Blogs

Eduardo P. García | Oct 28, 2015 10:43 PM

What a coincidence (or maybe not...) that Doc and Marty landed in the future on October 21, 2015, the date of the Liferay Spain Symposium. Maybe we didn’t see any overboards or self-tying shoes,...

Neil Griffin | Oct 20, 2015 3:36 PM

In a blog post from September 2015 titled New Git Repositories for Liferay Faces I mentioned that there would be a new version scheme corresponding to these new repositories. I'm pleased to...

Martin Yan | Oct 19, 2015 6:32 PM

How much do you know about the people who are visiting your website? The more you know, the greater chance you’ll have of reaching them and helping them find what they are looking for. User data...

Eduardo P. García | Oct 18, 2015 10:09 PM

Liferay Developer Conference and Unconference 2015 were simply great. Lots of sessions, games and chances to meet some of the most active Liferay developers. It was also very exciting and...

Vernon Singleton | Oct 16, 2015 6:10 PM

Let me introduce two simple and fun components from among our recently released Liferay Faces Alloy tags, alloy:selectStarRating and alloy:selectThumbRating. Following the example set by our...

Zeno Rocha | Oct 15, 2015 4:53 PM

At Liferay, we're always trying to make the life of developers easier. We're constantly improving our products and releasing new open source libraries. Helping people is what drives us. Last week...

Olaf Kock | Oct 14, 2015 8:01 AM

I'm slowly back to my regular sleep rhythm, after the highly anticipated sleep deprivation week that Devcon always is. Those ~450 participants that were there and made it the biggest and greatest...

Angela Wu | Oct 12, 2015 8:55 PM

Have you heard the news? The Liferay Symposium North America is coming Chicago this fall! Prepare for the Windy City this November by planning out your conference strategy beforehand and setting...

Jose M. Navarro | Oct 6, 2015 8:50 AM

Hey folks! The new version of Liferay Screens, version 1.2, includes three of the the most demanded and awaited features coming from Liferay community. See? giving feedback pays off! (: The...

Eduardo P. García | Oct 4, 2015 6:23 PM

Liferay Developer Conference (aka DEVCON) is a great chance for us to meet Liferay developers from all around the world every year. As for the last months we’ve been working on the new version of...

Jorge Ferrer | Sep 30, 2015 4:02 PM

As announced in my last blog post, the period of our milestones has finished and we are getting into the launch field with the release of Liferay 7 alpha 1. We appreciate all the feedback from the...

Martin Yan | Sep 29, 2015 9:49 PM

As a web-based platform, a portal allows users to connect with one another and find content that is relevant with ease and simplicity. It combines information from different sources into a single...

Bryan H Cheung | Sep 28, 2015 9:51 PM

The latest Magic Quadrant report from Gartner on the Horizontal Portal market has just been released, and you can find it here on our website. I just read it through and here’s what I noticed. A...

James Falkner | Sep 28, 2015 3:51 PM

The summer is over and it's time to crown the winners of the 2015 Liferay Screens App Contest! We had some awesome entries in the first ever contest of its kind, but two of them really stood out as...

Olaf Kock | Sep 28, 2015 10:48 AM

Liferay comes with so many features that it's hard to judge when a feature is a good solution for a given problem. I'd like to shine some light onto some of these features and common misconceptions...

Olaf Kock | Sep 25, 2015 3:19 PM

Do you remember the article that I wrote in March? It talked about Liferay's limitation to have each overloaded JSP only customizable from one hook. The limitation was not enforced, so deploying...

Neil Griffin | Sep 25, 2015 1:41 PM

Multi-Module Projects Developers that are familiar with the version scheme of the Spring Framework will notice that each module has the same version number. For example:...

Ruud Kluivers | Sep 25, 2015 6:51 AM

In vrijwel alle gesprekken die ik met klanten en prospects voer wordt de vraag gesteld ‘integreert Liferay met Salesforce’. Mijn wedervraag is dan, wat wil je precies integreren? Niet zelden wordt...

Martin Yan | Sep 23, 2015 9:41 PM

That's a question we get often when we tell people what we do. Answers can range anywhere from a quick pitch like "a tool that allows people to build their websites" to something more specific like...

Neil Griffin | Sep 16, 2015 3:55 PM

JavaServer™ Faces (JSF) is one of the standards developed under the Java Community Process (JCP) and was first introduced with Java EE 1.4. The first version of JSF had its share of proponents, but...

Neil Griffin | Sep 8, 2015 7:02 PM

On August 3, 2015 the JCP Executive Committee approved the ballot for starting JSR 378: Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServer™ Faces 2.2. This is the first time that Liferay will be leading a JSR and...

Milen Dyankov | Aug 31, 2015 10:04 AM

Looking at Liferay 7 Milestone 7 download stats, it seams many have tried it already. Yet considering the size of the community, the numbers are not that impressive. I'm pretty sure it's not...

Olaf Kock | Aug 24, 2015 11:03 AM

It looks like I'll stay on this™ side of the atlantic ocean this year, so I'm concentrating on introducing the big events that I'm attending next and link to the others, in the hope that I'm not...

Jorge Ferrer | Aug 20, 2015 9:44 PM

If you thought August was being a bit boring in terms of news, here we come to spice it up with yet another new milestone release on our road to Liferay 7. And it’s not just any release. This will...

Roguen Keller | Aug 12, 2015 5:37 PM

My wife has always given me a great amount of grief when it comes to doing even small improvement projects around the house. Almost always, I see the opportunity to get something else done "while...

Sana Razvi | Aug 10, 2015 10:55 PM

Recently, my company was a sponsor at the Red Hat Summit, a large open source technology event with 5,000+ attendees and 80+ exhibitors. We knew a conference of this size would be overwhelming and...

Neil Griffin | Aug 10, 2015 6:09 PM

On August 11, 2015 Liferay released the 6th General Availability (GA) version of Liferay Faces: Liferay Faces 4.2.5-ga6 JSF 2.2 + Liferay Portal 6.2 *NEW* Release Notes (420 Issues) - PrimeFaces...

Iliyan Peychev | Aug 7, 2015 10:36 AM

Those of you who were following the Frontend trends the last two years, would know that there was a big movement toward the next version of JavaScript, previously know as ES6 and now as ECMAScript...

Angela Wu | Aug 5, 2015 8:53 PM

In the digital age, companies are learning fast that meeting customer expectations and driving business outcomes go beyond brand recognition or product availability. Bryan...

Iliyan Peychev | Jul 30, 2015 12:41 PM

As you probably know, in Liferay we are working on a new and exiting project, called Liferay Screens. In two words, the project allows creating complex native applications for iOS and Android in a...

Angela Wu | Jul 28, 2015 5:45 PM

Last month, I attended BizBash LA. As an event planner, I rarely get to enjoy events from an attendee’s point of view, so this was a great experience for me. Even though I was an attendee, I...

Dave Truong | Jul 24, 2015 6:48 PM

A little while back, I gave a presentation on a new command line tool that the tooling team was hoping to create to help ease development for Liferay. While we were able to get a working prototype...

Jim Hinkey | Jul 16, 2015 8:28 PM

Do you like conceptualizing and noting important details about Liferay? Do you enjoy explaining terms used in Liferay and in technologies related to Liferay? If so, then it's time you poured this...

Fady Hakim | Jul 16, 2015 7:30 PM

I will show you the steps to install liferay 6.2-SP11 on JBoss 7.1 1 - Download the below files: - JBoss 7.1 from here and unzip the folder, This directory is referred to as $JBOSS_HOME...

Annika Sinnecker | Jul 16, 2015 3:35 PM

The following information is only relevant for German speaking members: Wer mehr darüber erfahren möchte, welche rechtlichen Aspekte bei Nutzung der Community und der Liferay Enterprise Edition zu...

Angela Wu | Jul 2, 2015 12:19 AM

Discover Become a Liferay insider and get a first look at new features and product roadmaps. Learn how Liferay is transforming portal technology to change the way you do business. Learn Enhance...

Mike Macauley | Jun 30, 2015 10:45 AM

I've been having an ongoing 'discussion' with a good friend of mine about the nature of open source and what constitutes open source. It makes me want to turn it into a proper noun, Open Source,...

Jorge Ferrer | Jun 30, 2015 9:15 AM

Together with the summer season and the sunny days the sixth milestone has come too. We are getting closer to the end of the year, and this will be one of the last milestones so all development...

Shannon Chang | Jun 29, 2015 9:34 PM

This year, Liferay was proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Red Hat Summit in Boston. With over 210 sessions including ones from top executives and developers worldwide, we knew we’d be in for a...

Ken Dong | Jun 24, 2015 7:17 PM

On top of a great product, good leadership has always been a necessity in any successful organization throughout history. But what do people want in a leader? It simply boils down to the fact that...

Olaf Kock | Jun 23, 2015 9:13 AM

Hofburg, Wien CC by-nd 2.0 by R. Halfpaap Servus nach Österreich. Kurzfristig verschlägt es mich wieder nach Wien und was ist schöner, als sich dort mit freundlichen Menschen zu treffen, die das...

Zeno Rocha | Jun 17, 2015 12:03 AM

Originally published on Medium At Liferay we have more than 600 employees spread in 18 different offices all over the world. Some of these people work with similar stuff but they may not interact...

Martin Yan | Jun 16, 2015 5:47 PM

It might be the most universal and recognizable store in the world. Walk by street corners and chances are you’ll see a bright green sign with the red and orange “7” aglow, beckoning visitors to...

Ruud Kluivers | Jun 4, 2015 7:40 AM

In Nederland denken we vaak dat we vooroplopen en ons positief onderscheiden van de rest van de wereld. Zelfoverschatting is een zorgwekkende eigenschap en de feiten zijn niet altijd in...

Angela Wu | Jun 1, 2015 4:53 PM

Reimagine Digital Engagement Through an All-in-One Platform Being digital should be at the heart of what you do to provide customers with rich, compelling online experiences. To thrive, and not...

Ken Dong | May 29, 2015 11:19 PM

When 6.2 was first released, there was a lot of buzz surrounding things like responsiveness out-of-the-box, application display templates, updated control panel, and the recycle bin. We heard good...

Martin Yan | May 23, 2015 12:08 AM

Our experiences with corporate brands and products are rapidly evolving with the influx of new technology. As consumers, we are looking for companies that can provide us more content pertaining to...

Jose M. Navarro | May 22, 2015 10:06 AM

Dear community, we have exciting news to share with you today. But before the announcement, let me tell you a brief story: one year ago, I was trying to learn the fundamentals of Liferay, hacking...

Martin Yan | May 20, 2015 7:42 PM

At Liferay, we seek to empower people with the right resources to help them achieve what they could not achieve on their own. We know there are people who possess amazing vision, and some who just...

Jorge Ferrer | May 16, 2015 11:18 AM

Here at Liferay we don’t stop and we just took out of the oven the fifth Milestone of the upcoming Liferay 7 release. If the previous milestone marked the beginning of the Community Expedition...

Neil Griffin | May 12, 2015 5:41 PM

Project News The Liferay Faces team is hard at work on several projects and I would like to bring you up-to-date with our progress. Support for Liferay Portal 7.0 In early May I attended the...

Martin Yan | May 5, 2015 5:22 PM

Over the years, Liferay has been able to provide many individuals and organizations a unique platform to give them a stronger presence on the web. But we aren't able to accomplish this mission...

David Zhang | Apr 30, 2015 5:50 AM

How to catch MySQL SQL with tcpdump in Linux Introduction This idea of post is from my previous one: Liferay and P6spy, with the help of P6spy, we can get the formatted Hibernate SQL without "?"...

Shannon Chang | Apr 24, 2015 4:00 PM

Takeaways from intra.NET Reloaded Boston Modern organizations are increasingly seeing the value of trading in their notoriously outdated and static intranets for social and collaborative digital...

Martin Yan | Apr 22, 2015 5:29 PM

Communities are essential to shaping our identities. They bring people together through a common activity or belief and provide us a context in which we are able to interpret ourselves and one...

Neil Griffin | Apr 17, 2015 11:38 PM

On April 28, 2015 Liferay released Liferay Faces 4.2.0-beta: Liferay Faces 4.2.0-beta JSF 2.2 + Liferay Portal 6.2 Release Notes Feature Complete This new version of Liferay Faces is just about...

James Falkner | Apr 15, 2015 2:19 PM

I'm very happy to announce the release of Liferay Portal 6.2 CE GA4! Download it now: [Tomcat Bundle] [JBoss Bundle] [GlassFish Bundle] [Source Code] [Other bundles and Files] [Quick Start]...

Vernon Singleton | Apr 14, 2015 8:53 AM

Continuing in the spirit of Juan Gonzalez’s excitement over the new portal components, let me introduce a new Liferay Faces Alloy component which will be included in the the upcoming GA release. ...

Shannon Chang | Apr 7, 2015 5:32 PM

A little over a year ago, iBeacons made their way to the retail market in a mass deployment to 254 Apple stores. Since then, they’ve had technology enthusiasts and event marketers alike...

Dave Truong | Apr 7, 2015 5:53 AM

This is a story about two sisters, Portal and Platform. Their father, Brian Chan was a strict and careful man. He knew his daughters could help the world so he made sure they were always very...