Earlier this month, Ed Shin of Liferay hosted a 3-day workshop on Portal Administration and Portal Development at LEVEL | SJ.  LEVEL is a Liferay Gold Service Partner and a sold out crowd of LEVEL AllStars packed tightly into conference room to soak in as much information as possible.  During the training session we covered a number of topics. I drooled over our discussion on creating portlets and new ways to integrate them with Liferay as well as how to store and report information from a source database, all while maintaining work flow and permission. Slurp. Throughout the training a few friendly debates ignited:  Mac vs. PC, themes vs. layouts for UI, Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Opera –  none solved, but all thoroughly vetted.  I was in heaven. The camaraderie between LEVEL, Liferay and our shared clients is apparent, especially at these training classes. We’re proud to be able to bring people together and solve problems unlike any other agency to date. Ed Shin capped off our training with a much-needed outing for frozen yogurt. Thanks to Ed and Liferay for furthering the education of LEVEL employees to create an even stronger partnership.

Liferay is an open source portal software platform written in Java with the flexibility to integrate with a number of platforms and technologies. My colleagues Chris Guthrie (Technology Manager) and Chris Stavros (Technology Strategist) will be presenting development and business strategies at the upcoming Liferay West Coast Symposium in September.