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This article outlines some of the big changes that have been made to the UI in Liferay Portal 6.2, and how to work with them. Liferay Portal 6.2 brings a set of improvements to the usability and user interface. Several components have been reworked; some of them are inherited from...

This article describes how to successfully perform local-live staging with the use of language locales/translations. Resolution You will need to obtain hotfix-56 and apply it to your bundle. This fix removes an error that requires en_US to be listed as a supported locale in...

This article contains a basic guide for setting up Liferay 6.1.x in Weblogic 11gR1 with Managed Servers. Please note that this is not designed to be used in every specific environment; this is merely a simple guide to setting up Liferay on Weblogic.  Resolution How to set up Liferay...

This guide will assist you in the startup of JBoss EAP 5.1 with Liferay 6.1 EE GA1. Resolution Download JBoss EAP    Download the liferay-dependencies.zip   Navigate to [L:/$JBOSS_BUNDLE/../server/default/lib]: Add the Liferay dependencies (hsql.jar, portlet.jar, portal-service.jar) Add...

After you have enabled Staging (either Local Live or Remote Live) for a site, you will notice on the dockbar in your staging site that a new "Staging" drop-down menu appears that contains a green publish button. If you click on this button, a pop-up window will appear with several...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an XML-based open standard data format for exchanging authentication...

This article explains how to prevent users from accessing the Control Panel. Resolution This functionality can be achieved in the Control Panel: Navigate to Control Panel > Users and Organizations Under the Actions drop down menu, click on "Permissions" In the Permissions page, click on...

As many customers use the Liferay Document Library to store the bulk of their documents, a natural question arises pertaining to the data; namely, how much is too much? While this depends heavily on the specific environments, this article aims to answer the question for a generic...

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 While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable. After successfully configuring Liferay with NTLM, a user can authenticate simply by clicking "Sign In" within...

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. Starting In Liferay Portal 6.1 EE,  there is a portal.property for enabling or disabling directory indexing for...

This article outlines a practical suggestion for storing and referencing content in multiple sites. Following this suggestion will help prevent errors and permissions issues for users referencing documents, media, web content, and more from multiple sites. Resolution According to the...

This article outlines a practical suggestion for how to change or delete settings in live, embedded portlets. Resolution Liferay makes it possible to embed portlets in the layout template and in the theme. While changing portlet settings is very simple (just click the wrench!) for...

This article outlines a practical suggestion in the case of publishing updated content permissions from a staging environment to a remote live environment. Following this suggestion will ensure that the updated permissions are indeed published to live. Resolution Due to the nature of how...

Permission to customize site pages can be granted to users via the "page customization" feature. Resolution To enable "Page Customization" on a desired page: In the control panel, navigate to the Site Pages. Within the Site Pages, select the page which you would like to enable "Page...

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. When attempting to use the core Search Portlet within the Liferay Portal, the results displayed do not include...

The Jasper Reports Plugin is designed to work with the Reports Portlet in order to enhance the report capabilities of reporting programs such as iReport. This article will demonstrate how to install and use the Jasper plugin. Resolution Download Jasper Reports Web via the Help Center....

Below are the steps on how to create a role that allows users to impersonate other users. Resolution Add a role Define Permissions Portal: General [Go to Control Panel, Impersonate] Portal: Users [Organization: View; User: View, Impersonate] Control Panel (Portal): Users [Access in...

In compliance to the European Union Cookie Directive, please see the following articles in reference to cookies that Liferay has set upon at login. Resolution How HTTP Cookies are being used in Liferay DXP 7.0 and above How HTTP Cookies are being used in Liferay Portal 6.2 Additional...

This article describes how to change permissions across multiple Web Content Display Portlets at the same time. Resolution If a template is created that contains multiple Web Content Display portlets, they are not visible by default to the Guest user of the website. If you try to access...

This article details how to set up the Liferay patching tool in a Weblogic based environment. Resolution To begin, unzip the patching-tool parallel to the domain server in use. For example, if using base_domain found in C:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains, then put the...

Since the release of the last Patching Tool v20, we have been busy implementing new improvements that will enhance the user experience as well as the Support engineers’ ability to assist users. Starting with version 21, the Patching Tool will log the installed patch levels of your portal...

Liferay platform "friendly URLs" allow you to create smaller, user-friendly URLs instead of the large, standard ones that the portlet creates. If you try using special characters in the friendly URL, such as changing /web/guest/home with any combination of special characters, they do not...

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 will...

NTLM (NT Lan Manager) is a suite of Microsoft security protocols that provides authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. When Liferay Portal is successfully integrated with NTLM, Active Directory users who are logged in will be able to seamlessly log into Liferay Portal....

The details of this article may also be covered in Configuring Liferay's LDAP Settings to Import Users. This article provides a comprehensive walkthrough for integrating an Active Directory Server with Liferay Portal. By integrating Active Directory with Liferay Portal, you will be able...

What is OAuth? It is a utility that authorizes third party applications to interact with the Liferay platform. The OAuth example from our official documentation is worth repeating here; users can make Twitter or Facebook available on Liferay Portal or DXP. Instead of entering your...

Application Display Templates Table of Contents Introduction to Application Display Templates (ADT) Working with an ADT: Media Gallery Using the API: Creating an ADT for Wiki Exporting / Importing ADTs Known Issues and Troubleshooting Resolution Introduction Application display templates...

Liferay Portal fix packs and hotfixes will often update, not only JSPs, but also classes. In order to ensure that your custom projects continue to use the most up-to-date code, please follow these guidelines Resolution Use the latest Patching Tool found here: Patching Tool download page....

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. When there are updates to plugins in the Liferay Marketplace, it is possible to receive on-screen notifications...

In custom environments, it may be necessary to apply custom styles to specific portlets. The example below gives guidance on how to override the Liferay Theme CSS in order to customize portlets to fit requirements. Resolution Affected Products Liferay Portal 6.0 EE SP2 and above Please...

This article documents some of the more complex use cases when granting permissions to a site. Who can be site members? I am having trouble adding user groups to a site; the user groups are not displaying. I don't want site Members to have permissions to add content to a page. How can I...

This advisory comes in response to the recent public announcement of a potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 7.0.4. The report talks about a perceived vulnerability for the pingback functionality in the blogs feature of the product. You can find a...

This article is intended for legacy versions of Liferay Portal CAPTCHA is an industry standard security measure that requires users to enter what they see a small window as part of the validation process when creating an account. Only human users are able to see the contents. Liferay has...

When view permissions for guests are unchecked for a portlet, a guest will see the following message in the portlet: You do not have the roles required to access this portlet. While this is one way to handle guests who don't have access to the portlet, it is also possible to hide this...

This reference article describes several different ways to embed videos in Web Content Articles in Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1+. It is designed to supplement Liferay's Official Documentation on Publishing Web Content and optimizing your content using structures and templates....

This article outlines a practical suggestion for performing a page reordering in a staged environment. Following the suggestion below will ensure that pages are reordered without the publish taking an inordinate amount of time.  Resolution When reordering pages within a staged site, a...

By default, the Liferay platform always uses its own authentication system that checks and validates the user password in its own database. Even if you enable LDAP settings and set it as required, the Liferay platform will always check and validate the user password in its own database...

This article outlines a practical suggestion for avoiding issues when using multiple languages in a site along with the Liferay platform’s staging feature. Following this suggestion will help prevent future staging publication failures.  Resolution When utilizing multiple languages...

By default, Liferay encrypts the passwords that go into the database. The default algorithm is SHA-1 in 6.0 and 6.1 versions, which changed to PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1/160/128000 in version 6.2. The encryption algorithm can be changed and even turned off via the portal-ext.properties. Because...

This article outlines a practical suggestion for keeping data in sync between the staging and live site for portlets that allow changes in both places. Following the workaround will help prevent staging publication errors and failure. Resolution Generally, if staging is enabled for a...