Hi Everyone, When my app initializes I see the following in the velocity.log ...
============================================================= Thu Nov 01 21:56:16 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found screens/Login.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 21:56:16 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found layouts/Login.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 21:56:16 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found navigations/LoginTop.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 21:56:16 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found navigations/LoginBottom.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader ============================================================= Notice that my Login.vm screen indeed finds my Login.vm layout. All is well, except I still haven't gotten nested layouts to work. (hierarchical directories of screens and layouts ... I'm all flat) If I simply press the login button as opposed to selecting a setPage or setAction I get the "homepage" but I still have to log in before any other actions will work. The result is this ... ============================================================= Thu Nov 01 22:05:21 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found screens/Login.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 22:05:21 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found layouts/Default.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 22:05:21 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found navigations/DefaultTop.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 22:05:21 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found navigations/ApplicationMenu.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader Thu Nov 01 22:05:21 PST 2001 [info] ResourceManager : found navigations/DefaultBottom.vm with loader org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.loader.FileResourceLoader ============================================================= Notice, because of the failed login, the Login.vm screen is expressed again, but the layout is now the Default.vm layout, bringing with it unwanted navigation as well. This is not the behavior I am looking for... Question: I want to have "informational" links on the initial "Login" screen that represent a "web" of informational pages, that do _not_ require login. Then if the user clicks the "Login" button and is not validated, I want them to stay on the "initial" screen, or in that initial "web", and links accessable from that screen. I want a kind of doorway between one world and the next, complete access before login and then additional screens available _only_ after a proper login and I know the identity of the client. Can someone help with the "pseudocode" version Turbine style with enough detail to get me to the right source files. I have compiled Turbine and am now using the Jar file created from that build, so I'm ready to do some damage and be able to rebuild the Jar file. Thanks everyone for your help. I'm a taker now, but I do plan on giving as soon as I'm able. Joet
