Liferay customisations

From Null-pointer

Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

Changing database

Setting up Liferay to use MySQL.

create the user

[pkane@LONDON|c:\_projects\myportal\mysql-5.1.34-win32\bin]
mysql --user=root mysql

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.1.34-community MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> CREATE USER 'portal'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[password]';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) 

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'portal'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) 

mysql> CREATE DATABASE Portal;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

create the database

mysql> create database lportal character set utf8;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)

configure liferay

portal-ext.properties

To change the setting of Liferay you to add you customisation to the file /ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/portal-ext.properties

For domain specific customisations need to be in the file portal-[domain].properites.

Settings I have discovered that do not work in the domain specific properties

  • mail setting

Language bundle

Create /ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/content/Language-ext.properties 

category.canopy=Canopy
category.linhope=Linhope
Retrieved from "http://www.null-pointer.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Liferay_customisations"
Personal tools