Liferay Portal
Liferay
Portal is an
open source enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver
immediate results and long-term value. Liferay Portal started out as a personal
development project in 2000 and was open sourced in 2001.
To get started, check out the project's community homepage at
http://liferay.org!
Source Code
Liferay's main source code resides in two repositories:
liferay-portal and
liferay-plugins. Liferay has
additional repositories for the following:
Liferay Portal releases are built from the liferay-portal repository and
include select plugins from the liferay-plugins repository. You can build
Liferay Portal, its plugins, and/or any of the other supporting technologies
from their respective repositories.
Quick Start
To get up and running quickly, download a pre-built Liferay
release and follow the Quick
Start instructions. For more detailed
installation instructions, please read the
Deployment section of
documentation on the Liferay Developer Network.
If you wish to build core Liferay or its plugins, read the CONTRIBUTING
guide.
It includes details on using the repositories and building the software.
Liferay Developer Network
The Liferay Developer Network (LDN) at
http://dev.liferay.com, is the best place to learn about Liferay. It has over
200 tutorials, guided learning, and much more.
LDN's Learning Paths are a
great place to learn how to develop on Liferay, especially if you're new to
Liferay development. As you gain experience developing on Liferay, you'll want
to dive into Tutorials for details
on leveraging Liferay's technologies and frameworks. If you create apps that you
want to share or sell, you can read LDN's
Distribute section to learn how to publish
the apps to the Liferay Marketplace.
The Liferay Developer Network is not only your home for Liferay development, but
it's also your place to participate in
making Liferay better. Come check out the Liferay Developer
Network.
Stay Connected
There are many ways for you to learn what's new in Liferay, get answers to
questions, and connect with other Liferay community members.
Follow us on Twitter:
Blog
Read details on announcements, engage in discussions, and learn more by
following Liferay's Blog Stream.
Forum
Do you have questions? Ask them on our very active
forums!
IRC Channel
Tune into Liferay's Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel.
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #liferay
Contributing
Liferay welcomes any and all contributions! Please read the CONTRIBUTING
guide
for details on developing and submitting your contributions.
Versioning
For transparency and insight into Liferay's release cycle, and for striving to
maintain backward compatibility, we make a strong effort to uphold the
versioning for our software as described in Understanding Liferay's
Releases.
Bug Tracker
Did you find a bug? Please file an issue for it at
https://issues.liferay.com following Liferay's
JIRA Guidelines.
Professional Services
If you need professional consultation or help with Liferay and your business,
check out the offerings from Liferay, Inc.
and its partner network.
This library, Liferay Portal Community Edition, is free software ("Licensed
Software"); you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; including but not limited to, the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY,
NONINFRINGEMENT, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if
not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA