About Client
The client is a renowned global leader in automation, with a diverse portfolio spanning industrial automation, social systems, and healthcare. They deliver innovative products and services across approximately 120 countries and regions, demonstrating their extensive reach and impact in the field of automation.
Business Goals & Specifications
- Public Site Access
- The Portal should have a public site for customer interaction, utilizing the Liferay DXP Platform to enhance user experience.
- Multi-Domain Hosting and Regional Sites
- The Portal should host and configure multiple domain sites (US, China, Japan, Korea) within a single Liferay DXP instance. Each domain site should display content in its default language, facilitating a seamless Liferay DXP Migration.
- The Portal should support a minimum of 5 languages, with new languages integrated into the Liferay DXP Platform if they are not already available.
- The Portal should enable content publishers to manage and post region-specific content with automatic default language settings. Each regional site should have unique home pages with banners, news, success stories, products, and more, tailored to Digital Solution needs.
- Content Migration
- Migrate all static content, product data, and documents from the existing portal to the new system, ensuring an effective DXP Migration.
- Advanced Search Features
- The Portal should have global and advanced search functionalities in the header.
- Include auto-populate and product-specific search features.
- Provide both simple search (text box with auto-populate) and advanced search (with multiple filters), utilizing the advanced capabilities.
- Configurable Content
- The Portal should allow every component on the page to be configurable from the Liferay admin panel, aligning with the DXP Migration goals.
Product List, Search, and Editing
- The Portal should develop a complex product list feature with advanced search and filtering options, utilizing the Liferay DXP Platform. It should also implement product editing capabilities, ensuring that the product detail page provides comprehensive information, including related spreadsheets and PDFs.
Contact Us Form
- Develop a contact form that forwards the appropriate context to the admin upon user submission, ensuring effective communication and support.
News, Success Stories, Press Releases and Event Pages
- Design and develop pages for News, Success Stories, Press Releases, and Events.
FAQ Feature & Workflow-Based Publishing
- Implement an FAQ section to offer quick answers and improve user support.
Implemented Features & Capabilities
- Multilingual Support : Leverages the Liferay DXP Platform’s capabilities to support multiple languages, ensuring comprehensive Liferay Implementation and accessibility for a global audience.
- Advanced Product Management : Implemented Liferay admin panel features for effective management of products, including adding, updating, deleting, and activating/deactivating product entries.
- Content Migration : Utilizes advanced web scraping techniques to efficiently migrate static content, product data, and documents from the legacy system to the Liferay DXP Portal.
- Asset Publisher Features : Leverages Liferay’s asset publisher capabilities to effectively render and manage various types of content, including news, events, and press releases.
- Global Search Functionality : Implemented a comprehensive search feature that allows users to search across static content, documents, and product data within the Liferay DXP Platform.
- Custom Workflow Integration : Developed custom workflows within the Liferay DXP Platform to streamline the management and approval of Liferay custom entities.
- Roles and Permissions : Configured detailed roles and permissions for managing product-related features, including creation, updating, deletion, and publishing.
- Custom Contact Us Portlet : Developed a flexible contact us portlet with configurable views, fields, and email settings, enhancing user interaction and support.
- Unified View & Analytics : Combined events, news, success stories, and press releases on a single page with tagging, and integrates Google Analytics for performance tracking.
Technology Components & Implementations
- Liferay :
- Utilized web content, blogs, categories, asset publishers, widget templates, and structure templates to present news, events, press releases, and success stories.
- Implemented Liferay’s workflow capabilities for product management processes.
- Enabled content sharing across global and child sites using Liferay’s site capabilities.
- Applied Liferay’s multilingual features for language support.
- Developed a custom module for displaying a Product List with advanced search and filtering options.
- Used Liferay’s Service Builder for persisting and retrieving product data.
- Amazon S3 :
- Integrated for cloud-based document storage.
- Elastic Search :
- Enhanced search performance and indexing.
- SMTP :
- Configured for email notifications.
- reCAPTCHA :
- Implemented to protect the portal from spam and abuse during registration and login.
Google Analytics :
- Integrated to track customer journeys, traffic, and generate performance reports.
Technical Blueprint
Java
reCAPTCHA
JQuery
Bootstrap
Apache
Liferay
DXP 7.0
jSoup
Library
JAX-RS web services
iText
Library
jSoup Web
Scrapping
Google
Maps API
Amazon
S3
Apache
jSoup Web
Scrapping
Benefits & Value Proposition
- Multilingual Support : Global language accessibility with Liferay DXP.
- Product Management : Efficient product handling via Liferay admin.
- Content Migration : Smooth transfer from legacy system.
- Asset Management : Effective content rendering with Liferay’s tools.
- Search Functionality : Advanced search and auto-populate features.
- Custom Workflows : Streamlined processes with custom workflows.
- Roles and Permissions : Detailed product management control.
- Contact Us Portlet : Flexible user communication form.
- Unified View : Aggregated content with tagging and analytics.
- Security and Performance : Enhanced with Amazon S3, Elastic Search, SMTP, and reCAPTCHA.
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IGNEK truly excelled in migrating our legacy system to the Liferay DXP Portal. Their meticulous approach and technical prowess brought our global platform to life with enhanced multilingual support and advanced search functionalities. The transition was smooth, and the new system’s flexibility and efficiency have transformed how we manage our content and engage with our audience. We wholeheartedly recommend IGNEK Infotech for their outstanding work and innovative solutions.
