Better Liferay Sharing with Facebook and Twitter Tags

Sharing links on Facebook and Twitter is a huge traffic driver for websites. We’ve all pasted a link into that little box and watched that preview magically appear, but how does it know what to put in there? The answer is ‘Well, it does kind of, but not...

Easy Xuggler install on Liferay 6.2

In a previous blog I had posted what can only be described as a rather complicated process for enabling Xuggler in Liferay 6.1. The primary problem was Xuggler itself. Since then, Xuggler, had a couple of releases that greatly improved it’s deployability,...

XTIVIA’s Standard Liferay Deployment Structure

Introduction Liferay’s out-of-the-box packaging provides a set of ready-made “bundles” which include a functional application server configured to work with the Liferay application. While these “bundles” do make it convenient for an individual to quickly start up a...

Un-bundle that Liferay Environment!

One of the most common questions we encounter when starting up a new Liferay project is: “Which Liferay bundle should I use for installation?” Our response is often not what clients are expecting to hear; in most cases, we do not recommend that you use any...
Make your dynamic data list more powerful

Make your dynamic data list more powerful

Liferay Dynamic Data List is a powerful tool to create simple CRUD applications without writing any code. But it is not powerful enough to create a real dynamic application, because simple CRUD actions do not contain business logic. For example, if we want to...

Alerting on elevation of privileges in SQL Server

Many of our Virtual-DBA clients need to complete audits for compliance with regulations. SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) is a common audit that our customers need to successfully complete. A common question the auditors ask is, “How do you know a user has been granted elevated...

LPX-00106: DataGuard Observer is Version Picky

If you’re like me, you tend to brush off concerns of compatibility between Oracle Client and Server versions.  After all, SQL*Plus hasn’t changed much in the last 15-20 years, and I’ve gotten used to being able to connect to pretty much any...