Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets
- 4h 37m
- Jonas X. Yuan
- Packt Publishing
- 2008
Liferay Portal is the world's leading open-source portal platform built on Java and Web 2.0 technologies. Corporations use it to provide a unified web interface to data and tools scattered across many sources. Liferay Portal uses the latest in Java, J2EE, and Web 2.0 technologies to deliver solutions for enterprises across both public and private sectors. Liferay Portal's flexibility allows it to be deployed in a number of different scenarios to meet key business needs. Some of the key business benefits are:
- A rich, friendly, intuitive, and collaborative end-user experience
- A single point of access to all information
- High adaptability to the demands of fast changing markets
- Highest value
- Lowest costs
This book is a complete guide to building an intranet with Liferay (version 4.4)—assess your needs, install the software, start using it, deploy portlets, customize it per your requirements, and train users. The book focuses on leveraging the Liferay framework by configuring the XML files, without changing the underlying Java code. Each chapter gives practical guidance on how to install, use, and customize Liferay. There are many step-by-step examples for better understanding.
About the Author
Jonas X. Yuan is a senior technical analyst at CIGNEX. Jonas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Zurich, where he focused on Integrity Control in Federated Database Systems. He earned his M.S and B.S. degrees in China, where he conducted research on expert systems for predicting landslides. Jonas is experienced in Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Previously, he has worked as a Project Manager and a Technical Architect in Web GIS (Geographic Information System). He has deep, hands on, skills in J2EE technologies. In particular, he developed a BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Engine called BPELPower from scratch in NASA data center. He also has strong experience on content management within the context of medical-legal billing case management. Furthermore, he is an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Alfresco, and Portals such as Liferay.
In this Book
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Introducing Liferay for Your Intranet
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Set-Up the Home Page and Navigation Structure for the Intranet
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Bringing in Users
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Discussion Forums and Tags
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Wikis, Web Form and Polls
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Internal Bloggings and RSS
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Shared Calendars, WSRP and Workflow
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Content Management and Publishing
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Chat and Instant Messaging
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Help Desk/Customer Support
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Roll Out to Other Teams
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Search
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Ongoing Admin Tasks
