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How to Access CSS Images

Published on September 3, 2008 By Jeff Robinson

Need to access an image from your CSS file? Prepend the final portlet name followed by the path of the images folder. Here’s an example: hellospring-portlet/images/hellospring.png And that’s all there is to it.

Conflicting Jar Files

Published on August 24, 2008 By Jeff Robinson

One thing I discovered while developing the sample Spring portlet: jar file conflicts between the plugin portlet and Liferay are a big headache. If Liferay has a version different from the one in your plugin, expect some very strange, confusing exception errors. Its Best to just make sure you only include the jars you need [...]

Portlet Modes

Published on August 18, 2008 By Jeff Robinson

In your portlet.xml descriptor, you’re only required to indicate the View mode.  Accordingl to the Portlet Development guide, the other modes, EDIT and HELP, are optional.