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Posted to jetspeed-user@portals.apache.org by Aaron Evans <aa...@yahoo.ca> on 2005/11/30 15:13:51 UTC
Layout Portlets
I wanted to add another portlet configuration for the MultiColumnPortlet
(VelocityTwoColumns) with column widths of 75%,25%.
So I figured, I just add the portlet definition to the portlet.xml file in
the DEPLOYED jetspeed webapp and restart tomcat.
This completely breaks the portal and gives:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot pass a null PortletDefinition to
a PortletEntity.
And stack trace in tomcat's log:
ERROR: Failed to start Local Portlet Application C:\Program Files\Apache
Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\jetspeed\WEB-INF\apps\jetspeed-layouts
org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.ClassNotPersistenceCapableException:
org.apache.jetspeed.security.om.impl.InternalPermissionImpl not found in
OJB Repository
It must be that the layout portlet application must be re-registerd. But
it is kind of internal to the jetspeed application, so I am not sure how
to do this except to completely rebuild jetspeed.
This is obviously less than ideal. Can someone tell me an easier way?
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Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by elfenger <el...@gmail.com>.
I tried the example for nested layouts given on the
http://portals.apache.org/jetspeed-2/guides/guide-psml.html#Fragment_Properties
website. I got another header in the second layout fragment.
What am I missing? Any help will be appreciated.
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Re: How to build a custom Portal Server
Posted by Randy Watler <wa...@wispertel.net>.
Liu,
Derby is the default DB implementation and it appears that its version
has been erased somehow. It lives in the maven plugin properties, so
please try to run this again:
maven initMavenPlugin
If this fails, manually remove the jetspeed plugin from your repository
under ~/.maven and try the build steps again.
Maven can be testy at times, so be patient.
HTH,
Randy
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 01:53 +0800, Liu Yan wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am new to the JetSpeed as well as the Portal Server. Based on the Getting Started page on the J2 web site, I successfully built and deployed the the default Portal Server all from the J2 source. It runs well based on MySql backend. All sample Portlets are cool except the RSS one, however, I didn't look into it more.
>
> My current task is to build a custom Portal Server. After some doc reading and mail list archive search, I found little information on it, Wiki has such title but with empty content. I guess I could miss something in the archive. The following are the steps I took:
>
> Environment: Windows XP Professional, Tomcat 5.5.12, MySql 4.1 NT, JDK1.5.0_05
>
> 1) Download Maven 1.0.2 (It seems there is some problem for J2 working with Maven 1.1-beta, is that true?), set MAVEN_HOME, and PATH
> 2) Delete the ${user.home}/.maven directory, this directory working fine for the default build directly from J2 source as I mentioned above, but I'd like to delete it to have a clean environment.
> 3) Create a directory, say d:\myportal, copy the build.properties to this directory
>
> maven.repo.remote = http://www.bluesunrise.com/maven/, http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/, \
> http://dist.codehaus.org/, http://cvs.apache.org/repository
> org.apache.jetspeed.project.home = d:/myportal
>
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.home = d:/myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.name=myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.groupId = myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.artifactId = portal
> jetspeed.version=2.0-dev
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.currentVersion = 1.0
>
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.home= d:/myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.groupId=myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.name=Test Portal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.currentVersion=1.0
>
> (There are other settings related to Tomcat and DB config, I didn't list them here for brevity)
>
> 4) Run: maven -DartifactId=maven-jetspeed2-plugin -DgroupId=jetspeed2 -Dversion=2.0-M4-SNAPSHOT plugin:download
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
>
> 5) Run: maven j2:portal.genapp
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
>
> 6) Run: maven war:install
>
> After download a lot of stuffs, the build failed with the output:
> WARNING: Failed to download derby-.jar.
> The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied dependency:
>
> What did I do wrong? Or do I just simply misunderstand the concept of how to build a custom portal server?
>
> Your reply is appreciated.
>
> Liu Yan
>
>
>
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RE: How to build a custom Portal Server
Posted by Scott T Weaver <sc...@binary-designs.net>.
I will take responsibility for #1 since I am currently re-writing the
decoration portion of Jetspeed 2. I MAY even have a section on how to do it
with JSPs since there appears to be a decent amount of mis-guided souls
using J2 who still use them ;^) (Just kidding, don't flame me)
Regards,
-Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joachim Müller [mailto:joachim@wemove.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:38 AM
> To: Jetspeed Users List
> Subject: Re: How to build a custom Portal Server
>
> Hi.
>
> I think it would be helpful to write down some best practices for
> getting startet with developing a new portal:
>
> Things that come in my mind (extendable):
>
> 1.) Look an Feel
>
> - How to develop a new Look (Template, Decorators, styles etc.)?
> - How to deploy this stuff?
> - Naming conventions for style definitions, template files, etc?
>
> 2.) Development, Debug, Deploy cycle
>
> - How to set up an dev enviroment with eclipse?
> - Basic steps to build my new portal application.
> - How to debug my portal application?
>
> 3.) Core development
>
> - How to extend the Jetspeed functionality, add/exchange new Services?
> - How to add new services, valves.
> - How to debug?
> - How to deploy this modifications?
>
> ...
>
>
> Anyone wants to share experiences?
>
> Joachim
>
>
>
>
>
> Liu Yan wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I am new to the JetSpeed as well as the Portal Server. Based on the
> Getting Started page on the J2 web site, I successfully built and deployed
> the the default Portal Server all from the J2 source. It runs well based
> on MySql backend. All sample Portlets are cool except the RSS one,
> however, I didn't look into it more.
> >
> > My current task is to build a custom Portal Server. After some doc
> reading and mail list archive search, I found little information on it,
> Wiki has such title but with empty content. I guess I could miss something
> in the archive. The following are the steps I took:
> >
> > Environment: Windows XP Professional, Tomcat 5.5.12, MySql 4.1 NT,
> JDK1.5.0_05
> >
> > 1) Download Maven 1.0.2 (It seems there is some problem for J2 working
> with Maven 1.1-beta, is that true?), set MAVEN_HOME, and PATH
> > 2) Delete the ${user.home}/.maven directory, this directory working fine
> for the default build directly from J2 source as I mentioned above, but
> I'd like to delete it to have a clean environment.
> > 3) Create a directory, say d:\myportal, copy the build.properties to
> this directory
> >
> > maven.repo.remote = http://www.bluesunrise.com/maven/,
> http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/, \
> > http://dist.codehaus.org/, http://cvs.apache.org/repository
> > org.apache.jetspeed.project.home = d:/myportal
> >
> > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.home = d:/myportal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.name=myportal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.groupId = myportal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.artifactId = portal
> > jetspeed.version=2.0-dev
> > org.apache.jetspeed.portal.currentVersion = 1.0
> >
> > org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.home= d:/myportal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.groupId=myportal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.name=Test Portal
> > org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.currentVersion=1.0
> >
> > (There are other settings related to Tomcat and DB config, I didn't list
> them here for brevity)
> >
> > 4) Run: maven -DartifactId=maven-jetspeed2-plugin -DgroupId=jetspeed2 -
> Dversion=2.0-M4-SNAPSHOT plugin:download
> >
> > BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
> >
> > 5) Run: maven j2:portal.genapp
> >
> > BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
> >
> > 6) Run: maven war:install
> >
> > After download a lot of stuffs, the build failed with the output:
> > WARNING: Failed to download derby-.jar.
> > The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied
> dependency:
> >
> > What did I do wrong? Or do I just simply misunderstand the concept of
> how to build a custom portal server?
> >
> > Your reply is appreciated.
> >
> > Liu Yan
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> . frankfurt am main, 7°c, zur zeit ein wenig
> bewölkt in 610 m. die sichtweite reicht weiter als
> 10 km.
>
> < joachim müller
> joachim@wemove.com
> t +49 69 759003 11
>
> wemove digital solutions GmbH
> www.wemove.com
>
>
>
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Re: How to build a custom Portal Server
Posted by Joachim Müller <jo...@wemove.com>.
Hi.
I think it would be helpful to write down some best practices for
getting startet with developing a new portal:
Things that come in my mind (extendable):
1.) Look an Feel
- How to develop a new Look (Template, Decorators, styles etc.)?
- How to deploy this stuff?
- Naming conventions for style definitions, template files, etc?
2.) Development, Debug, Deploy cycle
- How to set up an dev enviroment with eclipse?
- Basic steps to build my new portal application.
- How to debug my portal application?
3.) Core development
- How to extend the Jetspeed functionality, add/exchange new Services?
- How to add new services, valves.
- How to debug?
- How to deploy this modifications?
...
Anyone wants to share experiences?
Joachim
Liu Yan wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am new to the JetSpeed as well as the Portal Server. Based on the Getting Started page on the J2 web site, I successfully built and deployed the the default Portal Server all from the J2 source. It runs well based on MySql backend. All sample Portlets are cool except the RSS one, however, I didn't look into it more.
>
> My current task is to build a custom Portal Server. After some doc reading and mail list archive search, I found little information on it, Wiki has such title but with empty content. I guess I could miss something in the archive. The following are the steps I took:
>
> Environment: Windows XP Professional, Tomcat 5.5.12, MySql 4.1 NT, JDK1.5.0_05
>
> 1) Download Maven 1.0.2 (It seems there is some problem for J2 working with Maven 1.1-beta, is that true?), set MAVEN_HOME, and PATH
> 2) Delete the ${user.home}/.maven directory, this directory working fine for the default build directly from J2 source as I mentioned above, but I'd like to delete it to have a clean environment.
> 3) Create a directory, say d:\myportal, copy the build.properties to this directory
>
> maven.repo.remote = http://www.bluesunrise.com/maven/, http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/, \
> http://dist.codehaus.org/, http://cvs.apache.org/repository
> org.apache.jetspeed.project.home = d:/myportal
>
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.home = d:/myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.name=myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.groupId = myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.artifactId = portal
> jetspeed.version=2.0-dev
> org.apache.jetspeed.portal.currentVersion = 1.0
>
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.home= d:/myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.groupId=myportal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.name=Test Portal
> org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.currentVersion=1.0
>
> (There are other settings related to Tomcat and DB config, I didn't list them here for brevity)
>
> 4) Run: maven -DartifactId=maven-jetspeed2-plugin -DgroupId=jetspeed2 -Dversion=2.0-M4-SNAPSHOT plugin:download
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
>
> 5) Run: maven j2:portal.genapp
>
> BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
>
> 6) Run: maven war:install
>
> After download a lot of stuffs, the build failed with the output:
> WARNING: Failed to download derby-.jar.
> The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied dependency:
>
> What did I do wrong? Or do I just simply misunderstand the concept of how to build a custom portal server?
>
> Your reply is appreciated.
>
> Liu Yan
>
>
>
--
. frankfurt am main, 7°c, zur zeit ein wenig
bewölkt in 610 m. die sichtweite reicht weiter als
10 km.
< joachim müller
joachim@wemove.com
t +49 69 759003 11
wemove digital solutions GmbH
www.wemove.com
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How to build a custom Portal Server
Posted by Liu Yan <yl...@gmail.com>.
hi,
I am new to the JetSpeed as well as the Portal Server. Based on the Getting Started page on the J2 web site, I successfully built and deployed the the default Portal Server all from the J2 source. It runs well based on MySql backend. All sample Portlets are cool except the RSS one, however, I didn't look into it more.
My current task is to build a custom Portal Server. After some doc reading and mail list archive search, I found little information on it, Wiki has such title but with empty content. I guess I could miss something in the archive. The following are the steps I took:
Environment: Windows XP Professional, Tomcat 5.5.12, MySql 4.1 NT, JDK1.5.0_05
1) Download Maven 1.0.2 (It seems there is some problem for J2 working with Maven 1.1-beta, is that true?), set MAVEN_HOME, and PATH
2) Delete the ${user.home}/.maven directory, this directory working fine for the default build directly from J2 source as I mentioned above, but I'd like to delete it to have a clean environment.
3) Create a directory, say d:\myportal, copy the build.properties to this directory
maven.repo.remote = http://www.bluesunrise.com/maven/, http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/, \
http://dist.codehaus.org/, http://cvs.apache.org/repository
org.apache.jetspeed.project.home = d:/myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.home = d:/myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.name=myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.groupId = myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.artifactId = portal
jetspeed.version=2.0-dev
org.apache.jetspeed.portal.currentVersion = 1.0
org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.home= d:/myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.groupId=myportal
org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.name=Test Portal
org.apache.jetspeed.genapp.currentVersion=1.0
(There are other settings related to Tomcat and DB config, I didn't list them here for brevity)
4) Run: maven -DartifactId=maven-jetspeed2-plugin -DgroupId=jetspeed2 -Dversion=2.0-M4-SNAPSHOT plugin:download
BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
5) Run: maven j2:portal.genapp
BUILD SUCCESSFULLY
6) Run: maven war:install
After download a lot of stuffs, the build failed with the output:
WARNING: Failed to download derby-.jar.
The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied dependency:
What did I do wrong? Or do I just simply misunderstand the concept of how to build a custom portal server?
Your reply is appreciated.
Liu Yan
Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by Raphaël Luta <ra...@apache.org>.
Aaron Evans wrote:
> Shah Amit <amit_shah25 <at> hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
>>Also one thing that I had to sort of "hunt" and find was nesting layouts.
>>That feature is really very powerful and handy in creating complicated
>>layouts. For example, we can have one row with 2 columns, second row with 3
>>columns and then fourth row with 2 columns etc. etc. If there were an
>>example like that shipped somewhere with jetspeed, I think that could help
>>someone ...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Amit
>
>
> Amit, how *do* you do that? That *would* be very useful.
>
>
> Is it simply a matter of nesting the fragment tags?
>
>
Yes. Ever since JS 1.2, the layout engine and PSML markup has
supported nested layout statements.
The big issue if you start using these, is the effect on the
customizer GUI, we found early in JS1 that using the GUI many
users had issues understanding how to layout a page with nested
layout components.
--
Raphaël Luta - raphael@apache.org
Apache Portals - Enterprise Portal in Java
http://portals.apache.org/
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Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by Shah Amit <am...@hotmail.com>.
Following is code extract --
At the TOP level, there can only be ONE fragment. So nesting everything in
one parent fragment. This top level fragment has 2 children. First child has
a 2 col layout, and the second child has a 3 column layout.
<fragment id="dp-ar-as-1" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityOneColumn">
<fragment id="dp-ar-1" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityTwoColumnsSmallRight">
<property layout="OneColumn" name="row" value="0"/>
<fragment id="dp-as-1" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompanyMaintPortlet">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="row" value="0" />
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="column" value="0" />
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-ar-1.5" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityOneColumn">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="row" value="0" />
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="column" value="1" />
<fragment id="dp-as-1.5" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompanyLookupPortlet">
<property layout="OneColumn" name="row" value="0"/>
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-as-2" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::ContactLookupPortlet">
<property layout="OneColumn" name="row" value="1"/>
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-as-2.5" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompTypePortlet">
<property layout="OneColumn" name="row" value="2"/>
</fragment>
</fragment>
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-ar-3" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityThreeColumns">
<property layout="OneColumn" name="row" value="1"/>
<fragment id="companyclassmaint1" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompMpidPortlet">
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="row" value="0" />
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="column" value="0" />
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-am-1" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompanyClassPortlet">
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="row" value="0" />
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="column" value="1" />
</fragment>
<fragment id="dp-am-2" type="portlet"
name="tagportal::CompanyLevelPortlet">
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="row" value="0" />
<property layout="ThreeColumns" name="column" value="2" />
</fragment>
</fragment>
</fragment>
HTH,
Amit
----Original Message Follows----
From: Aaron Evans <aa...@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@portals.apache.org>
To: jetspeed-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: Re: Layout Portlets
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:00:44 +0000 (UTC)
Shah Amit <amit_shah25 <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> Also one thing that I had to sort of "hunt" and find was nesting layouts.
> That feature is really very powerful and handy in creating complicated
> layouts. For example, we can have one row with 2 columns, second row with
3
> columns and then fourth row with 2 columns etc. etc. If there were an
> example like that shipped somewhere with jetspeed, I think that could
help
> someone ...
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
Amit, how *do* you do that? That *would* be very useful.
Is it simply a matter of nesting the fragment tags?
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Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by Aaron Evans <aa...@yahoo.ca>.
Shah Amit <amit_shah25 <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> Also one thing that I had to sort of "hunt" and find was nesting layouts.
> That feature is really very powerful and handy in creating complicated
> layouts. For example, we can have one row with 2 columns, second row with 3
> columns and then fourth row with 2 columns etc. etc. If there were an
> example like that shipped somewhere with jetspeed, I think that could help
> someone ...
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
Amit, how *do* you do that? That *would* be very useful.
Is it simply a matter of nesting the fragment tags?
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Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by Shah Amit <am...@hotmail.com>.
Atleast I was unaware of this feature. I dont remember seeing this anywhere
in the documentations on the main website.
I think I created a whole new layout for this !!
Also one thing that I had to sort of "hunt" and find was nesting layouts.
That feature is really very powerful and handy in creating complicated
layouts. For example, we can have one row with 2 columns, second row with 3
columns and then fourth row with 2 columns etc. etc. If there were an
example like that shipped somewhere with jetspeed, I think that could help
someone ...
Thanks,
Amit
----Original Message Follows----
From: David Sean Taylor <da...@bluesunrise.com>
Reply-To: "Jetspeed Users List" <je...@portals.apache.org>
To: Jetspeed Users List <je...@portals.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Layout Portlets
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:12:20 -0800
Aaron Evans wrote:
>I wanted to add another portlet configuration for the MultiColumnPortlet
>(VelocityTwoColumns) with column widths of 75%,25%.
>
>So I figured, I just add the portlet definition to the portlet.xml file in
>the DEPLOYED jetspeed webapp and restart tomcat.
>
You have to redeploy the app.
Just drop the jetspeed-layouts into the deploy directory
Or, you can simply change the fragment parameters on your PSML page, and not
even touch the layout portlet. In the PSML file:
<fragment id="9320" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityTwoColumns">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="sizes" value="75%,25%" />
or in pixels for ex
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="sizes" value="475,225" />
Does anyone know if this feature is documented?
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Re: Layout Portlets
Posted by David Sean Taylor <da...@bluesunrise.com>.
Aaron Evans wrote:
> I wanted to add another portlet configuration for the MultiColumnPortlet
> (VelocityTwoColumns) with column widths of 75%,25%.
>
> So I figured, I just add the portlet definition to the portlet.xml file in
> the DEPLOYED jetspeed webapp and restart tomcat.
>
You have to redeploy the app.
Just drop the jetspeed-layouts into the deploy directory
Or, you can simply change the fragment parameters on your PSML page, and
not even touch the layout portlet. In the PSML file:
<fragment id="9320" type="layout"
name="jetspeed-layouts::VelocityTwoColumns">
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="sizes" value="75%,25%" />
or in pixels for ex
<property layout="TwoColumns" name="sizes" value="475,225" />
Does anyone know if this feature is documented?
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