Custom Fields

Liferay Portal allows the administrator to add additional custom fields to many different types of assets and resources. Custom fields are added from the Control Panel | Configuration section. Suppose you want to have a custom field for the Users resource, say the Department field, for all the users, you just need to click on the Edit link beside User and add new custom fields with the key and type of fields. The following screenshot displays the list of resources where custom fields can be implemented:

Custom Fields

Figure 11.9: Custom Fields in Control Panel

In the preceding screenshot the Site and Organization resources already have the custom ...

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