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Frontend Token Definitions Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ The visual rules of style books consist of options grouped into categories. For example, in the Buttons category there can be an option called...

Site Navigation

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Site Navigation Liferay DXP separates your site's navigation menus from its page hierarchy to give you the flexibility you need, along with powerful tools to make content easy to access. Here, you...

Using the Breadcrumb Widget

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Using the Breadcrumb Widget This widget provides a way to navigate to related pages or sites through links. From Fragments and Widgets, add the Breadcrumb widget to a page. It's located in the...

Using the Navigation Menus Application

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Using the Navigation Menus Application Use the Navigation Menus application to create custom menus for site pages and content. With it, you can determine which elements are included in a menu, and...

Configuring Friendly URL Redirects

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Configuring Friendly URL Redirects Liferay 7.4+ When you update friendly URLs for pages, blogs, and documents, Liferay automatically stores the old URLs. As long as the old URL remains in the...

Configuring Virtual Hosts Site URLs

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Configuring Virtual Hosts Site URLs A virtual host connects a domain name (e.g., www.helloworld.com) to a site. This can be a full domain or a subdomain (e.g. developers.helloworld.com). You can...

Configuring Menu Displays

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Configuring Menu Displays Use a Menu Display fragment or a Menu Display widget to display and configure a menu display. With either option, you can define the menu display options, levels, and...

Site APIs

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Site APIs Use Liferay’s REST APIs to manage site elements programmatically. This guide introduces the Navigation Menu API and shows how to create, retrieve, update, and delete navigation menus...

Navigation Menu API Basics

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Navigation Menu API Basics Liferay's REST APIs provide services for Liferay's navigation menus. You can create and edit navigation menus with the API. Start by seeing an example of adding a new...

Managing Page Hierarchies

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Managing Page Hierarchies With Liferay, you can organize pages into hierarchies to achieve the desired structure for your site. This can be done by directly adding child pages to an existing page...

Navigation Menu Element Types

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Navigation Menu Element Types Navigation Menus have a variety of element types that you can add and arrange in your desired hierarchy. These types include specific pages, Vocabularies, Display...

Site Settings

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Site Settings After you create a site, customize it to meet your needs and the needs of your users. A wealth of configuration options and tools are available to create the site you envision....

Adding a New Analytics Service

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Adding a New Analytics Service Liferay DXP includes support for Google Analytics and Piwik for analyzing traffic on your site. If you require a different analytics service, you can add it for your...

Configuring Hreflang Meta Data

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Configuring Hreflang Meta Data Hreflang tags are HTML attributes used to identify the language and geographic region targeted by alternative versions of a page. In some cases, these attributes can...

Configuring Open Graph for Sites

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Configuring Open Graph for Sites Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ Open Graph is an Internet protocol that standardizes previews of site content when shared in application contexts that support it, such as...

Managing Site URLs

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Managing Site URLs Liferay DXP provides multiple out-of-the-box features for configuring and managing site URLs. Virtual Hosts Site URLs Configure virtual hosts for your Liferay server to connect...

Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking

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Setting Up Redirects and 404 Tracking 7.4 U48+/GA48+ Maintaining URL integrity is important for any site. Liferay's Redirection tool provides a convenient and integrated way to manage HTTP...

Configuring Your Site's Friendly URL

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Configuring Your Site's Friendly URL Friendly URLs are readable URLs that can helps users quickly access your site. Each URL must be unique and is appended to https://localhost:8080/web (e.g.,...

Tracking 404 URLs

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Tracking 404 URLs With the Redirection application, you can view and manage site requests leading to 404 errors. While enabled, Liferay catalogs each error, so you can assess the cause of the...

Using Alias Redirects

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Using Alias Redirects Alias redirects define absolute source and destination URLs explicitly. Because of their predictability, alias redirects are recommended for most use cases. You can make alias...

Configuring Content Rating Type

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Configuring Content Rating Type Ratings can be represented by different types of icons/labels (like, stacked stars, stars, and thumbs ups). You can configure these rating types for the following...

Using Form Fragments

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Using Form Fragments Liferay DXP 2023.Q3+/Portal GA92+ Liferay includes form fragments for building forms in content pages. To build a form, add a form container to a content page or page template...

Creating Forms Using Form Fragments

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Creating Forms Using Form Fragments Use form fragments to create and manage forms on content pages or page templates. With form fragments, you can map fields to objects, organize layouts, and...

Translating Fields in Form Containers

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Translating Fields in Form Containers Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ Localize text inputs in form containers directly in the Page Editor to provide multilingual support for fields listed in...

Adding Marketplace Fragments to Pages

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Adding Marketplace Fragments to Pages Liferay DXP 2025.Q3+ Liferay Marketplace offers a range of apps and fragments that integrate seamlessly into the Page Editor. Access, configure, and use these...

Exporting and Importing Fragments

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Exporting and Importing Fragments Export fragments from one environment and import them into another to move content, replicate setups, share fragment collections, or back up custom work. ...

Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements

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Adding Icons to Navigation Menu Elements Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Use icons to make navigation menus easier to scan and more visually engaging. They provide quick visual cues that help users recognize...

Sites

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Sites Sites are customizable spaces for building personalized digital experiences. They are a fundamental component of Liferay DXP. At its core, a site is a collection of pages that contains...

Handling Missing References in Imports

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Handling Missing References in Imports Liferay DXP 2025.Q3 When importing content or user-related data (such as categories, tags, vocabularies, roles, organizations, accounts, and account groups),...

Embedding Widgets Using Templates

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Embedding Widgets Using Templates You can embed a widget in your theme to make it available on all pages using the chosen template file. When you are embedding a widget, you will need to reference...

Upgrading a Theme

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Upgrading a Theme Themes developed for previous versions of Liferay DXP must be upgraded in order to be deployed to a new version. The gulp upgrade task updates Liferay version references and theme...

Understanding Pages

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Understanding Pages Pages render content and applications for users of a site. Page Sets If you enable private pages, two page sets are created: public pages and private pages. For Liferay 7.4...

Creating Mobile Device Rules

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Creating Mobile Device Rules Available in Liferay 7.2 and prior as it is deprecated in 7.3 As a prerequisite, you must install the Liferay Mobile Device Detection Lite (LMDD) app from Liferay...

Site Appearance

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Site Appearance You can customize the design and functionality of a Liferay site in several different ways. The table below shows the Liferay tools you can use: FeaturesStyle BooksMaster Page...

Exporting and Importing Style Books

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Exporting and Importing Style Books You can export and import style books to share them between Liferay installations as ZIP files or as Liferay Archive (LAR) files. Exporting a Style Book as a...

Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance

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Using a Style Book to Standardize Site Appearance Available 7.3+ A site's Style Book provides visual rules for applying a consistent experience across its pages. Style books determine various...

Viewing the Analytics Dashboard

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Viewing the Analytics Dashboard After syncing data, Analytics Cloud automatically begins tracking site visitors and how they interact with your content. The following tools are available for...

Individual Profiles

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Individual Profiles Many individuals visit your sites. Learning who they are and their activities and interests helps you improve business with them. Individual profiles help your Sales, Customer...

Individuals Dashboard

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Individuals Dashboard The Individuals dashboard provides a broad range of analytics data about your visitors and how they interact with your Site. To view the dashboard, Click Individuals in...

Downloading Reports

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Downloading Reports In addition to inviting team members to your Analytics Cloud workspace, you can share insights with your team by downloading reports. Downloadable PDF reports are available for...

Touchpoints

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Touchpoints Touchpoints reflect the many different ways your users and customers interact with your brand. Analytics Cloud presents a broad range of analytics data that combines traditional page...

Metrics Description

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Metrics Description See the description of various metrics used by Analytics Cloud and how they are calculated. Index: A/B Testing - Estimated Time to Declare Winner A/B Testing - Improvement ...

Pages Reference

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Pages Reference The data displayed for pages is based on Default Events and Event Attributes. The following events and event attributes are related to pages: Page Events pageDepthReached...

Paths Analytics

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Paths Analytics Path analytics identifies how visitors arrive on a site page and where they go next. Knowing how your users are coming and going can empower you to better tailor your site's content...

Sites Analytics

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Sites Analytics Liferay Analytics Cloud provides a sites dashboard for each Property in your Workspace. For example, when Creating a Property each Property can be associated with one site or can be...

Pages Analytics

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Pages Analytics For pages, Analytics Cloud Registers and tracks pages for analysis the first time the Analytics Cloud client detects a Page interaction. Queries pages on a schedule for...

Alerts and Announcements

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Alerts and Announcements Use the Alerts or the Announcements widgets to broadcast important information. Alerts are for high-priority information (e.g. planned downtime alerts, security alerts,...

Creating Your First Site

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Creating Your First Site Sites are collections of pages that contain and display content. This article walks through creating a new Site based on an existing out-of-the-box template. Creating a...

Changing Your Site's Appearance

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Changing Your Site's Appearance Liferay has many ways to customize your site's appearance. Your site's favicon and theme are two of the first elements you may want to change. Themes set a default...

Displaying Object Entries

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Displaying Object Entries Liferay 7.4+ You can display object entries dynamically with Liferay's page building features. For example, collection displays can show a list of entries while display...

Adding Pages

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Adding Pages Managing a Liferay site involves adding and customizing pages to deliver content and create a personalized user experience. Learn how to create new pages and child pages from the...

Using the Full Page Application Page Type

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Using the Full Page Application Page Type Create a new page and select Full Page Application under Other. Enter a name and click Add. Under Layout, select the Full Page Application you want...

Using Utility Pages

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Using Utility Pages 7.4 U86+ and GA86+ Utility pages serve specific operational tasks and actions and are usually essential for users to interact with a website or application effectively. Utility...

Page Fragments and Widgets

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Page Fragments and Widgets Liferay provides page fragments and widgets for building site pages and page templates. Fragments cannot be used in widget pages. They are only available in content...

Using Fragments

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Using Fragments Page fragments are extensible and reusable drag-and-drop elements for building content pages and templates (i.e., masters, pages, and display pages). Built with HTML, CSS, and...

Creating Pages

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Creating Pages Pages form the foundation of your site's content and user experience. With Liferay, you can create dynamic and engaging web experiences using flexible, low-code tools to define...

Adding a Page to a Site

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Adding a Page to a Site Adding and customizing pages is a key part of managing your Liferay site. You can add pages using the Pages application or through the Page Tree menu. For Liferay 7.4 U22+...

Creating a Page Template

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Creating a Page Template Liferay DXP/Portal 7.3+ With page templates, you can create pages based on predefined layouts and content. There are several basic page templates available out-of-the-box....

Exporting and Importing Page Templates

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Exporting and Importing Page Templates Sometimes, it's easier to edit templates in a code editor. After you create a page template, you can export it for local editing. Once you've made the...

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