My review copy of Liferay Portal 6 Enterprise Intranets from Packt Publishing was waiting for me at my desk in June already but haven't had time to go through it until now. Thanks again Packt for providing the opportunity to review their books.

Book details:
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
Pages: 692
Release date: May 7, 2010
ISBN: 1849510385
ISBN 13: 978-1849510387
Author: Jonas X. Yuan
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches

This book is an updated version of Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets which was written for Liferay Portal 5.2. The book has been reorganized and has doubled in the number of pages from the first one. This book is targeted to beginners and portal administrators. Notice the difference: Portal administrator is the person responsible of composing the portal pages where as system administrator is responsible of installing, configuring and tuning of the portal. The book introduces you to the terminologi used by Liferay portal as well as to many of the features Liferay has. Overall Jonas has done a good job with the book and it provides you a starting place to learn to use Liferay Portal.

Now if you are looking to become a Liferay expert the fastest route there is through Liferay trainings. Liferay has great trainings that will teach you hands on to use Liferay the way it was intended.

You might also be interested in the authors blog post about the book and my previous book reviews.

I got a little while ago Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets book review copy courtesy of Packt Publishing.

Book details:
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
Pages: 336
Release date: April 2008
ISBN: 1847192726
ISBN 13: 978-1-847192-72-1
Author: Jonas X. Yuan

The book is targeted to Liferay beginners and "Do-It-Yourselfers" who want to develop a simple but powerful corporate intranet. The book goes thought how to install Liferay and use it's built in portlets quite well. After reading this book you should be able to install Liferay, manage pages, users, groups and roles, create discussion forums and use the Liferay Journal, document library and image gallery for your basic content management needs.

I can recommend this book to anyone who want's to learn how to use Liferay and it's built in portlets. It might also be good reference to administrators on how to do basic tasks in Liferay. It doesn't though offer much to developers already familiar with Liferay but then again that's not it's target audience.

Please be free to give feedback and suggestions since this is my first book review. Also give your opinions on the book if you've read it.

I was recently contacted by Packt Publishing if I would be interested in reviewing Liferay Portal 6 Enterprise Intranets. Of course I say yes and now I'm eagerly waiting for my review copy to arrive any day now. Here's the details of the book if you want to get your copy.

Book details:
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
Pages: 692
Release date: May 7, 2010
ISBN: 1849510385
ISBN 13: 978-1849510387
Author: Jonas X. Yuan
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches