permissions to edit specific fields in the My Account portlet in Liferay Portal 6.2. By default any user (regardless of role - Administrator or Power User) can edit any field in the My Account portlet. This...

This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. If you are looking for the source code for a plugin that you have downloaded from tLiferay Marketplace, you can...

With the advent of teams in Liferay Portal, the portal administrator now has greater flexibility in managing site membership. This article outlines a method for creating a set of documents for use by a specific team. Resolution Here is a quick demo on how to achieve this from a plain...

Here at Liferay, we want to help you complete your project in an efficient and timely manner. So we compiled a list of strategies to avoid some issues when using the Staging feature. Feel free to use this resource as a guideline to assist you in getting the most out of Staging, whether...

Often times, you will need to change your testing environment to be the same as your production environment for your Liferay Portal. The following article outlines some guidelines for restoring your testing environment to match the production environment in a successful manner. Please...

Websphere is a complex application server that does not behave like Tomcat, making its patching process slightly different Resolution There are two ways to patch Liferay Portal in Websphere, but in both ways it is very important that Websphere, along with any nodes in a cluster, is shut...

Liferay Portal users often deploy a custom theme and want to use this custom theme as the background instead of the default Liferay classic theme. This article describes how the custom theme can be used multiple places in the portal including the account verification, default landing and...

This article will walk through the basic steps that can be used to check for code collisions between a new fix pack or hotfix and custom plugins. NOTE: This procedure requires that the patches being installed include the source code. This option is available for Patching Tool v. 19 - v....

Liferay Support does not recommend or endorse specific third-party products over others. Liferay is not responsible for any instructions herein or referenced regarding these products. Any implementation of these principles is the responsibility of the subscriber. This article outlines a...

Liferay Portal 6.1 introduced the ability to mount multiple repositories into the Documents and Media portlet (previously named the Document Library portlet). One of the protocols it uses to mount third-party repositories is CMIS 1.0. This knowledge base article will show how to add...

The AntiSamy portlet is meant to prevent XSS type attacks. One side effect however is that if an HTML target is used, then the portlet will remove it upon publishing the content. Steps to Reproduce Create Web Content Embed a link with a target of _blank For example:link2 Publish the...

This article describes how to get a Social Office instance up and running for the Liferay Portal. Resolution Activation key In order to use Social Office EE, users will require an activation key. Users can check if they have one by going to liferay.com > Account > License > App. If there...

This guide shows you how to integrate Liferay Portal with WSO2's Identity Server. These are the basic settings with the goal of setting the user on the right track. Resolution Install, Start and Setup WSO2 Download the binary package here: WSO2 Identity Server. You will need to register...

This article is on how to deploy Liferay Portal on JBoss EAP 5.2. Resolution First Steps Liferay Home, by default, is one folder above JBoss EAP 5.2’s install location. Download and install JBoss EAP 5.2 into your preferred directory. This directory is referred to...