Liferay Portal 5.2 Documentation
The complexities of today's technology infrastructure present a challenge for companies. Liferay offers a full scale of professional documentations to assist you with every stage of the application lifecycle. Whether you are just getting started or need our help meeting a deadline, we will help you get on the ground running.
Introducing Liferay Portal Administrator's Guide, Third Edition
The Liferay Portal Administrator's Guide is your complete guide to installing, integrating, configuring, and maintaining a Liferay Portal server. This comprehensive guide will show you how to install Liferay Portal, configure it for your use, and maintain your Liferay-powered site on a day-to-day basis. From installing a bundle to creating your users; from managing site security to administering message boards; from integrating single sign-on to configuring a Liferay cluster, every aspect of running Liferay Portal is covered.
The new Administrator's Guide contains hundreds of updates, including a new chapter on Liferay's collaboration suite of portlets, complete coverage of the Liferay Control Panel, an expanded performance tuning section, and a lot more.
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Getting Started with Liferay Portal 5.2
These Wiki articles will get you started with the installation and deployment of Liferay Portal 5.2
New Features List
Read a general list of the new features in Liferay Portal 5.2. For specific feature information, read the blog entries included below.
Quick Installation Guide
The Quick Installation Guide has been updated for Liferay Portal 5.2.
Database Connection Configuration
Important: Default database configuration methodology has been changed in 5.2. Please read this wiki article to find out more.
How to Delete 7Cogs Sample Data
Please see this page for instructions on removing the sample content.
In-Depth Review of Features and Improvements
Liferay's engineering team has been explaining 5.2's new features in these informative blog entries.
General List of Improvements
Get an overview of the new features in 5.2.
New Feature: Liferay Control Panel
Liferay Portal 5.2's new administrative interface simplifies portal management.
New Feature: Mutiple Blogs, Forums and Wikis Per Community
Now each Liferay site can have more than one instance of the collaboration tools.
New Feature: Web Content Management System Enhancements
Now Liferay's WCM supports dynamic lists, automatic document conversions, and a print mode.
Improved User Administration
The interface for managing users, profile information, roles, and membership is streamlined.
Improved Front End Performance
Read about enhancements to the Theme Builder and Javascript performance.
