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> Hello,
>
> Note :
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> I am NOT a "real" developer, I'm a special kind of user so what follow can probably
>seem very simplistic, and very stupid, but reading the list's messages it seem that
>I'm not, by far the only one in this situation.
>
> 1 About JetSpeed Install
> ========================
>
> Like a lot of people, I found Jetspeed install a real mess (probably mainly because
>of a lack of knowledge more than anything else)especially under NT.
>
> I just tried Jakarta Sub-project "Struts" (a Model 2 JSP framework) and I am VERY
>impressed by the install procedure.
> Its a three steps one :
>
> 1) place the war file in Tomcat "webapps" directory
> 2) Add two SUN's parsers to the Classpath (jaxp.jar and parser.jar)
> 3) fire Tomcat
> 4).. there is no number 4, the app is up and running
>
> No properties file to set up, no wondering "is this a complete path or a relative
>one that I must set up.. and relative to what ??" or "well I'm under NT do I need to
>use a slash before the disk's letter ?".. nothing, all paths included in the war file
>are relative to the directory.. a
> real dream.
>
> I'd love to have such a war pakage for Jetspeed
>
> 2 About JetSpeed usage
> =======================
>
> As it is presented, JetSpeed seems devoted to setup a public external portal that
>aggregates various external contents.
>
> It is a great thing, but I'm looking for the same kind of stuff allowing me to
>aggregate internal content, coming from various sources, text files, databases etc..
>
> In fact I'm setting up some kind of pilot for a corporate intranet stuff (in my case
>HR oriented), and what I'm looking for is some kind of "boxes holder".
>
> By "box holder" I mean a software that would ne able to display boxes, and manage
>user registration. Each box been filed with content coming from internal application.
>
> Using servlet and/or JSP I'm perfectly able to develop each box as a complete page,
>I just would like something that could allow me to put several boxes in the same page
>(I know, its exactly what a portal is,.. but..) and manage some user registration and
>preferences.
>
> So I suppose the answer to my problem is somehow : Of course, Jetspeed can do this,
>its even somehow what it is intended for , hassole !!!
>
> The answer to this answer is : OK it can do this.. but how ???
> All the doc (few in fact) I've found about JetSpeed seems to be based on the
>situation where I'd reinvent Yahoo... I don't.
>
> To be short my question could be said like that : can Jetspeed be used like a
>opensource version of software like Epicentric, and if the answer is yes, where could
>I found the required docuementation ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Luc
>
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