[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
ok, the window-name had to be unique. that was one of the problems but the bigger issue was finding the correct deployment parent element. need to find out what the others are meant for. fix is small, but took a while to get there :( thanks for your pointers, Peter. much appreciated. View the

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
ok, by trial and error, i found the right deployment element to stick my portlet entries in. Don't know yet why one works and not the other, or what is the difference between these elements, but nevertheless, i can add a portlet to the default page this way. however, adding a second portlet doe

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
We have additional deployment entries but I've added the portlets to the first one (the one shown above). I've verified that the JBP_WINDOWS table gets populated with this new portlet. So, there IS an entry in this table, so it does mean that something is getting picked up from this file. Just t

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
That is exactly how I have it, Peter. No difference at all (not sure if I can post the entire file since it is our source code, etc - see what I mean). The only additional thing to note is this - | | | keep | | default | | |

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
On second thought, if you have a portlet named SomePortlet, then here are the full ad complete contents for portlet-instances.xml and *-object.xml to get the portlet to show up on the default page: portlet-instances.xml: | | | SomePortletInstance | SomePortlet |

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
I think you need to post the whole portlet-instances.xml and default-object.xml files. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076477#4076477 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4076477 ___

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
| default | |AdminPortletWindow |SomePortletInstance |center |0 | | If I add 2 blocks of this, only the second one is added. Verified the JBP_WINDOWS table

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
I am editing the default-object.xml file bundled with my portlets. I've verified that this file gets picked up now. This is how my entry looks in portlet-instances.xml - | | SomePortletInstance | SomePortlet | | ..and this is how my

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
Double-check the spelling on the instance name in both portal-instances.xml and *-object.xml. Misspelling is usually what trips me up. Also, does the portlet window show up in the list of portlet windows for that page in the Management Portal. If you click on the portlet window there, and the l

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
Also, I am almost certain that there is something not quite right with the entry I added to the default-object.xml file. It doesn't complain when JBoss starts up but I have a feeling it is not quite right. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076462

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
Almost missed that post. Thanks for your build script. Let me take a look at that! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076461#4076461 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4076461 ___

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
Yes, I've added these portlets to portlet.xml and portlet-instances.xml as well. I know that they are available as I am able to add them through the UI. However, I want to add these declaratively so that they show up by default. Plus, we don't want to allow our users to remove these portlets so

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
Did you also declare the instance in the appropriate portlet-instances.xml file? The *-object.xml file is not used to declare instances, only to reference them to define the portal and page contents. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076444#40764

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
| default | |AdminPortletWindow |AdminPortletInstance |center |0 | | |AdminPortletWindow |PortletInstance2 |

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
You could steal my Ant script: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=90647 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076435#4076435 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4076435

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
Okay, thanks PeterJ. You've confirmed my suspicion. That's how I thought it probably worked but was a little puzzled by what i saw - when I tried to wipe out the only portlet entry in that file and re-started JBoss, it seemed to not render any portlet at all. Maybe, something else is going on he

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread PeterJ
The portlet information is stored in the database. Changing the default-object.xml file to remove portlets does not work, unless you reinitialize the database (that is, start over from scratch). You can, however, add new portlets by adding them to default-object.xml. If you do not want to rein

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-21 Thread kpalania
Thanks PeterJ. I found 1 occurrence of the default-object.xml file in the JBoss folder. Making any changes to that file doesn't seem to make any difference to the list of portlets displayed on the default page.. Is there something else I need to look at? Thanks. View the original post : http:/

[jboss-user] [JBoss Portal] - Re: Configuring JBoss Portlets by default

2007-08-18 Thread PeterJ
You did not state which version of the Portal you are using so I will assume 2.6.x. The base page for the portal is given by the file jboss-portal.sar/conf/data/default-object.xml. If you examine this file, you will see that it declares the base portals but only the home (default) page on the