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The word is out in Twitter, we have released the first development milestone release of Liferay 7. This is a call for really adventurous developers to try it out and give us your feedback. Here are the answers to the questions you may have about the release.   So… is Liferay 7 close to being released? Nope. Our current thinking is that Liferay 7 will be released...

As many of you may have read, Yahoo is immediately stopping development on the YUI library. This decision, while it will have a significant impact, is not news to us. Given our close relationship with the YUI team, we knew this was coming, and have been discussing for a couple of months different plans of action. In the spirit of transparency, I do want to say that we don't...

Life consists of all kinds of experiences. Some experiences are common, and we can go through them every day. Having a tasty meal. Sitting in traffic. Chatting with friends. Watching a good movie. These kinds of moments make up 97% of our lives. We don't think too much about these moments, they just happen. Then there are those other experiences. The first day at a new job. The...

  Radio Liferay is back with a repeat guest, James Falkner, Liferay's Community Manager. Like last year, symposium season is about to start (even though we already had some events earlier this year...). And there's something new, for the nerds and software craftsmen among you. We talked about The upcoming events, how to tell them apart and the target audience. In...

 \o/ Radio Liferay is back. A while ago I talked with Juan Fernandez and Ivica Čardić about an exciting project they're collaborating on: Liferay Cloud Services. "What's this?" you ask? Well, good that you're asking, because here's the explanation. It's all about helping you monitor the health of your Liferay Installation, keeping an eye on the installed fixpacks (if you're using...

Here's a sneak peek at Liferay Screens Beta in the Xcode environment. Liferay Screens are basically mobile widgets that simplify development of mobile apps with Liferay as the backend. More info here on GitHub: https://github.com/liferay/liferay-mobile-widgets/blob/master/README.md Youtube Preview: http://youtu.be/DAhlr5VgEi8

This weekend you may notice a couple of small changes to your Liferay.com sign-in experience and I wanted to give you a little background on why we’re making those changes.  As we have been expanding the number of systems available beyond just liferay.com we have strived to provide the best possible user experience.  To that end we will be moving to a Single Sign On...

It's public - Registration for DevCon 2014 (Wed-Thu, 5.-6. Nov) is open. And we're looking for your participation to make it an even bigger success. This year we're going to Darmstadt, just south of Frankfurt. The venue "Darmstadtium" is named after a chemical element that was named in honor of the city where it's first been created - it's one of those very heavy elements (atomic...

Today's JSF JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a Java EE standard technology that enjoys wide support with Java EE application servers including JBoss AS/WildFly, Oracle WebLogic, and IBM WebSphere. In addition, JSF developers benefit from tooling support built-in to Eclipse, NetBeans, and IntelliJ. Over the years, JSF has received many features and improvments thanks to dedicated JCP...

    In this document , basically we will understand about roles and permissions backend process and  its table structure for LR 6.x, but before going further , first we need to understand what is role and permission in Liferay? Here is brief explanation of Roles and Permission.   What are Roles?   Roles are used to collect permissions...

Hi All, Using Liferay 6.2 OOTB features, you can achieve analytics using Piwik . Piwik is the leading open source web analytics platform that gives you valuable insight into your website's visitors, your marketing compaigns and much more, so you can optimize your strategy and online experience of visitors. You can deploy piwik in local environment and cloud also. I am...

Liferay Faces Showcase The Liferay Faces team has been hard at work on the new Liferay Faces Showcase which demonstrates the new JSF components we are developing. Many of the components utilize Liferay's AlloyUI technology (which is based on YUI3 and Twitter Bootstrap). Component Design Features: The new AlloyUI JSF components will work with Liferay Faces 4.2...

Seems like yesterday when I decided to move from this huge company based in Rio to this not-so-well-known company based in LA. That was not an easy decision, but I’m glad I made it. Now, two years after that day, here I am to share some of the things I learned.   Passion is the most important skill Hiring is a very delicate topic in every tech company...

We asked our featured speakers for their take and insight into where mobile is headed in design, user experience and enterprise management. Here's what they had to share.     A Roundtable Discussion on Where Mobile Is Going Mobile technology is reshaping the way we live and work by fueling our need to access information and connect with people...

  More and more organizations in China are realizing the importance of having a portal platform with CMS, collaboration and social networking features. In order to give you a taste of how a portal platform can benefit your organization, Liferay is pleased to host a roadshow featuring web engagement, mobile strategy, best practices and more. Whether you’re on the...

Trying to cluster Liferay? Think it's as simple as just putting a bunch of Liferay servers behind a load balancer? Think again. Here are some of the top pitfalls when setting up a clustered Liferay environment:   1. Merely copying Liferay and putting it behind a load balancer.  Do not do this and think you are done. You must account for the local caching,...

Application Display Templates have become one of the most popular features in Liferay Portal 6.2. Last year we reviewed how to use this powerful tool to customize some Liferay portlets. Furthermore we explained how developers can apply the same feature to their custom portlets in just a few steps. The Liferay Community provides a great feedback about how you use Application...

Liferay has grown from a handful of employees to a mid size corporation. When I first started Liferay in January, 2011, everyone did a little of bit of everything. In 2014, there are now teams and sub-teams. What's one thread that holds us all together? Something more basic than food, air, and rest? The answer: the need to read instructions. What I have noticed is that those in...

Hi everyone! As someone leaked earlier this week in this tweet, we're dedicating a lot of effort into improving content creation in the next version of Liferay Portal. One of the first things we are trying to do, is to improve the portal intelligence and its ability to predict, find and suggest what the user may be looking for when writing some content. With that in mind...

Not sure if you should attend the Liferay Symposium? Read this!     Hands-on Workshops & In-depth Technical Sessions Learn directly from Liferay masterminds on such hot topics as content targeting, single page architecture, social, and responsive design. Further maximize...