First of all I would like to say that the complexity of Liferay is really impresive!

Just some generic questions concerning the possibilities:

1. I am thinking of using it for a web 2.0 social community website. I am not sure whether this is possible without raping the Liferay framework. E.g. it would be advisible to get rid of things such as surname, address, companies etc..

2. I do not understand the concept of companies/loctions - I would like to create just a single "website" without any company/location association and only anonymous user profiles with just usernames, without personal details such as addresses, phone numbers etc....how can this be achieved without deleting all lines in the core source core?

3. Is there an example how to extend the user associated data? E.g. If I want to do a "plugin" that will add additional 1..many objects to a user? (so that a user can for example add user-specific data objects)

4. How are data structures removed that are provided by plugins if those plugins are de-installed? Is there a hook for installing/ removing such as in Joomla or Drupal?

5. As anyone got a Tapestry 5 example of how to do a portlet - I only found one for T4.....?

Thanks!

#1 and 2 Using the ext framework, you can suppress the Company Information. It's not required. For example, I run a community for those of us with curly hair on Liferay. Just understand that Liferay isn't just for "fun" things, it also has to meet basic business requirements. Right now, it's got that in there by default. I have, however, added this to a list that we - the Liferay Users - are proposing for new features.

#3 - Look at the User Custom Attributes. It's almost infinitely extensible

#4 - That depends. I find it better to deactivate than remove plugins. That way, if I want them back later, it's a simple check box.

#5 - no clue... sorry

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