Questions tagged [liferay]
Liferay is an open source JSR 286 compliant portal and social platform, written in Java. It provides fully functional built-in portlets (60+) and also various integration points to seamlessly integrate with other third-party softwares like Alfresco, Sharepoint etc. Make sure to also tag with the specific version that you're asking about.
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To Go or Not To Go with Liferay? What's the good, bad, and ugly? [closed]
We are evaluating several solutions for a new web thing we're looking to build. There are several aspects to it, including user management, content management, campaigns, community, and financial ...
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Restrictions/disadvantages of developing portlets for Liferay [closed]
I'm considering developing an application as portlets, to be integrated in Liferay portal. Are there any significant disadvantages or restrictions in developing such an application, as opposed to ...
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How can I check the version of a Liferay instance?
I have several instances of Liferay Portal (bundled with Apache Tomcat 5.5.x/6.x) and I need to know how to check the version of those Liferay instances.
Thanks in advance.
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Hibernate: No CurrentSessionContext configured
I keep getting a :
HibernateException: No
CurrentSessionContext configured!
in my code. The only information other searches that returned is that the culprit is:
<property name="...
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How to download a file from AJAX request in Liferay serveResource(-, -) method
I have a requirement like: I am making an AJAX request to pass some data to server. In my server I am creating a file using that data.
"Now problem is the file is not getting downloaded to client-...
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Hot deploy Liferay Maven portlet from Intellij Idea to Liferay Tomcat bundled
I'm developing a Liferay portlet and I can't stand waiting for Maven to build the .war file and then copy that .war to LifeRay's auto-deploy directory to finally wait (again) till LifeRay finishes ...
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Creating liferay portlet - how to pass data to view.jsp from Java class?
I'm trying to create portlet in liferay with just only from a JSP file called view.jsp. What I need is:
When the portlet loads, I want to call custom Java class where I generate an array.
I need to ...
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Alternative to Liferay/JSR 168 and 286 Portals?
My team has been writing a dashboard application using Node.js, Twitter Boostrap, Mongo DB, and Mule for an ESB.
Recently an executive asked us to change our approach to a Portal/Portlet container ...
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Programmatically get the url of a page in liferay
I want to create a link in a portlet so that I can navigate to a different page in the liferay portal. I order to do that I am looking for an API (can be liferay specific) that given a page name, ...
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Remove java exception breakpoints when debugging Liferay in eclipse
By debugging of Liferay Portal, that is tomcat application, eclipse make usual stop at ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run() line: 912 although I don't set a breakpoint at this class. The ThreadPoolExecutor ...
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How to show error message in liferay portal?
How to show error message in liferay portal?
I read on liferay.com site that for show error message I can use liferay-ui:error tag from tag library, but it's not working, how to use it?
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How to find portlets added on a particular page in Liferay?
How can I find which portlets are added on a particular Liferay page?
For Example:
I have three pages: Welcome, Wiki and Search.
Now all these pages have portlets added on them and some of them are ...
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How to submit form using Ajax request in Liferay?
I am newbie in liferay portal. I have developed one portlet in liferay for demo. I used inter portlet communication in this example. What i am doing is:- I have one search portlet in which i am ...
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Accessing the user from a liferay portlet?
I'm attempting to develop a portlet for liferay.
How can I get access to the username and password (and other data liferay has) of the user that's currently logged in?
I'd also like to be able to ...
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Get the current user Liferay using a simple Java code
I'm working with : Liferay 6.0.6 with JBoss 5.1 and Struts2.
My question is, how to get the current user in Liferay once logged in, using a Java code.
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How to tell if JDK is available from within running JVM?
Note: All the similar questions are answering this from the perspective of the shell (e.g. Is javac available? java -version or which java). I'm looking explicitly for the perspective of the currently ...
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How to set eclipse to ignore the "Classpath Dependency Validator Message" Warning
I would like it to have no warnings in my eclipse projects, but I get this one warning:
Classpath entry org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/Liferay 6.1 GA Plugin API will not be exported or published. ...
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PKIX path building failed in Eclipse
i'm working with Liferay and i'm using eclipse, and running a client/server model, using an encrypted socket (SSL).
Currently, my application is running the client/server connection ok when I run ...
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Dynamic columns in liferay-ui:search-container?
I have tried the liferay-ui:search-container to fetch and display the database table records on UI in a table/grid format. By using the liferay-ui:search-container I am getting the output as shown ...
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How to deploy portlets to Liferay?
I have faced problems in trying to install new portlets to Liferay running on Glassfish domain. I figured out the flow very lately and want to share it with others also. So, please read the answer and ...
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How can a Liferay portal be placed under version control?
What's a good way to put a Liferay portal under version control? By this, I don't mean versioning the portlets we wrote, but the actual layout and configuration of a running site.
When setting a new ...
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How to get global (company) group id in Liferay?
How to get the global (company) group id in Liferay without accessing ThemeDisplay?
P.S.: with ThemeDisplay it is simple: themeDisplay.getCompanyGroupId().
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How to disable Liferay portlet cache?
I am developing a portlet for Liferay Portal.
I have disabled CSS and JavaScript caching by using these codes in portal-developer.properties file:
theme.css.fast.load=false
theme.images.fast.load=...
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What is the alternative to an enterprise portal strategy in the Java space? [closed]
**I just got my wrist slapped for not having a question that goes quite along with the spirit of stackoverflow. On the suggestion of an SO mod, I've posted this question again over at programmers ...
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Difference between user groupId and scopeGroupId
Whats the difference between themeDisplay.getUser().getGroupId() and themeDisplay.getScopeGroupId()?
If I retrieve Layouts (pages) from it, would they have any different URL pattern like, /web-or-...
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Change the default language in Liferay
How to change the default for language?
When a user logs in for the first time, the default language is English, and I need to change that.
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JUnit and Mocks in Liferay
I need to make JUnit tests using Mockito or PowerMock or smth else but I don't know what to start with. I created testing folder, set mockito, but what should I do next? I couldn't find any examples ...
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How do I use autologin in liferay?
I want to login my users automatically from our application. I know liferay has an auto login feature, but I don't know how to use it. I didn't find much valuable information on the web.
What do I ...
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Severe security constraints while tomcat 8 startup with liferay
I am getting the below severe message while the tomcat 8 comes up with liferay.
SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.tomcat.util.descriptor.web.SecurityConstraint.findUncoveredHttpMethods For ...
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why settimeout not delay the function execution?
function tryToDownload(url)
{
oIFrm = document.getElementById('myIFrm');
oIFrm.src = url;
// alert(url);
// url=escape(url);
setTimeout(deletefile(url), 25000);
}
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Is it possible to add Extra Fields Under Create User in Liferay
I am using Liferay 6 for portal Development .
During Creating Users under Liferay , i need to add some extra Fields also ??
Please let me know if this is ppossible or not ??
Please see the screen ...
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How to get Portlet Id using the portlet name in Liferay?
I have a requirement of getting resource permission using portlet name.
I will have the name of the portlet not the Id.
Resource Permission name for a portlet is that portlet's Id. I checked the ...
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Liferay 6 Using Common Service Builder layer Error - BeanLocatorException - BeanLocator has not been set
We are trying to use liferay service builder as a common layer for all our portlets. We have created a separate common portlet project where we are building the service using service.xml This ...
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Unable to view deployed Liferay portlet in the add >> more option
I have created a sample Liferay portlet and it has successfully deployed. But, the eclipse console didn't say "1 portlet is ready for use". And, I couldn't find this portlet in the Add >> More.. ...
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"A is not defined" inside of <aui:script> block
I'm trying to extend some functionality of an existing Liferay portlet. As part of this, I would like to use Alloy UI to modify the value of a field in the portlet. There's a pre-existing <aui:...
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Testing for custom plugin portlet: BeanLocatorException and Transaction roll-back for services testing
My Problems:
I can test successfully for CRUD services operation. I was doing
an insert on @Before [setUp()] and delete of same data on @After
[tearDown()] but going forward I would need to support ...
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Closing a Liferay popup (in new browser window) using Selenium2 with the FirefoxDriver?
I am attempting to automate some test cases on a Liferay portal server using Selenium 2. Many Liferay actions open up new browser window pop up (like user impersonation). Here is an example link (...
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How to set size of string column using service.xml or Service Builder?
Pre-history: I get JDBCExceptionReporter data exception: string data, right truncation exception on update of entities.
I have found that this means, the data is too big for the specified varchar.
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How to disable js and css caching in liferay?
I am developing a theme for liferay,but liferay caching system does not let me to see changes.
How can i disable liferay js and css caching?
PS: I am using Liferay version 5.1.1
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respond to http request with json object in portlet
I am a beginner in liferay portlet development and I am developing a portlet that receives a http get request, processes some information and than it has to return a json object. My problem is that my ...
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How to obtain the download url for a document library content programmatically
I have several contents in my document library (images, documents, videos...) and I want to obtain the download url for each of them programmatically, so I can show them on a jsp in a custom portlet.
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How to get size of list in freemarker?
I have created a content template where user can create multiple cards/boxes.It works well but i would like to change the css if user create just one box. I tried it with getList()?size but it didnt ...
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How to add jstl to a Liferay portlet?
I have been looking here in SO and other places and I have not found the exact answer to this question. So here goes:
What is the best way to add support in my Liferay portlets to use JSTL tags?
Of ...
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Steps for Export and Import in Liferay
I have built a website in Liferay using eclipse IDE.
Please tell me the step by step procedure for export/import or publishing website from development machine to deployment machine. .
Thanks
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How to embed WebContent in freemarker Liferay 7 theme?
I have found how to embed WebContent in Liferay 6.2 theme using journalContentUtil.getContent method. My question is how to do the same thing in Liferay 7?
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Create object in velocity template
I am writing velocity templates for my liferay theme and I am wondering, whether it is possible to create a new object inside the velocity template.
The reason is that in liferay there is no ...
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How to make Liferay not produce condensed HTML code?
I found that Liferay transfers my JSP code in a somehow "condensed" way -- putting most of the text into a few very long lines.
This makes it uncomfortable to debug javascript.
Is it possible to ...
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How to disable default message: "Your request processed successfully"?
How would I disable this default message: "Your request processed successfully" for my plugin portlet when an add/update action is performed in my portlet?
Also I would want to disable this for my ...
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memberOf vs. groupMembership in LDAP (Liferay)
What is the difference b/n memberOf attribute and groupMembership attribute when used in LDAP Authentication settings in Liferay?
The users are imported successfully.
The groups are also imported ...
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Freemarker does not assign staticUtil
I worked Application Display Templates on liferay 6.2, I use freemarker help pagination the dynamics data list of liferay. When I upgrade to liferay 7, it is a problem. Liferay 7 use code <#assign ...
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