A good place to start is the searchable user mailing list that can be found from links under Resources from the main jetspeed page. Past emails are archived there.
Josh Hone >From: Q B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Jetspeed Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Jetspeed Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Absolute newbie conceptual question >Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:02:23 -0700 (PDT) > > >Hi all, >I've just joined this list, after I've downloaded and played with Jetspeed >1.4. I must admit that I'm a bit mystified by this product, and that's why >I'm forced to bug you with my questions. >First, allow me to say that I'm quite familiar with frameworks in general. >I've been using a number of frameworks in the past three or four years, and >have even designed and built several frameworks of my own. Of the better >known ones, my favorite are Castor, Velocity, Struts, etc. >However, when it comes to Jetspeed, I wasn't really able to make the heads >or tails out of it. Yes, I was able to get it to work with Tomcat 4 >(although for some reason it failed to run under Resin 1.2.0). I was even >able to compile my first simple portlet and to drop it into the >local-portlets.xreg in the WEB-INF/conf folder. thus, i was able to add >this portlet while logged on as 'turbine' user. However, I get stuck after >that, as the framework does not behave as specified in the online tutorial. >After adding the portlet, it does not get displayed anywhere. At that >point, I get totally confused, and I'm forced to realize that I don't >understand this framework. >To begin with, how do I create my own custom portal using Jetspeed? I'm not >so much interested in how to modify the Jetspeed portal, as I am in how to >create my own portal, so that I could fool around and learn about this >product. > >Once I learn how to build my own portal from scratch, I'd like to get >started on adding my portlets to it. Finally, I'd like to try my hand with >the syndication, and adding RSS. > >I would greatly appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction, >as I'm utterly clueless here. I've tried to search for these instructions >on the web, but to no avail. For some reason, all the Jetspeed tutorial >teach how to modify the existing Jetspeed portal, which is pretty useless >to me. > >Thanks so much in advance! > > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
