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Olaf Kock | 2016/03/10 20:28

Today I'm welcoming a repeat guest, Jorge Ferrer, Liferay's VP of Engineering. I've had the great opportunity to ask him a lot of questions that provide deep insight into what's running behind the...

Dennis Ju | 2016/03/10 19:03

The Sync team is pleased to announce SSO support in the latest releases of Liferay Sync desktop and mobile clients. Any SSO implementation that works against Liferay Portal will work with Liferay...

Cody Hoag | 2016/03/07 1:02

Another Liferay contest is on the way! This one, however, is a bit different than others you may have participated in previously. To celebrate the upcoming release of Liferay 7, we are holding a...

Jan Eerdekens | 2016/02/29 21:10

Part 2 of this series is a short, but sweet one. This portlet was born out of a very specific customer requirement: the need to be able to see log files for some user that have Liferay web access,...

Kailash Yadav | 2016/02/22 6:42

Caching is important part of any web application. We implement caching for our application on different levels. Generally we cache static resource on web server level and DB level caching on...

Javeed Chida | 2016/02/19 20:40

This is not really a technical post. In what follows, I share two little tips for Liferay 6.2 users. This may also be useful to developers, unless you prefer crafting SQL to solve all your data...

James Falkner | 2016/02/15 20:39

Over the last 5 years if there's anything I've learned it's that the only thing that doesn't change is change itself. I've been blessed to have been a part of many exciting changes at Liferay and...

Olaf Kock | 2016/02/15 10:06

In this episode I'm talking probably one last time to James Falkner about upcoming changes... James was the first guest on Radio Liferay (back in episode 1 - as well as others) and now - at least...

Jan Eerdekens | 2016/02/14 20:09

This is part 1 of a series of blog posts about a collection of tools I created during the last couple of months as a reaction to some problems I ran into. The first one is how to handle/debug...

Jan Eerdekens | 2016/02/06 22:28

In this post I want to share how you can use Maven to do 2 important things in a Liferay project: patching and creating a deploy package. While this way of patching is a very powerful way to...

Zeno Rocha | 2016/02/05 3:53

Back in October when we first introduced Launchpad Developer Preview, we put together a very simple documentation page for users. After seeing how people were interacting with the product we...

Greg Amerson | 2016/02/03 18:57

Hello all, I apologize it has taken so long to release a new version of Liferay IDE that supports Liferay 7 development. But today we are pleased to announce the first milestone release for...

Olaf Kock | 2016/01/26 10:03

In this episode, recorded at Liferay's Devcon 2015 in Darmstadt/Germany, I'm talking to Scott Nicklous and Neil Griffin. Scott is the specification lead for JSR-362 - otherwise known as the Portlet...

Javeed Chida | 2016/01/23 0:06

Content Friendly URL? This is one of those tidbits you get served on a platter if you're lucky enough to attend a Liferay training session. Anyway, content friendly url may not be the legit term,...

Lauri Hiltunen | 2016/01/19 16:05

Liferay allows using site specific Google Analytics tracking codes to analyze the traffic inside your portal. Adding the code is simply a matter of going to the site settings and saving the code...

Jan Eerdekens | 2016/01/17 20:26

When working with a cluster you pretty quickly come to a point where you want/need to know what cluster node you're on. Liferay already has a simple way to show you this. You just need to add the...

Krzysztof Gołębiowski | 2016/01/17 14:22

I recently started working on integrating Liferay with ElasticSearch + Logstash + Kibana, also known as ELK Stack. Every Liferay developer knows very well where to search for logs and what they...

James Falkner | 2016/01/14 21:13

Back in 2012 we began a quarterly program to recognize those of you who have over the years contributed more to Liferay than your average open source enthusiast. Each quarter we recognize the top...

James Falkner | 2016/01/14 13:11

I'm very happy to announce the release of Liferay Portal 6.2 CE GA6! Download it now: [Tomcat Bundle] [JBoss Bundle] [GlassFish Bundle] [Source Code] [Other bundles and Files] [Quick Start]...

Meera Prince | 2016/01/08 14:44

The Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) is specification that defines modular based software management and its execution. OSGi makes software management and its execution simpler by making...

Javeed Chida | 2015/12/28 18:10

Okay, that is a mouthful. To rephrase my compound title, we'll be talking about an approach that uses search to update a content item that follows a structure tailored to a template that renders a...

Marcos Castro | 2015/12/28 17:09

I would like to start saying that this entry is focused on designers and front-ends but I think that it would be useful for all people who wants to know what is the real advantage to applying...

Marcos Castro | 2015/12/27 21:14

Hey guys, before this year ends I wanted to share with you some impressions and feedback which many of you have given me about the three free themes I have shared this year. First, I would like to...

Jan Eerdekens | 2015/12/27 19:11

If, like me, you work on a non-Windows machine, an Apple MacBook Pro in my case with OSX, you are probably used to having TAB completion in your terminal. I've caught myself multiple times lately...

Jorge Ferrer | 2015/12/24 17:47

Just in time to throw a big celebration we finally have achieved Beta status for Liferay 7! As mentioned in a previous blog entry, the criteria to meet Beta status is: Data upgrade finalized for...

Jose M. Navarro | 2015/12/21 8:41

Hey everyone! We're celebrating this new year with a new version: Liferay Screens 1.3! Last months we've been busy as crazy helping with our first enterprise projects using Liferay Screens. Some of...

Artur Signell | 2015/12/20 14:08

In Vaadin 7.2, server push support was introduced but only for servlet deployments. The initial plan was to add support for portlets "right after that release". That's not exactly what happened but...

Jorge Ferrer | 2015/12/07 14:58

You probably have not had time to digest Alpha 3 yet, but here we are again with a new preliminary release: Liferay 7 Alpha 4 is out! This release fixes 82 bugs resolved since Alpha 3 and adds 31...

Ray Augé | 2015/12/01 15:03

I really love how everyone at Liferay is taking to the OSGi development model. It makes me proud to see how much work has been done in this regard. There's one very cool area I think is worth...

Matti Tahvonen | 2015/12/01 9:47

The Liferay portal has always been a popular basis for Vaadin applications. To serve better this active Vaadin users group we have recently created a lot of new material for both new and existing...

James Falkner | 2015/11/30 19:57

I'm very happy to announce the release of Liferay Portal 6.2 CE GA5! Download it now: [Tomcat Bundle] [JBoss Bundle] [GlassFish Bundle] [Source Code] [Other bundles and Files] [Quick Start]...

Olaf Kock | 2015/11/30 10:19

I met repeat guest Nate Cavanaugh, Liferay's Director of UI Engineering, at this year's Devcon and he answered all UI-based questions that we could quickly think about - specifically with regards...

Jorge Ferrer | 2015/11/26 21:24

Here we are again, following our bi-weekly releases plan with our third alpha release. We are still working hard to reach beta status as soon as possible and I would like to use this opportunity to...

Javeed Chida | 2015/11/25 20:48

LRNAS2015 was everything I hoped it would be. Every session was packed with demos of upcoming 7.0 features that left anyone using 6.2 very grateful (I was) that they weren't on an even older...

Martin Yan | 2015/11/25 0:00

By now, we've heard of the necessity of creating a good experience for our mobile viewers. Yet, we're not always quite sure where to start or what factors should be considered in the process. As a...

James Falkner | 2015/11/24 21:33

You may recall back in February 2014 I published a FreeMarker script that would dump variables from WCM and ADT Templates in Liferay 6.2. Well, it's back, this time for Liferay 7! I tweaked it a...

Olaf Kock | 2015/11/20 15:15

A continuation of last week's episode, Milen Dyankov stepped in as a co-host and helped me ask the right questions: Ray Augé answers all sorts of questions about the Modularization in Liferay 7 and...

Jason Victor Chang | 2015/11/16 23:57

Alright. It's a wrap, folks. It's been my honor to live blog for all of you who were following along. See you at #LRNAS2016! Looking for day 1's coverage? Here you go. 4:23PM - Closing Keynote:...

Martin Yan | 2015/11/10 19:00

Why do people go to the Liferay Symposium? This is a common question that has been asked countless times. Of course, if you ask someone at Liferay, our answers might be a little biased... But in...

Matti Tahvonen | 2015/11/10 8:06

Service Builder is the way how developers are often encouraged to do DB connectivity with Liferay portlets. It is, though, by no means the one and only way how one can connect to databases from...

Olaf Kock | 2015/11/09 11:07

Another Devcon "private" session - I missed his presentations, but got the summary right when he was done: Ray Augé took the time to answer all sorts of questions about the Modularization in...

Martin Yan | 2015/11/04 17:50

By now it's obvious that the effects of a poor mobile experience are both immediate and far-reaching for business. A frustrating and not-so-user-friendly mobile interaction with your site could...

Olaf Kock | 2015/11/03 15:39

Wow, 50 episodes already. At this year's Devcon I spoke with Jens Bruhn. He's Software Architect at Prodyna AG, a Liferay Partner and the author of Nabucco Script Center, a Liferay App available on...

Jorge Ferrer | 2015/11/02 12:38

We continue our path towards releasing Liferay 7 with a new alpha release that focuses on fixing bugs and small improvements. This release fixes 254 bugs since Alpha 1 and adds +100 small...

Olaf Kock | 2015/11/02 11:44

Hofburg, Wien CC by-nd 2.0 by R. Halfpaap(English summary below) Servus nach Österreich. Mal wieder bin ich auf dem Weg nach Österreich. Aber dieses Mal komme ich nicht alleine angereist: Anlass...

Matti Tahvonen | 2015/10/30 22:53

Vaadin portlets initialise using JS and XHRs, typically a couple of milliseconds later than basic html markup based portlets. This approach may cause “flickering”, which may be a bit disturbing if...

Eduardo P. García | 2015/10/28 22:43

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,...

James Falkner | 2015/10/23 15:22

Earlier this month Liferay held it's 3rd annual developer conference in Darmstadt, and I was grateful to be able to attend and see old friends, meet new ones, share some of my experiences, and...

Neil Griffin | 2015/10/20 15:36

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 | 2015/10/19 18:32

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 | 2015/10/18 22:09

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...

Olaf Kock | 2015/10/17 13:39

It's been a long time and finally... Radio Liferay is back with several episodes in the queue. Today, Tomáš Polešovský starts of by talking about Liferay's security team and -procedures as well as...

Zeno Rocha | 2015/10/15 16:53

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...

David H Nebinger | 2015/10/15 6:32

So I'm here late one night and I'm wondering why Liferay is hosting profile pics... I mean, in this day and age we all have accounts all over the place and many of those places also support profile...

Olaf Kock | 2015/10/14 8:01

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...

James Falkner | 2015/10/13 15:21

Next week Liferay España will hold its annual Liferay Symposium in beautiful Madrid. I'm grateful to be able to attend once again, but this year will be especially awesome because of the momentum...

Eduardo P. García | 2015/10/04 18:23

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 | 2015/09/30 16:02

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 | 2015/09/29 21:49

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 | 2015/09/28 21:51

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...