Why are these actions (such as "goToNewPage") getting replaced with the path to the current page (such as "MyWebAppRoot/mysubdirectory/myJSFPage.faces")?
Well, using UICommand (Button/Link) everything is post-back (going to "full" JSF lifecycle). This means the request is "submitted" back to the page. Depending on your action-outcome the new page is rendered. Keep in mind, that those links (commandLink) are not bookmarkble. Using h:outputlink, will cause a non-post-back request (just like typing the URL in your browser's address bar). Non-post-back-requests will not go through the complete phases of the JSF lifecylce (only 1 and 6 are invoked) What you can do is to add a nice "debug phase listener" to you application, and you'll see what's happening inside JSF ([1]) :-) HTH, Matthias [1] http://tinyurl.com/gwfbx
