Hi I am having a problem with a simple Tiles based site using the classicLayout.
The problem is that the menu only appears on the first page - if I select a link to another page the footer,body and copyright are rendered but the menu is missing. Here is the tiles-defs.xml ; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE tiles-definitions PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Tiles Configuration 1.1//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/tiles-config_1_1.dtd"> <tiles-definitions> <definition name="doc.mainLayout" path="/layout/classicLayout.jsp"> <put name="title" value="Demo Application" /> <put name="header" value="/common/header.jsp" /> <put name="menu" value="doc.menu.main" /> <put name="body" value="/common/defbody.jsp" /> <put name="footer" value="/common/footer.jsp" /> </definition> <definition name="doc.phoneusLayout" extends="doc.mainLayout"> <put name="title" value="Phone Us" /> <put name="body" value="/jsp/phoneustile.jsp" /> </definition> <definition name="doc.menu.main" path="/layouts/vboxLayout.jsp" > <putList name="list" > <add value="common.menu.clerk" /> <add value="common.menu.supervisor"/> <add value="common.menu.manager"/> <add value="common.menu.help"/> </putList> </definition> <definition name="common.menu.clerk" path="/layouts/menu.jsp" role= "clerk"> <put name="title" value="Clerk Functions" /> <putList name="items" > <item value="Function 1" link="/jsp/F1preTile.jsp" /> </putList> </definition> <definition name="common.menu.supervisor" path="/layouts/menu.jsp" role= "supervisor" > <put name="title" value="Supervisor Functions" /> <putList name="items" > <item value="Function 2" link="/jsp/F2preTile.jsp" /> </putList> </definition> <definition name="common.menu.manager" path="/layouts/menu.jsp" role= "manager" > <put name="title" value="Manager Functions" /> <putList name="items" > <item value="Function 3" link="/jsp/F3preTile.jsp" /> </putList> </definition> <definition name="common.menu.help" path="/layouts/menu.jsp" role= "clerk"> <put name="title" value="Help" /> <putList name="items" > <item value="Email us" link="/jsp/emailus.jsp" /> <item value="Phone us" link="/jsp/phoneus.jsp" /> </putList> </definition> </tiles-definitions> As can be seen, the menu will display different sections based on which roles the user has defined. This part works OK on the initial screen, but as soon as I select a different page (e.g. phoneus.jsp), nothing is displayed where the menu should be. phoneus.jsp is as follows ; <%@ page language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> <tiles:insert definition="doc.phoneusLayout" flush="true" /> and /jsp/phoneustile.jsp is as below ; <br><br> <h4> Phone us at 01274 123456</h4> In web.xml I define the welcome page as index.jsp, which is as follows ; <%@ page language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld" prefix="tiles" %> <tiles:insert definition="doc.mainLayout" flush="true" /> This page does display a menu. I would be grateful for any help anyone can give. Any opinions expressed in this Email are strictly the responsibility of the author, and not those of Otto-UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]