Category Archives: Liferay

Exploring the new Asset Libraries feature of Liferay 7.3.1 CE GA2 After I executed a couple projects in Liferay 7.1 back in late 2018, I found myself in a series of DXP 7.0 projects, and then dipped into a few Liferay 6.2 projects a well. As that honor is not letting up, I decided to forceContinue reading “Asset Library Intrigue”

An ADT consuming a CmsAssistant service There was recently a requirement to display a bunch of web content items and then provide a category filter. The most convenient way to do this is as follows: Use an instance of the Asset Publisher portlet and configure it to display the web content items of a specified structureContinue reading “Showing Popular Items”

This is a quick post on installing Liferay DXP to a SQL Server database. The Liferay documentation does include the database properties that make up the connection string. But things weren’t as clear when SQL Server is setup for windows integrated authentication, hence this post. The steps below are presented assuming you are setting upContinue reading “Installing to SQL Server Using Windows Integrated Authentication”

Using site hierarchies to manage content contribution teams I’ve been mulling over an oft-encountered requirement and I figured it would be alright to jot down my thoughts, even if only to evoke a response. Nothing makes my day like a comment that goes, “Uh, actually, there is a better way to do that.” Here’s theContinue reading “Recognizing Web Content Mismanagement”

My most recent installment is now on my liferay.com blog.  Excerpt below. Let me begin by clarifying that this post has nothing to do with the Harry Potter universe. But seriously. You know what I mean by wizards, don’t you? Those helpful series of screens that gather a set of choices from the user and thenContinue reading “A Content-Driven Approach To Building Powerful And Flexible Wizards”

It cannot be that it was just forgotten,This fundamental feature, thus I soughtThrough thick of forum, blog, e’en post ill-gottenUntil my quest returned me to the spotWhere sat the creature with expression cursedInquiring why I didn’t look here first. This post is the result of a search for how to configure SEO metadata tags forContinue reading “Content SEO Hidden in Plain Sight”

Posted this a couple days ago on my Liferay blog. I came across the idea of a generic template recently, and put it to good use.  If you don’t know what I mean by generic template, let me clear that up right away. A generic template is really just a content template that is not tied to aContinue reading “Fun With Generic Content Templates”

When I first saw the words Parent Structure there, the following thoughts came to mind, in increasing order of coolness All fields in the parent structure are inherited by the child structure The idea of polymorphic content, i.e. content of one type (i.e. structure) Y that is a child of type X, is also of type X.Continue reading “The Glorious Simplicity of Structure Inheritance”

I decided to try out something I have not done before, but have seen done pretty well: technical documentation through story-telling. I’ve always believed that knowledge-sharing can be a lot more engaging on the back of a story. So, here you go.”I LOVE tags,” Jaffer managed despite a mouthful of spiced lamb ouzie. Sergei was finding the youngerContinue reading “Stopping By Abu Shousha’s on a Snowy Evening”

Just posted this to my Liferay blog. https://web.liferay.com/web/javeedchida/blog/-/blogs/smart-content-using-category-properties If you’ve been using the Liferay CMS, you are probably familiar with a journal article’s Categorization tab wherein you can specify the tags and the categories for the journal article. If you aren’t familiar with those terms, you should read up on Categorization. Tags and categories are indispensable to aContinue reading “Smart Content Using Categories”

In my last technical post titled Content SEO – Hidden in Plain Sight, I exposed a caveat in the way the title of a content item is auto-crafted by Liferay. Here’s an excerpt from that article, which I hope highlights the problem. If not, I encourage you to give that post a read. Note thatContinue reading “Content SEO Title – Putty In Your Hand”

A Crash Course for the Non-technical I recently presented this to a group of non-technical users. The feedback was positive and that made me think this may be useful to a larger audience, hence thought to share out. Note that: This presentation is intended for non-technical business users. It is not for developers. Developers interested in learningContinue reading “Liferay Portal CMS Concepts”

A marriage between CMS templates and RESTful services Just submitted a new post at liferay.com. Content-driven web applications: A marriage between CMS templates and RESTful services  Read more