I removed everything and started from scratch again. Everything seems to be
working now. Thanks.
On Sunday 22 February 2004 08:27 am, Stijn de Witt wrote:
> Can you post the build output?
> JPortal copies it's source files over the original Jetspeed files, adding
> any files that aren't there. Probably there is something going wrong there?
> Can you post your directory structure?
>
> -Stijn
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jetspeed Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 6:12 AM
> Subject: Re: jetspeed deployment best practices
>
> > Thanks.
> > I was able to get jetspeed installed and working. Now I am having
>
> something
>
> > weird happen.
> >
> > I setup my properties file to point to the proper locations. I can run
> > build.sh war and it works fine. The ant tutorial-1 command worked as
>
> well. I
>
> > can also run ant deploy from the jportal directory. However, I compared
>
> the
>
> > directories and files , which were deployed to tomcat/webapps/jportal, to
>
> the
>
> > to the ones in the jportal source that I use to create the war file (in
>
> dev/
>
> > jportal/blah-blah). For some reason the deployed files are different
> > from the source I used to create the war file with. They are identical
> > to the jetspeed deployment. Therefore, my jetspeed portal and jportal
> > tutorial
>
> are
>
> > identical. None of the changes in the tutorial have taken place in the
> > deployed jportal tutorial application. The gif files are not the proper
> > files from the tutorial either and none of the property files from the
> > tutorial exist on the deployed app.
> > What could cause this to happen and how can I fix it? Thanks.
> >
> > On Thursday 19 February 2004 05:33 pm, Stijn de Witt wrote:
> > > Scott, I've seen your posts and I understand your frustration! If I
>
> could
>
> > > give you a straight answer I would, but I just don't know how to solve
>
> your
>
> > > particular problems.
> > >
> > > I can give you some pointers as to what I have experienced though. I
>
> have
>
> > > started from scratch about 20 or so times now, and that's probably the
>
> most
>
> > > ever. Getting Jetspeed to work wasn't such a big issue for me, but
>
> getting
>
> > > it to work with a project structure that I liked, that is something
> > > entirely different...
> > >
> > > Anyway, when I start over, I do the following (assuming a Win2K
> > > machine, but that shouldn't matter much):
> > >
> > > Already installed:
> > > J2EE (I think i'm using 1.4.x something...)
> > > NetBeans
> > >
> > > - Install Jakarta Tomcat (I'm using 5.0.18)
> > > - Extract jetspeed-1.4-src.zip to my projects folder
> > > - Move files xalan-2.3.1.jar and xml-apis.jar from jetspeed/lib to
> > > tomcat/common/endorsed
> > > - In NetBeans, Mount->Local Directory->jetspeed/src/java
> > > - In NetBeans, Mount->Local Directory->jetspeed/webapp/WEB-INF/conf
> > > - In NetBeans, Mount->Archive Files->jetspeed/lib/*.jar
> > > - In NetBeans, Mount->Archive Files->tomcat/common/endorsed/*.jar
> > > - In NetBeans, Mount->Local Directory->jetspeed/
> > > - In Netbeans, collapse the jetspeed/ mounted folder
> > > - edit project.properties, change lib.dir from ${lib.repo} to lib
> > > - right-click build.xml ->run target->war (This should build the .war)
> > > - If tomcat is running, stop it
> > > - Manually copy jetspeed.war from jetspeed\target to tomcat\webapps
>
> (making
>
> > > sure any old jetspeed dirs and wars are deleted first)
> > > - Start tomcat
> > > - Point your browser to http://localhost:8080/jetspeed
> > > - Check jetspeed.log in tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/log for any
>
> errors.
>
> > > If you get this up and running, try switching to mysql...than try
> > > adding persistence with OJB...develop your own stuff...etc.
> > >
> > > Hope this might help you!
> > >
> > > Oh, before I forget. I have some issues with Tomcat. If I am testing a
> > > jetspeed page, and then rebuild the war, stop tomcat, delete old
>
> jetspeed
>
> > > dir and war, copy new war and restart tomcat, the first time Apache
>
> Jakarta
>
> > > Jetspeed Portal startup will often fail. If I then stop tomcat and
>
> restart
>
> > > it, it does work...So, I'm still looking for a clean build proces. But
>
> if I
>
> > > find it, I will post detailed descriptions!
> > >
> > > -Stijn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "Jetspeed Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:42 PM
> > > Subject: Re: jetspeed deployment best practices
> > >
> > > > Cudos to you being able to get the tutorial to work. I have been
>
> woking
>
> > > on
> > >
> > > > trying to get them to work for 3 days. What is the secret? None of
>
> my
>
> > > > changes take place when I redeploy the app for some reason.
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday 19 February 2004 03:32 pm, Brian Rowe wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > After reading the bluesunrise tutorial series and the various
>
> jetspeed
>
> > > > > documentation, it seems that Jetspeed is the most mature of the
> > > > > open
> > >
> > > source
> > >
> > > > > portals. I am willing to 'take the plunge' and develop some custom
> > > > > components, etc. but am a bit unsure as to what the best practices
>
> are
>
> > > for
> > >
> > > > > developing with Jetspeed. At this point, I'm mostly interested in
>
> how
>
> > > to
> > >
> > > > > structure the webapp directories and determine which files are
> > >
> > > necessary.
> > >
> > > > > I only found one thread discussing this matter (Subject: Trying to
> > >
> > > split
> > >
> > > > > Jetspeed and project code, From: Stijn de Witt, Date: 6 Feb. 2004).
> > > > > Unfortunately, there wasn't much discussion about the actual
>
> structure
>
> > > > > used. Is de Witt's approach a good one, or are there some other
>
> mature
>
> > > > > Jetspeed developers that have a tried and proven methodology?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am inclined to use the structure of the bluesunrise tutorials,
> > > > > but
> > >
> > > there
> > >
> > > > > is so much extra structure to support the tutorials, that I am
> > > > > uncertain what is required and what isn't. I know as much that the
> > > > > jetspeed
> > >
> > > classes
> > >
> > > > > can be dropped in to the WEB-INF/lib, but not sure about what other
> > >
> > > files
> > >
> > > > > are necessary.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Scott A. Macri
> > > > Software Engineer/Director
> > > > Macri Solutions, LLC
> > > >
> > > >
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