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Styling Widgets with Widget Templates You can use widget templates to customize the appearance and functionality of out-of-the-box widgets, such as the Asset Publisher and Media Gallery widgets. ...

Creating Collections

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Creating Collections This information applies to Liferay DXP 7.3+. For previous Liferay DXP versions, see Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions. You can create Manual or...

Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions

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Collections and Collection Pages for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. A content set is exactly what it sounds like: a...

Defining Content Relationships

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Defining Content Relationships When creating new content, you can define relationships between assets even if they don't share any tags and aren't in the same category. The Related Assets option...

Publishing Content With Display Pages

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Publishing Content With Display Pages You can use display page templates to create reusable dynamic designs for displaying content items at their friendly URLs. After designing the template, you...

Using Information Templates

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Using Information Templates Available 7.4+ With Information Templates, you can create FreeMarker templates for any item type that implements the Info Framework. Supported item types include web...

Displaying Collections

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Displaying Collections Liferay Portal 7.4 GA6+, DXP 7.3 GA1+ You can display a collection by adding a collection page, or a Collection Display fragment. For more information about these display...

Using Display Page Templates

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Using Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated URL. When you create or upload content items, Liferay generates...

Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications

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Using Multiple Display Page Templates to Create Multi-Step Applications Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ Display page templates display content at a dedicated URL. To use this URL and view the...

Using the Iframe Widget

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Using the Iframe Widget The Iframe widget creates an iframe that can embed and display a web page. See Configuring the Iframe Sanitizer to manage security settings for embedded iframes. Setting...

Displaying Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions

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Displaying Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. Content sets are primarily displayed through the Asset...

Displaying Categories using Display Pages

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Displaying Categories using Display Pages Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.4+. Using a display page template, you can render web content, documents, and blog entries in a display page. Starting...

Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings

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Configuring the Asset Publisher Display Settings When using an Asset Publisher widget, you can configure several display settings to specify how users view your content. Create a new page or...

Collections and Collection Pages

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Collections and Collection Pages This information applies to Liferay DXP 7.3+. In previous Liferay versions, collections were called content sets. For information on content sets, see Liferay DXP...

Collection Providers

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Collection Providers Collection providers group items into collections for display on your pages. Several are available out of the box, or you can create them using the Information Framework to...

Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates

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Configuring SEO and Open Graph Settings for Display Page Templates Available: Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates are custom layouts that display individual content items at a dedicated...

Using the Asset Publisher Widget

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Using the Asset Publisher Widget The Asset Display widget displays individual pieces of content from various sources like blogs, web content, and documents. You can use it to highlight specific...

Using the Web Content Display Widget

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Using the Web Content Display Widget After you create a web content article, the quickest way to display it is the web content display widget. Once displayed in a widget, content updates appear...

Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions

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Creating Collections for Liferay 7.2 and Earlier Versions In versions before Liferay DXP 7.3+, collections were called content sets. You can create Content Sets through the Content Sets interface...

Creating and Managing Display Page Templates

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Creating and Managing Display Page Templates Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Display page templates define structures for displaying content at a dedicated friendly URL. See Using Display Page Templates...

Configuring Asset Publisher Subscriptions

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Configuring Asset Publisher Subscriptions The Asset Publisher supports two kinds of subscriptions: email subscriptions and RSS feed subscriptions. Email Subscriptions Users can subscribe to the...

Exporting/Importing Data with LAR Files

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Exporting/Importing Data with LAR Files You can use Liferay Archive (LAR) files to transfer data between Liferay environments, including pages, widgets, or instance-wide data (such as roles). The...

Using the Simulation Panel

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Using the Simulation Panel Available Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal GA102+ You can verify your page's responsiveness by simulating different scenarios. With Liferay, use the Simulation panel to...

Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment

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Building Responsive Layouts with the Grid Fragment Availability: Liferay DXP 7.3+. Liferay DXP uses responsive design by default, but there are situations where you want additional and more...

Handling Missing References in Imports

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Handling Missing References in Imports Liferay DXP 2025.Q3 When importing content, page, or user-related data (such as categories, tags, vocabularies, fragments, master pages, layout page template...

Optimizing Sites

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Optimizing Sites From having top-tier SEO, to understanding and acting on your site's content, to building a site that is accessible to all types of users, Liferay provides tools for identifying...

SEO and Metadata Configuration Reference

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SEO and Metadata Configuration Reference Optimizing SEO and metadata is essential for improving site visibility in search engines and ensuring content is properly indexed and displayed across...

Personal Sites

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Personal Sites By default, Liferay generates a personal site for every user. Each site includes two page sets: My Profile (public) and My Dashboard (private). Each user is the sole member of their...

Getting Started with Site Building

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Getting Started with Site Building Sites are a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. A site is a collection of pages with content and applications that provide functionality. When you start your...

Creating Mobile Device Rules

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Creating Mobile Device Rules Available in Liferay 7.2 and prior as it is deprecated in 7.3 As a prerequisite, you must install the Liferay Mobile Device Detection Lite (LMDD) app from Liferay...

Displaying Assets Using the Asset Publisher Widget

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Displaying Assets Using the Asset Publisher Widget As you create web content, remember that pieces of content are assets like message board entries and blog posts. The most common type of asset is...

Building a Responsive Site

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Building a Responsive Site More than half of all page views in the world come from mobile devices like phones and tablets. Any site should look as good when viewed by a mobile device as it does on...

Changing Site Membership Type

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Changing Site Membership Type A site's membership type determines how freely users may join your site. There are three types of site membership: Open: Users can join and leave whenever they...

Configuring Menu Displays

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Configuring Menu Displays Use a Menu Display fragment or a Menu Display widget to display and configure a menu display. With either option, you can define the menu display options, levels, and...

Managing Page Hierarchies

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Managing Page Hierarchies With Liferay, you can organize pages into hierarchies to achieve the desired structure for your site. This can be done by directly adding child pages to an existing page...

Using the Breadcrumb Widget

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Using the Breadcrumb Widget This widget provides a way to navigate to related pages or sites through links. From Fragments and Widgets, add the Breadcrumb widget to a page. It's located in the...

Adding a New Analytics Service

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Adding a New Analytics Service Liferay DXP includes support for Google Analytics and Piwik for analyzing traffic on your site. If you require a different analytics service, you can add it for your...

Managing Site URLs

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Managing Site URLs Liferay DXP provides multiple out-of-the-box features for configuring and managing site URLs. Virtual Hosts Site URLs Configure virtual hosts for your Liferay server to connect...

Exporting and Importing Style Books

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Exporting and Importing Style Books You can export and import style books to share them between Liferay installations as ZIP files or as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. Exporting a Style Book as a...

Site Hierarchies

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Site Hierarchies Sites can be organized hierarchically, similar to organizations, with child sites. This hierarchical structure simplifies sharing content between sites. Unlike organizations which...

Frontend Token Definitions

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Frontend Token Definitions Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The visual rules of style books consist of options grouped into categories. For example, in the Buttons category there can be an option called...

Developer Guide

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Site Membership

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Site Membership Site members can be assigned roles that define site-level privileges. This gives them more permissions than guests, allowing them to collaborate through widgets like message boards...

Site Appearance

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Site Appearance You can customize the design and functionality of a Liferay site in several different ways. The table below shows the Liferay tools you can use: FeaturesStyle BooksMaster Page...

Style Books

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Style Books

Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance

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Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance Available 7.3+ A site's Style Book provides visual rules for applying a consistent experience across its pages. Style books determine various...

Adding Members to Sites

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Adding Members to Sites Users and sites are central concepts in Liferay DXP. Sites store all your content and pages, while users access and create that content. User management is covered in User...

Creating Teams for Sites

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Creating Teams for Sites If you have an ad hoc group of users who perform the same set of tasks in a site (moderating a site's wiki content, managing message boards threads, writing blogs, editing...

Inviting Members to Your Site

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Inviting Members to Your Site The Invite Members widget is deprecated as of Liferay DXP 2024.Q4/Portal GA129 and is scheduled for removal in a future release. You can use the Invite Members...

Configuring Role and Team Defaults for Site Members

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Configuring Role and Team Defaults for Site Members You can configure the default roles and teams you assign to new site members. Access the Default User Associations option: In Liferay DXP...

Using the Navigation Menus Application

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Using the Navigation Menus Application Use the Navigation Menus application to create custom menus for site pages and content. With it, you can determine which elements are included in a menu, and...

Configuring Open Graph for Sites

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Configuring Open Graph for Sites Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Open Graph is an Internet protocol that standardizes previews of site content when shared in application contexts that support it, such as...

Site Navigation

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Site Navigation Liferay DXP separates your site's navigation menus from its page hierarchy to give you the flexibility you need, along with powerful tools to make content easy to access. Here, you...

Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements

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Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Use icons to make navigation menus easier to scan and more visually engaging. They provide quick visual cues that help users recognize...

Navigation Menu Element Types

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Navigation Menu Element Types Navigation Menus have a variety of element types that you can add and arrange in your desired hierarchy. These types include specific pages, Vocabularies, Display...

Site Settings

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Site Settings After you create a site, customize it to meet your needs and the needs of your users. A wealth of configuration options and tools are available to create the site you envision....

Configuring Hreflang Meta Data

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Configuring Hreflang Meta Data Hreflang tags are HTML attributes used to identify the language and geographic region targeted by alternative versions of a page. In some cases, these attributes can...

Configuring Friendly URL Separators

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Configuring Friendly URL Separators Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ You can customize URL separators to improve URL readability and enhance SEO. For example, web content articles use the...

Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking

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Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking 7.4 U48+/GA48+ Maintaining URL integrity is important for any site. Liferay's Redirection tool provides a convenient and integrated way to manage HTTP...

Using Pattern Redirects

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Using Pattern Redirects Available 7.4 U48+/GA48+ Pattern redirects use regular expressions to define patterns for multiple source URLs and their replacements. Consequently, they are best used when...

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