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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 of that is my fault since I don't blog that much about my work. In any case, I just wanted to highlight two features coming out with 5.3 that some people may be interested in. ...

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 stems from the fact that alot of people are trying to use the ExpandoBridge API to create columns (attributes) during the startup process. The issue with that is that the default...

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 application. Usually, the first thing that comes in mind is to implement a new Java-based portlet, actually, 2 portlets, one for displaying and a second for managing FAQ entries. Fortunately, Ray...

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 innovation in teaching and learning to its key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers and researchers.  

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 documentation says JSF 2.0 will do. In Part 1 of this series, I showed how to develop an Ajaxified JSF 2.0 Facelet Composite Component. Now here's Part 2 of my JSF 2.0 Test Drive......

  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 documentation says JSF 2.0 will do. To that end, here's Part 1 of my JSF 2.0 Test Drive... Developing a Facelet Composite Component Composite Component Tag ...

  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 I'm still hooked on Liferay. Although I enjoyed my time out there, it is good to be back home in Sunny, FL.  

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. Aktia Bank has about 70 own branch offices in Finland and their Internet banking services are available 24/7 all year round.  

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 checking services provided by SpellChecker.net. What's SCAYT? Spell Check As You Type (SCAYT) product allows user to see and correct misspellings while typing. Misspelled words are...

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 together a fantastic event filled with valuable business and technical insights, including performance tuning information, business case studies, customization training, and opportunities to meet...

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 Edition at the beginning of this year to provide a new subscription offering to organizations that wanted the benefits of open source software but wanted continued service packs on older...

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 they were interested.  I showed them how good we are with things like private communities, user management, integration, permissions, themes and the dragging/dropping of portlets....

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 had the pleasure of being there last week thanks to an invitation by one of our partners, IN2, who had organized an event about "Mission Critical Open Source Platforms". My talk was...

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: http://www.parleys.com/#id=363&st=5&sl=38 Description: Discussion of how ICEfaces and Ajax Push can be used to perform Inter-Portlet-Communication (IPC) and also...

Need For Speed Region: USA Need for Speed, a top-selling franchise from Electronic Arts Inc., is known for its award-winning authentic racing experience with real-world physics and pixel-perfect car models. Needforspeed.com is a place where fans can read NFS blogs, post on forums, connect with other fans, compare game statistics, and much more! ...

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 teams and our awesome community. What's unique about Social Office is that we had the chance to speak with folks on the business side who were more concerned about ease of use and...

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 one of the largest southern cities.  We were visiting their headquarters which was strategically located next to their manufacturing plants.  I won't mention how long it...

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 Account Manager for Liferay.  I have been an active community member for years, and I was given the opportunity to join Liferay, Inc. back in August.  Needless to say, I jumped...

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 lifestyle, from children to professional athletes. Soccerade is used and endorsed by some of the world´s top athletes.  

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 few years they've spent $250 million constructing a brand new mobile network in New Zealand.