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Brian Chan | Nov 4, 2009 11:23 PM

You've heard of the Digg effect, but the same is true of the "Google" effect. We're celebrating Sesame Street's 40th anniversary today. Go to www.google.com and you'll see a nice reference to Big...

Ray Augé | Oct 30, 2009 1:24 PM

I know that some people are suggesting using the setenv.sh script to control JVM settings for tomcat. Notably I see adding JMX configurations this way, among other things. Be careful what you add...

James Min | Oct 27, 2009 4:56 AM

Probably one of the top 5 questions I get asked on consulting gigs is, "How do I connect to an external database?" The wiki was a bit out of date, so I made a new one for Liferay 5.2. Wiki:...

Samuel Kong | Oct 23, 2009 8:05 AM

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you need to deploy a piece of JavaScript (such as Google Analytics) to every single page in the portal? Up to now, the most common way to...

Ronald Sarayudej | Oct 22, 2009 5:43 PM

Highbury Group Region: UK Formed in 2000 in the United Kingdom, Highbury Group provides management resources to Europe's largest aircraft manufacturer. The company has personel suporting Emirates...

Ray Augé | Oct 20, 2009 5:26 PM

I've recently been reading Pragmatic Thinking & Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Any Hunt, Pragmatic Bookshelf, and it has really got me thinking... (Yes, that was pretty lame. HaHaHa!) Actually...

Ray Augé | Oct 19, 2009 7:18 PM

Have you ever had a super freakish problem with the Liferay CSS Not doing what you expected? I mean I love Liferay's new Minifier, it's fast and efficient. But, it's no fun when you have problems....

Alexander Chow | Oct 16, 2009 4:04 PM

When I was at the European Symposium, I was surprised how many people said to me "Gosh I wish Liferay could do ABC," in which I responded, "But it has -- ever since version X.YZ!" But I guess part...

Ray Augé | Oct 9, 2009 3:10 PM

I've seen a tone of requests lately for how to add Expando Tables and Columns programatically during some startup proceedure. The biggest problem seems to be with PermissionChecker. The problem...

Bruno Farache | Oct 3, 2009 8:37 PM

Suppose that you, a portlet developer, need to develop a FAQ portlet that displays questions and answers and that allows certain users to create/update/delete FAQ entries, i.e., a simple CRUD...

Neil Griffin | Oct 2, 2009 3:44 AM

As part of my work on JSR 314 (JSF 2.0) I've been reviewing the specification, Javadocs, and tag library docs for accuracy. One way I do this is to make examples that test drive what the...

Neil Griffin | Oct 2, 2009 2:30 AM

As part of my work on JSR 314 (JSF 2.0) I've been reviewing the specification, Javadocs, and tag library docs for accuracy. One way I do this is to make examples that test drive what the...

Neil Griffin | Oct 1, 2009 9:56 PM

On a recent trip to Colorado I had the opportunity to go panning for gold in a stream and take a tour of a gold mine. There may be a lot of gold in the West Portal (shown below), but rest assured...

Ronald Sarayudej | Oct 1, 2009 7:42 PM

European Schoolnet Region: Belgium European Schoolnet (EUN) is a network of 31 Ministries of Education in Europe and beyond. EUN was created more than 10 years ago with the aim to bring about...

Ronald Sarayudej | Oct 1, 2009 7:12 PM

Aktia Region: Finland Aktia Bank is a full service bank and a part of Aktia finance group. They provide customers with high class banking, insurance and estate agency services all under one roof....

Jonas Yuan | Sep 29, 2009 4:53 PM

FCKEditor (2.6.5 or CKEditor 3.x) is the only editor to bring you a "zero installation" spell check as you type solution. Nothing in your servers is needed for it. It's based on the quality spell...

Bryan H Cheung | Sep 26, 2009 1:34 AM

We had a phenomenal turn out for this year's Liferay West Coast Symposium, our annual community and customer conference. Our North America marketing and events team, led by Cecilia Lam, put...

Bryan H Cheung | Sep 26, 2009 12:22 AM

I want to take a moment to announce that we are going to start referring to the open source builds of Liferay Portal as "Community Edition." We originally introduced Liferay Portal Enterprise...

Joshua Asbury | Sep 18, 2009 11:34 AM

Earlier this week, I did a demonstration of Liferay for a potential customer. I think it went well, and for the most part, I was able to show them all of the capabilities of the product in which...

Jorge Ferrer | Sep 17, 2009 3:15 PM

Mallorca is one of those places in the world that you have to visit. Like most places next to the the sea it provides a sense of calm that is very appreciated when you come from the busy Madrid. I...

Neil Griffin | Sep 17, 2009 10:15 AM

Here is the video recording of the Jazoon 2009 talk I was privileged to do with Micha Kiener of Mimacom: Presentation Title: Like Peanut Butter & Chocolate (or Ajax Meets Portals) Direct link:...

Ronald Sarayudej | Sep 16, 2009 11:26 PM

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Bryan H Cheung | Sep 14, 2009 11:37 PM

I am pleased to announce that the second beta for Liferay Social Office is now available for download. This product is the result of a close collaboration between Liferay's product and engineering...

Ivan Cheung | Sep 11, 2009 8:04 PM

Most of the client (and potential client) locations I've visited in China have been in big, crowded, metropolitan cities. This particular one was different since it was located on the outskirts of...

Joshua Asbury | Sep 10, 2009 5:36 PM

People who have been knocking around the community over the years probably know me, but I wanted to use my first blog post to introduce myself. My name is Josh Asbury, and I am the new Sales and...

Ronald Sarayudej | Sep 8, 2009 11:42 PM

Soccerade Region: Iceland The Soccerade drinks are a result of many years of product development including test marketing for 8 years. They are designed for those who prefer an active and healthy...

Ronald Sarayudej | Sep 3, 2009 11:51 PM

Two Degrees Mobile Limited Region: New Zealand Two Degrees Mobile Limited is New Zealand’s newest mobile company. They've been around a little while, but have been catching on fast. Over the last...

Brian Chan | Sep 3, 2009 12:58 AM

Anonymous access to Liferay's SVN servers now require inputting a username of "guest" with no password. We had to make this change due to some weird bugs with SVN. That means the command svn co...

James Min | Sep 2, 2009 7:57 PM

Long time no post... I do a lot of our customer performance tuning jobs, and there are some guiding princliples that apply in every environment. A good place to start is to have a set of portal...

Ronald Sarayudej | Sep 1, 2009 7:48 PM

Liz Claiborne Inc. Region: USA Liz Claiborne Inc. designs and markets a global portfolio of retail-based premium brands including Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Lucky Brand Jeans and Mexx. The company...

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 31, 2009 8:35 PM

VisitFinland Region: Finland VisitFinland offers the latest and greatest in travel information, popular sites to visit, current events, and even weather updates for your next trip to the country.

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 28, 2009 11:51 PM

H + H Region: Denmark The core activity of the H+H Group is the manufacture and sale of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC or aircrete). The H+H Group consists of H+H International A/S as the parent...

Minhchau Dang | Aug 28, 2009 10:51 PM

A common problem that comes up is the need to change how documents are stored in the Document Library. For example, you may start out storing documents using Jackrabbit hooked to a database....

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 25, 2009 5:05 PM

Berendsen Region: Denmark One of Europe's leading textile service companies with service in 13 countries. Berendsen develops and provides value added textile, hygiene and safety solutions.

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 24, 2009 5:04 PM

California Casualty Region: USA California Casualty is in the sole business of providing individuals with high-quality insurance coverage and service at a competitive price. Since its founding in...

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 21, 2009 4:53 PM

Konventum Conference Center Region: Denmark Konventum is a convention center that focuses on diversity, beauty, quality, and professionalism for its customers. Their facilites include conference...

Jonas Yuan | Aug 21, 2009 3:11 PM

In ten steps, you could be able to set Alfresco (3.1 or above) web client as a set of portlets in Liferay portal (5.2 or above). It is simple for Do-It-Yourselfers. Download URL: ...

Ronald Sarayudej | Aug 19, 2009 5:03 PM

Informant Technologies, Inc. Region: USA Informant Technologies, Inc. provides software and services to public safety agencies and other organizations. The company helps its customers to increase...

Nate Cavanaugh | Aug 19, 2009 3:56 PM

I'm sorry it's been so woefully long between updates here. I've been furiously working away on something that I'll have more details about in the next couple of weeks, but I think you will find...

Prashant Dighe | Aug 19, 2009 3:38 AM

The DAO layer of Liferay for services persistence had a core Hibernate (non-JPA) implementation. But lately, customers have been asking for JPA so as to be able to plugin the provider of their...