How to apply configuration changes of language portlet to all pages

Question

I add the language portlet in my liferay theme using this code:

#set ($VOID = $velocityPortletPreferences.setValue('portletSetupShowBorders', 'false'))
#set ($portlet_id = '82')
#set ($instance_id = "239abc678iuy")
#set ($my_portlet_id = "${portlet_id}_INSTANCE_${instance_id}")
$theme.runtime($my_portlet_id, "", $velocityPortletPreferences.toString())

in the portal_normal.vm.

I use the same theme in many pages. The problem is when I change the configuration of the language portlet (e.g. add or delete some languages) the modification is only applied to the current page, not to other pages.

just i need to solve the problem of updating the changement of the protlet language in all the page — sedki, May 21 '15 at 10:06
The instance id is useless, as the language portlet is not instancable. — Tobias Liefke, May 21 '15 at 21:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '15 at 21:49

The preferences for the language portlet are unique per layout, that means every page has its own configuration for this portlet.

There is a setting in the liferay-portlet.xml which controls that. It defaults to true, thats why it isn't mentioned in the section for the language portlet.

You have two options:

Create an ext-plugin and redefine the language portlet in the liferay-portlet-ext.xml:

<portlet>
    <portlet-name>82</portlet-name>
    <icon>/html/icons/language.png</icon>
    <struts-path>language</struts-path>
    <!-- ... copy of all other lines of portlet 82 from liferay-portlet.xml -->
    <preferences-unique-per-layout>false</preferences-unique-per-layout>
</portlet>

Create a hook plugin and create a service wrapper for the PortletLocalService, that returns a custom wrapper for portlet 82, that in the end returns false for preferencesUniquePerLayout.

How to apply configuration changes of language portlet to all pages

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