Category: Liferay

How to take knowledge transfer in a discussion for Liferay engagement – Part 1

Here is a list of points which will help in taking a knowledge transfer for a Liferay engagement – Part 1: 1. Check which products of Liferay are in use: DXP, Commerce, Analytics and / or Cloud LXC 2. Take the list of osgi/configs & osgi/modules to get configurations of osgi modules and such 3.…… Continue reading How to take knowledge transfer in a discussion for Liferay engagement – Part 1

Checklist for DMS Use Case in Liferay

Find below a checklist for Liferay’s DMS (Document Management System) Use Case: Size your document average size, range of size, number of documents, type, viewers, thumbnail requirements early Decide the workflow templates for start plus growth per quarter & estimated workflow instances per day / week / month in advance which will run on your…… Continue reading Checklist for DMS Use Case in Liferay

Elasticsearch with Liferay – Notes & Links – Part 1

Below are the important notes & links for configuring Liferay DXP with Elasticsearch. Configuring Elasticsearch – Liferay Help Center – DXP 7.0 Installing Elasticsearch – Liferay Learn – DXP latest Securing Elasticsearch 6.5 with X-Pack – Liferay Help Center – DXP 7.0 with ES 6.5 Securing Elasticsearch – Liferay Learn – DXP 7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3/7.4 latest with ES 6/7 Your important…… Continue reading Elasticsearch with Liferay – Notes & Links – Part 1

How to debug Liferay? – Some pointers – Part 1

How to debug Liferay? Some pointers. – Part 1. Many a times, we only check at specific places and forget other areas while debugging. This small blog acts as a checklist to check and debug Liferay. Look at installing and using GLOWROOT Check the slow traces / web transactions / errors and the related graphs…… Continue reading How to debug Liferay? – Some pointers – Part 1

Links on important technical concepts of Liferay – Part 1

Here are some links on important technical concepts of Liferay – Part 1. Hope this is helpful to all using and learning Liferay. Clustering: Liferay DXP Clustering – Liferay Help Center Upgrade: Upgrade Basics — Liferay Learn LXC: Liferay Experience Cloud – Liferay Help Center Search: Search Overview — Liferay Learn Architecture: Introduction to Architecture – Liferay Help Center UI…… Continue reading Links on important technical concepts of Liferay – Part 1

Liferay upgrade learnings – Part 1

Some learnings below from various Liferay upgrades that I have been part of: Upgrades need us to plan various dry runs in advance on non-production environment Divide your upgrade between core / database and non-core upgrade Core includes Liferay engine, configurations and database Non-core includes themes, custom code, integrations and such Understand how to use…… Continue reading Liferay upgrade learnings – Part 1

Liferay best practices – Part 1

Developers and managers both struggle at times to pre-plan usage of best practices in projects causing many problems which are best avoided. Providing below some learnings & best practices on using and working with Liferay – Part 1. Don’t work directly on the Liferay database. Use the groovy script console in CONTROL PANEL or the…… Continue reading Liferay best practices – Part 1

Notes on Liferay search optimization – Part 1

Notes on Liferay search optimization – Part 1. There are two parts to search optimization in Liferay. One is the internal search and other is the SEO / Digital Marketing for content. Below, I am sharing concepts and keywords to explore for both areas. Liferay internal search: Search BluePrintsSearch InsightsCustom IndexersTags & CategoriesReIndexingFacetsSuggestionsBoostingSortingLow level searchSearch…… Continue reading Notes on Liferay search optimization – Part 1

Navigating Liferay as a Customer & Partner – Part 1

Single ready reference of important links for customers & partners of Liferay: Where is the customer portal: https://www.liferay.com/customersWhere do I find the documentation – Version & Product wise: https://learn.liferay.com/Where is the developer portal: https://www.liferay.com/developersWhere is the partner portal: https://www.liferay.com/partnersWhere can I get online trainings: https://www.liferay.com/learningWhere are the blogs: https://www.liferay.com/blogWhere can I get the case studies:…… Continue reading Navigating Liferay as a Customer & Partner – Part 1

Why Liferay & what about my performance? – Part 1

An unbiased view on why you should adopt a platform like Liferay and what are the benefits in using Liferay: Having implementations in various domains like insurance, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, education, government, intranets, commerce, energy, customer / partner portals and moreOpen standards based system built with and around Java & specifications from Java communityTooling…… Continue reading Why Liferay & what about my performance? – Part 1