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Liferay - custom web services

I've been trying to create custom web services within liferay 5.2. My web services do not access the db, but they call other services and return custom objects. My liferay axis servlet is complaining because I have no serializer for the web service return type. Is there a simple tutorial on achieving this? I just need to make sure that ...

Grails portlet plugin problems

Hi all Wonder if anyone has come accross this problem. I have created a demo portlet using the grails portlet and liferay plugins. After installing the grails plugins in a project i simply ran the following commands grails create-portlet MyFirst grails generate-portlet-views MyFirst grails liferay-deploy The portlet deploys fine. H...

Implementing SSO And Data Synchronization

I am required to implement SSO between Liferay and a number of PHP-based systems. Database used is MySQL. CAS will authenticate through Liferay user database, as well as through user database from System A and System B. The reason why each system use different user database is because they were developed by different teams, perhaps diff...

Liferay Portal : How different from Websphere Portal

Hi Guys, I have worked with Websphere Portal 6.0,6.1 and developed portal applications usign JSR 168,JSR 286 Portlets. Now I am moving to project where I will be working with Liferay portal server and JSR 168,JSR 286. I know that as per programming interface (JSRs) It will be the same. But want to know what are the major difference at...

How do I write a proposal document for a software project?

I have to write a proposal document for my homework. It's about creating an offline message plugin for Liferay. I'm really confused about writing such a document. How should I write this? Is there an example proposal document available somewhere? (I'm afraid this question is "not programming related". Where could I ask it instead?)...

How can I create "most read", "most commented" tags for a page in liferay portal?

I am new to liferay portal. Can someone please suggest how I can add tags like "most read", "most commented" for an article? ...

SSO between Liferay 5.2 and PHP through CAS

I'm trying to use CAS for SSO between Liferay and a PHP webapp. I installed JASIG CAS webapp, created a certificate with keytools and configured Liferay through its administrative GUI (Setting>Authentication>CAS tab) as follows: When I click on "Sign in" in Liferay menu I'm forwarded to the CAS login page (with the "dirty trick" user...

same bean id on different xml file, will it merge?

i'm reading liferay source code and found out that 2 xml files using same bean-id. will all the properties merge together if using this way? dynamic-data-spring ---------------------- <bean id="liferayDataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy"> <property name="targetDataSource"> ...

WSRP - Server was unable to process request. Security Validation failed at Sharepoint Server

I'm trying to implement a WSRP (web services for remote portlets) solution. I want to consume webparts with a portal. Enviroment SERVER 1: CentOS 5, Liferay 5.2.3/Tomcat 6, portlet WSRP consumer. SERVER 2: Windows Server 2008, Sharepoint 2007, WSE 2 SP 3, SharePoint Producer Web Service version 1.0 (WSRP producer). Both servers in ...

Liferay Portlet Issue

Hi. Im new with liferay have a problem with portlet deployment using the plugins sdk, Platform: liferay-portal-tomcat-5.5-5.1.2, liferay-plugins-sdk-5.2.2, windows vista. Problem: I have successfully created a sample portlet with ant and deployed it into the hot-deploy folder. It is automatically picked up by the server but the console...

Liferay /web/guest/home

Quick question. For some reason links referencing the home page contain an extra /web/guest/home in them leading to "page not found error" for example if i click on my company logo i get: Not Found The requested resource was not found. http://localhost:8080/web/guest/web/guest/home as you can see there is an extra "/web/guest" in th...

Java or Django for Liferay?

Hi, I would like to get an opinion what language is better to use with LifeRay. I would like to build some app that I would like to integrate with LifeRay. What language do you suggest would I learn first? Java? - A friend suggested that Java and LifeRay goes well. Django? - I recently new this and seen the overview I find this pretty...

Where can I find information on how to customize the user registration process of Liferay + Sun Web Space Portal

I need to quickly customize the user registration form of the liferay/web space portal? Have not found any direct information on this so would appreciate any tips. ...

Prolem generating word document from liferay portlet.

I am trying to generate a report document from liferay portlet. The method I am using for report generation is already using OutputStream that i cannot change. Following is the method signature. public void generateReport(OutputStream outPut); I am passing output stream to the method using the following line PortletResponse portletRes...

Multiple pages in portlet

Hello everyone, i'm facing the following problem, there are two pages (views) in my portlet, first with rich:tree of components and the second with create/edit form for this components. On the first page i have the following code: <s:link value="#{treeitem.name}" view="/view/testSet/testSetCreation.xhtml"> <a4j:support event="oncl...

liferay portal with asp.net

Hi This is a java noob related question. Have been looking at Liferay portal technology, however I'm a dotnet (c# or vb) developer by day. Does anyone know if you can use the install of liferay to host dotnet code, not just by using the iFrame method of redirecting to a different site - that just sucks in my opinion Alternatively is t...

Server was unable to process request. ---> Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ASPNETWSRPProducer

ASPNET WSRP Producer Enviroment Server Side APSNETWSRPProducer (producer) IIS ASPNET Site Producer Site Client Side Liferay 5.2.3 Tomcat 6 WSRP Proxy (consumer) Description I am trying to use the Microsoft's ASPNET WSRP Producer. I created a site and added a simple .aspx "Hello World!". Created another site to host Producer. ...

Velocity sort XML file with dynamic-elements

Let's say I have a XML file wich looks like this: <root> <dynamic-element name='name' type='text' repeatable='true'> <dynamic-element name='prename' type='text' repeatable='false'> </dynamic element> </dynamic-element> </root> In Liferay the XML file will be filled with input. At the and I will have multiple $name-elements. T...

how to disable caching in liferay?

hi all, i am developing a theme for liferay. but liferay caching system doesnt let me to see changes. how can i dasable liferay js and css caching? ps: iam using liferay version 5.1.1 ...

JSP Portlet not submitting form values

Hi, I am using Liferay portal 5.x. I have deployed a simple portlet ( uses jsp & servlet extending GenericPortlet). This portlet will contain username & password field. I am able to see the form in view mode. But when i submit the form, the action is coming to processAction() of the Portlet class but the username & password request para...