My problems don't seem to be Tomcat related. I have tried my earlier Tomcat (5.5.12) as well as the latest 5.5 Tomcat (5.5.20).
I suppose that it could be that the latest Shale/Tiles combination has some problem. If anyone has successfully used Shale and Tiles from shale-framework-20061111 or later, please send a post identifying the release you are using. Thanks, Dick
