Blogs

Martin Yan | 2015-9-29 下午9:49

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...

Vikash Kumar | 2015-9-29 上午9:46

Liferay 6.x portal default portlet configuration does not display minimize and maximize icons on portlet headers. These buttons are only available to admin role users. For one of our projects, we...

Bryan H Cheung | 2015-9-28 下午9:51

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...

James Falkner | 2015-9-28 下午3:51

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 | 2015-9-28 上午10:48

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 | 2015-9-25 下午3:19

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 | 2015-9-25 下午1:41

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 | 2015-9-25 上午6:51

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...

Kyle Joseph Stiemann | 2015-9-24 下午6:44

Under The Hood: The Liferay Faces Generator The Liferay Faces Generator is a code generation tool used to create custom JavaServerTM Faces (JSF) components (such as the new Liferay Faces Alloy...

Martin Yan | 2015-9-23 下午9:41

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...

Lauri Hiltunen | 2015-9-23 下午4:15

The Expando API is a great tool to add custom data to the default models Liferay offers. We've used it regularly in our projects. Although the concept might overwhelm you at first, there’s no need...

Neil Griffin | 2015-9-16 下午3:55

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...

Matti Tahvonen | 2015-9-16 下午12:42

The easily customizable, SASS based, Valo theme is one of the largest renewals to Vaadin lately. The vaadin-archetype-liferay-portlet still uses the oldish “liferay” theme, adapted for older...

Abdon Pijpelink | 2015-9-15 下午2:16

Context is king In 1996, when the web was in its infancy, Bill Gates famously predicted that content would be king on the internet. Twenty years later it has become increasingly important to not...

Lauri Hiltunen | 2015-9-14 下午2:04

One of Liferay's more commonly used extension points is the application startup event. You can define custom code to run whenever your plugin is deployed. This is a powerful feature. In this blog...

Neil Griffin | 2015-9-8 下午7:02

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...

Lauri Hiltunen | 2015-9-8 下午5:12

Liferay offers extensive set of features regarding user accounts and signing in to your portal out of the box. Many of the features are made configurable through portal properties, enabling the...

James Falkner | 2015-9-7 下午12:55

My Documents View New Liferay Sync UI Today Liferay released Liferay Sync 3, the latest version of its popular document sharing add-on for Liferay. Download it from the Downloads page, read the...

Jyri Pötry | 2015-9-7 上午9:50

How Liferay and Valamis solve regulatory compliance Companies today are facing an increasing number of regulations and need for transparency in their operations. Consequently, organizations are...

Marko Cikoš | 2015-9-4 上午9:13

Dear community, As you already know, Liferay Connected Services is an online tool that offers services to help our customers succeed on their Liferay projects. One of its several useful services...

Igor Beslic | 2015-9-2 下午3:11

Recently LCS team had really hard time with writing integration tests for service builder generated classes. Arquillian test patterns written for core portal plugin simply didn't work for our case...

Kamesh Sampath | 2015-8-31 下午4:33

Today I was trying to enable SSL with NGINX as Load Balancer for a demo Liferay cluster, I thought to share my experiences on how I did that with this small post. I am skipping the certificate...

Milen Dyankov | 2015-8-31 上午10:04

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...

Jan Eerdekens | 2015-8-30 下午7:11

When working with the web content management part of Liferay you quickly start using the Asset Publisher because of its versatility. This portlet enables you to gather and present different kinds...

Eric Kirby | 2015-8-27 下午8:07

Everyone wants their systems to be highly available, and for good reason. The age-old adage “time is money” has never been more true than in today’s interconnected world. Companies clamor to make...

Meera Prince | 2015-8-27 下午4:30

JQuery Data table is way of present our data at client side and we can show case data and we can perform operations like sorting, update, page nation and many other operations we can perform on...

Olaf Kock | 2015-8-24 上午11:03

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 | 2015-8-20 下午9:44

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...

Eric Kirby | 2015-8-19 下午3:06

If you are struggling to choose the right web platform for your project, you’re not alone. There are many options to choose from, each claiming to be better than the rest. How do you choose for...

Janne Hietala | 2015-8-19 上午8:40

The benefit of eLearning is that it is independent of time and space. This makes it also flexible and cost-effective. On the other hand, it challenges the learner to focus on studying since there...

Roguen Keller | 2015-8-12 下午5:37

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...

Janne Hietala | 2015-8-11 下午2:30

Valamis 2.4 Enterprise Edition release - New Features Summary Valamis 2.4 Enterprise Edition has been released. This version is significantly enriched with new functionalities and introduced by the...

Sana Razvi | 2015-8-10 下午10:55

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 | 2015-8-10 下午6:09

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...

Eric Kirby | 2015-8-7 下午8:11

If you are struggling to choose the right web platform for your project, you’re not alone. There are many options to choose from, each claiming to be better than the rest. How do you choose for...

Iliyan Peychev | 2015-8-7 上午10:36

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...

Sampsa Sohlman | 2015-8-6 上午9:03

First of all announcement for Vaadin developers: As from issue LPS-57525 we are not shipping Vaadin with Liferay core anymore. But no worries, Vaadin can be deployed to Liferay 7 as a set of OSGi...

Angela Wu | 2015-8-5 下午8:53

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

Andrew Jardine | 2015-8-3 下午8:53

My very first blog post. To be honest I've said for months that I was going to start doing this but there just always seems to be something more "urgent". Today I promised someone on the forums...

Dominik Marks | 2015-7-31 上午7:16

Extending Liferay core functionality is rather easy. You can use hook or (if needed) ext plugins to extend the functionality. But what if you want to extend a custom plugin (e.g. one you downloaded...

Iliyan Peychev | 2015-7-30 下午12:41

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 | 2015-7-28 下午5:45

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 | 2015-7-24 下午6:48

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...

Ivan Cheung | 2015-7-23 下午5:47

Liferay's Employee Volunteer Program allowed me see my role at work and Liferay's vision to converge in a very unique way. My role at work is mentoring people to mentor other people. Liferay was...

Miroslav Ligas | 2015-7-23 上午11:35

Liferay UK will be hosting some dev.live sessions this November 4th prior to our annual conference on the 5th at Thistle Hotel, Marble Arch, London. Get ready for an exciting afternoon with lot's...

Jim Hinkey | 2015-7-16 下午8:28

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 | 2015-7-16 下午7:30

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...

Eric Kirby | 2015-7-16 下午6:22

If you are struggling to choose the right web platform for your project, you’re not alone. There are many options to choose from, each claiming to be better than the rest. How do you choose for...

Annika Sinnecker | 2015-7-16 下午3:35

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...

James Falkner | 2015-7-15 下午2:13

Here we go again with another crazy summer app contest! This year, to celebrate the release of Liferay Screens, we are holding another community app building contest with some sweet, sweet prizes!...

David H Nebinger | 2015-7-7 上午3:49

Just a quick note... Vaadin 7.5.0 was released at the end of June, 2015. I've completed an initial round of testing, and Vaadin 7 Control Panel version 1.0.3.0 is totally compatible with 7.5.0. ...

Angela Wu | 2015-7-2 上午12:19

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 | 2015-6-30 上午10:45

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 | 2015-6-30 上午9:15

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 | 2015-6-29 下午9:34

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...

David H Nebinger | 2015-6-27 上午12:48

Let me say that again: Content Creation is Not a Development Activity! Pretty strong statement, but for for those considering Liferay as a platform it's really an important concept, one that lives...

Ken Dong | 2015-6-24 下午7:17

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...

Martin Yan | 2015-6-24 下午6:11

It's not easy shopping for enterprise portal software. There are many factors to consider such as reliability, long-term costs and the ease of development. Not to mention things like meeting...

Olaf Kock | 2015-6-23 上午9:13

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 | 2015-6-17 上午12:03

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...