Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets Table of Contents

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Preface
Chapter 1: Introducing Liferay for Your Intranet
Chapter 2: Set-up The Home PageAnd Navigation Structure for The Intranet
Chapter 3: Bringing In Users
Chapter 4: Discussion Forums And Tags
Chapter 5: Wikis, Web Form And Polls
Chapter 6: Internal Bloggings And RSS
Chapter 7: Shared Calendars, WSRP And Workflow
Chapter 8: Content Management and Publishing
Chapter 9: Chat and Instant Messaging
Chapter 10: Help Desk/Customer Support
Chapter 11: Roll Out To Other Teams
Chapter 12: Search
Chapter 13: Ongoing Admin Tasks
Index

Preface

Chapter 1: Introducing Liferay for Your Intranet
- What Are We Going to Build?
  - Hosted Discussions
  - Collaborative Documents Using Wikis
  - Team And Individual Blogs
  - Shared Calendars
  - Document Stores
  - And More...!
  - Everything in One Place
- Introducing Palm Tree Publications
- Why Use Liferay To Build An Intranet?
  - It's Got The Features We Need
  - It's Easy To Set up and Use
  - It's Free And Open Source
  - It Will Grow with You
  - It Works with Other Tools
  - It Is Based on "Standards"
- What Else Can Liferay Do?
  - Corporate Extranets
  - Collaborative Websites
  - Content Management & Web Publishing
  - Infrastructure Portals
- Finding More Information
- Summary

Chapter 2: Set-up The Home PageAnd Navigation Structure for The Intranet
- Experiencing Liferay Portal
  - Quick Liferay Portal Installation
  - What's Happening Behind?
    - Understanding Portlets
    - Using Portlet Container
    - How Does A Portal Work?
  - How Does A Portlet Work?
    - Applying Portlet Life-cycle
- Setting up Liferay Portal
  - Using Liferay Portal Bundled with Tomcat 5.5 in Windows
  - Using Liferay Portal Bundled with Tomcat 6.x in Linux
  - Using More Options for Liferay Portal Installation
  - Flexible Deployment Matrix
- Customizing Personal Area
  - Add Pages
  - Remove Pages
  - Add Portlets
  - Remove Portlets
  - Changing Layout Templates
- Setting up Portal Pages
  - Managing Pages
    - Add A Child Page
    - Change Display Order
    - Merge Pages
    - Change The Logo
  - Edit A Page
  - Delete A Page
  - Changing Themes
- How Do You Customize Portlets ?
- How Do You Navigate The Structure of Intranet Site?
- How to Configure Liferay Portal?
  - Customizing Mail Servers
  - Configuring Portal Paths
  - Customizing Configuration
- Setting up Extension Environment
- Summary

Chapter 3: Bringing In Users
- Managing My Account
  - Accessing The Portal
  - Logging into The Portal
  - Updating Your Profile
- Adding and Managing Users
  - Working with Organizations
    - Adding A Top-level Organization
    - Managing Organizations
    - Using Organizations Effectively
  - Working with Locations
    - Adding A Location for The Enterprise
    - Managing Locations
    - Using Locations Effectively
  - Bringing in Users
    - Adding Users
    - Managing Users
  - User Groups And Communities
    - Adding A User Group
    - Managing User Groups
  - Adding More Administrators
    - Enterprise Admin
    - Organization Admin
- Authentication Methods
  - Working with LDAP Server
    - What Happens Next?
    - Use LDAP Effectively
  - General Configurations
  - Working with SSO CAS
    - What Happens Next?
  - Working with OpenID
- Working with Roles
  - Adding a Role
  - Managing Roles
    - View Roles
    - Search Roles
    - Edit A Role
    - Delete Roles
    - Assign Enterprise Permissions to A Role
    - Assign Roles
  - Using Roles Effectively
- Working with Permissions
  - Assign Individual Portlet Permissions
  - Assign Default Permissions
  - Assign Individual Permissions
  - Delegate Permissions
  - Using Permissions Effectively
- Applying Full Access Control Security Model
- Summary

Chapter 4: Discussion Forums And Tags
- Working with Message Boards
  - Adding And Managing Categories
    - Adding Categories
    - Managing Categories
  - Adding And Managing Threads
    - Adding Threads
    - Managing Threads
  - Adding And Managing Posts
    - Adding Posts
    - Managing Posts
  - Subscribing Categories And Threads
    - Unsubscribe Categories And Threads
    - What Happens Next?
  - Setting up Message Boards
  - Using Permissions
    - Working with Portlet Permissions
    - Working with Permissions on Category
    - Working with Permissions on Thread
  - Using Message Boards Effectively
- Working with Tags
  - Tagging Contents
  - Managing Tags
    - Tags Admin
    - Display Tagged Contents
  - What Makes Tags Important?
  - Using Tags Effectively
- Summary

Chapter 5: Wikis, Web Form And Polls
- Working with Wikis
  - Adding And Managing Nodes
    - Adding Nodes
    - Managing Nodes
  - Adding Pages
  - Managing Pages
    - Add Comments
  - Using Permissions
    - Update Portlet Permissions
    - Set up Permissions on Nodes
    - Update Permissions on Pages
  - Using Wikis Effectively
    - Characteristics
    - Design Principles
    - Wiki Text
    - Pros And Cons
    - Publishing Wiki Articles
- Working with Web Form
  - Using View Mode
  - Using Edit Mode
- Working with Polls
  - Using Polls Portlet
    - Managing Questions
    - Set Up Permissions
    - View Votes
  - Using Polls Display Portlet
  - Using Polls Effectively
- Summary

Chapter 6: Internal Bloggings And RSS
- Working with Blogs
  - Adding Entries
  - Managing Entries
    - Edit Entries
    - Delete Entries
    - Search Entries
    - Giving Your Rating
    - Employing RSS Feeds
  - Adding Comments
  - Using Permissions
    - Update Portlet Permissions
    - Set up Permissions on Entries
  - Using Blogs Effectively
    - Blog Types
    - Liferay Blogs Portlet
- Publishing Blogs
  - Using Recent Bloggers Portlet
  - Using Blogs Aggregator Portlet
- Building Blogs
  - Inserting Image
  - Inserting Links
    - Link to A Document
    - Link to A Page
    - Link to An Image
  - Insert Flashes, Tables, Smiley And Special Characters
  - Editing Source
- Working with RSS
  - Using News Portlet
  - Using Weather Portlet
  - Using RSS Effectively
    - RSS Specification
    - How It Works
- Summary

Chapter 7: Shared Calendars, WSRP And Workflow
- Working with Calendar
  - Adding Events
  - Managing Events
    - View Events
    - Edit An Event
    - Delete An Event
    - Export/Import Events
  - Setting up Email
  - Sharing Calendar
    - Use Portlet Permissions
    - Permissions On Events
  - Using iCalendar Effectively
    - Use Core Object
    - Exchange Data
- Working with Workflow
  - Deploying Workflow
    - Managing Definitions
  - Managing Instances
  - Managing Tasks
  - Using Permissions
    - Portlet Permissions
    - Permissions on Definitions
    - Permissions on Instances
    - Permissions on Tasks
  - Using Workflow Effectively
    - Define Business Process
    - Integrate with Users, Groups And Roles
- Working with WSRP
  - Using WSRP Effectively
    - Why Use WSRP?
    - How Does It Work?
  - Using Web Proxy Portlet
  - Using IFrame Portlet
    - What Are The Differences Between IFrame And Web Proxy?
  - Using Flash Portlet
- Summary

Chapter 8: Content Management and Publishing
- Working with Image Gallery
  - Adding A Folder
    - Adding A Sub Folder
  - Adding An Image
  - Managing Folders
  - Managing Images
    - View Images as a Slideshow
    - Search Images
    - Edit An Image
    - Delete An Image
  - Set up Permissions
    - Use Permissions on Portlet
    - Use Permissions on Folders
    - Use Permissions on Images
  - Using Images Effectively
- Working with Document Library
  - Adding A Folder
    - Adding A Subfolder
  - Adding A Document
    - Add A Shortcut
  - Managing Folders And Documents
    - View Documents
    - Search Documents
    - Edit A Document
    - Delete a Document
    - View Version History
    - Give Your Rating
    - Add Comments
  - Setup Permissions
    - Use Permissions on Folders
    - Use Permissions on Document
  - Publishing Documents
  - Using Documents Effectively
- Adding And Managing Articles
  - Adding A Structure
  - Managing Structures
    - View Structures
    - Edit A Structure
    - Delete a Structure
  - Adding A Template
  - Managing Templates
    - View Templates
    - Edit A Template
    - Delete A Template
  - Adding An Article
  - Managing Articles
    - View Articles
    - Edit An Article
    - Delete An Article
  - Setting up Journal
  - Updating Permissions
    - Using Permissions on Articles
    - Using Permissions on Structures And Templates
  - Using Articles Effectively
    - Build A Structure
    - Create A Template
    - Construct An Article
- Publishing Articles
  - Using Journal Content
  - Using Journal Articles
    - Using Other CMS Tools
- Summary

Chapter 9: Chat and Instant Messaging
- Working with Chat Portlet
  - Adding a Participant
  - Managing Participants
  - Starting Chatting
  - How Does It Work?
    - Use Instant Messaging
    - Employ AJAX
  - Using Chat Portlet Effectively
    - Set up XMPP Server
    - Configure Liferay
- Working with Mail Portlet
  - Experiencing Mail Management
  - How to Set up Mail Server?
  - How to Set up Mail Portlet?
  - Using Permissions
  - Using Mail Portlet effectively
- Working with SMS Text Messenger
  - Using SMS Text Messenger
  - How to Set up SMTP?
  - Using SMS Effectively
- Summary

Chapter 10: Help Desk/Customer Support
- Working with Financial Portlets
  - Using Calculator And Load Calculator
  - Using Currency Converter
  - Employing Stocks Portlet
    - Using Stocks Portlet Effectively
- Working with Google Portlets
  - Using Google Gadgets
  - Employing Google AdSense
- Working with Religion Portlets
  - Using Religion Portlets Effectively
- Playing with Additional Tools
- Experiencing Shopping Tools
- Enjoying Entertainment Tools
- Working with Multiple Languages
  - Removing an Unwanted Language
  - Priority of Language Files
- Using WebDAV
- Developing Portlets
- Summary

Chapter 11: Roll Out To Other Teams
- Working with Communities
  - Adding A Community
  - Managing Communities
    - View Communities
    - Search Communities
    - Edit A Community
    - Delete A Community
  - Managing Pages
    - View Pages
    - Import And Export Pages
    - Monitor Pages
  - Assigning Users to A Community
  - Joining An Open Community
  - Leaving An Open Community
  - Updating Permissions
  - Working with Community Virtual Hosting
    - Using Virtual Hosting Effectively
  - Working with Community Staging & Publishing
    - Using Community Staging
    - Publishing Pages
    - Manage Staging with Workflow
- Employing Community Tools
  - Using Announcements
  - Working with Bookmarks Portlet
  - Using Directory Portlet
  - Working with Invitation Portlet
  - Using Page Comments Portlet
  - Working with Page Rating Portlet
- Summary

Chapter 12: Search
- Working with Federated Search
  - Using Search Portlet
    - Query Alfresco Content via OpenSearch
  - Using CSZ Search
  - Using Maps Search
  - Employing Google Search
  - Enjoying Google Maps
  - Using OpenSearch Effectively
    - Design Principles
    - OpenSearch Specification
- Working with Journal Content Search
  - Setting up Search
  - Using Journal Content Search Effectively
- Adding Sitemap for Search Engines
  - Using The Sitemap
  - Customizing The Sitemap for Pages
  - Using Sitemap Effectively
    - XML Sitemap Format
- Deploying And Managing Search Portlets
  - Using Plugin Installer for Hot Deploy
  - Using Update Manager
  - Using Auto Deployment
  - Managing Search Portlets via Software Catalogue
- Summary

Chapter 13: Ongoing Admin Tasks
- Working with Admin Portlet
  - Managing Server
  - Managing Instances
  - Managing Plugins
- Working with Enterprise Admin Portlet
  - Using Password Policies
  - Updating Settings
    - Set up Default User Associations
    - Update Reserved Screen Names
    - Update Mail Host Names
    - Update Email Notifications
  - Monitoring Users' Activities
- Integrating with Alfresco
  - Using Alfresco Web Client
  - Using Alfresco Content
    - Enjoy Web Services
    - Employ Web Scripts
  - Use Alfresco as Liferay Direct Repository
  - Migrating Contents
  - Integrating Liferay with LDAP, SSO And Alfresco
- Integrating with Other Systems
  - Working with Ad Server—OpenX
  - Working with Orbeon Forms
  - Working with Other Integrations
- Summary