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1. Basic question on portlet (WPS 6.1)    stackoverflow.com

What is the difference between a portlet label and a portlet page?

2. Confusion in understanding portlet terms    stackoverflow.com

Can you please explain in lay terms to a beginner:
What is the difference between : A portlet, A portlet label, A potlet page?

3. Installing jsr-168 portlets on BEA WPS    coderanch.com

I've got a jsr-168 war file that I'm testing out on different portal servers. For Jetspeed, you just drop the war file into the /deploy directory. For IBM Websphere Portal, you use the install portlet tool, where you just specify the war file location. But I've not figured out how to deploy these to WebLogic Portal Server (v9.2 or 8.1). I've ...

4. Regarding WPS 5.1 Certification    coderanch.com

5. how does wps urlgeneration work    coderanch.com

I use websphere portal, and use the urlgeneration tag... to link to a page with the given custom unique name... now i have two links with the same custom name, placed on different jsps... the urls generated by them are different.. though on click they return to the correct page.... was wondering.. is this url generation based on the some random ...

6. WPS Answers needed    coderanch.com

Hi guys I need some answers for following certification Qs. 1. For which portlet feature is local debugging with Rational Application Developer V6.0 NOT supported? A.Vault service B.Cooperative portlets C.Struts D.Personalization 2. The WebSphere Portal log file contains messages and trace information, if tracing is enabled. Which of the following is the default run-time log file? A. /logs/tracefile.log, where is ...

7. Query on WPS clustering    coderanch.com

Hi, I am planning to do clustering in WPS 5.1. I have some queries regarding the same. If there are 2 instances of WPS (after clustering is done), then will they share the same database or different databases? While installing a single portlet called sample portlet, will 2 instances of the portlet be installed with different names or a single instance ...

8. Share data between WAS and WPS    coderanch.com

You're barking up the wrong tree trying to share data between these components using a Session. If two web based components are supposed to interact, they should be deployed in a common war file. If not, your best bet at sharing data is to have one component write to a database table, and have the other component read this same table. ...

9. IBM WPS state maintenance problem    coderanch.com

Hi, I am using IBM WPS 6.0 for developing a portal. The problem is, portal server state maintenance. E.g. I have two main pages A1, A2. On page A1 pages I have sub links S1,S2 and on page A2 I have s3,S4. I go to page A1 and from there go to page S1 thru link S1. After that I navigate ...





10. WPS 6.0 & SSO    coderanch.com

11. EJB lookup from WPS Portal    coderanch.com

Hi There is nothing special that you need to do in JSR 168 / portlet applications to invoke EJB calls. Its the same way you invoke in a J2EE application. Make sure you have the client jar in classpath (either in /shared/app folder or the portlet application WEB-INF/lib folder or any folder thats in the classpath for portal).. Then ...

12. Query on Search portlet in WPS 6.0    coderanch.com

Hi All, I am using WPS 6.0. I have to configure the search portlet (base portlet) to search the file or document in the Windows file system in my local machine and the Network file system. Any idea how to implement this? If you have any ideas for this implementation just let me know. Thanks. Ganesh

13. WPS installation    coderanch.com

Hi, I have been trying to install Websphere Portal Server 6.x from a long time. I could not able to move on. I don't have answer to the following question. Can I install IBM Websphere Portal Server without IBM WAS? I know we can. But which one should I download IBM Websphere portal Server Express/Custom ??? Please provide me link.! :-) ...

14. NamingException on call from WPS 6.1 Portlet to Remote EJB 3.0 on separate Machine    coderanch.com

NamingException on call from WPS 6.1 Portlet to Remote EJB 3.0 on separate Machine Hi All Just attaching a small diagrammatic representation of my problem. [7/31/08 19:53:30:269 IST] 0000004f SystemOut O {com.ibm.websphere.naming.hostname.normalizer=com.ibm.ws.naming.util.DefaultHostnameNormalizer, java.naming.factory.initial=com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory, com.ibm.websphere.naming.name.syntax=jndi, com.ibm.websphere.naming.namespace.connection=lazy, com.ibm.ws.naming.ldap.ldapinitctxfactory=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory, com.ibm.websphere.naming.jndicache.cacheobject=populated, com.ibm.websphere.naming.namespaceroot=defaultroot, com.ibm.ws.naming.implementation=WsnIpCos, com.ibm.ws.naming.wsn.factory.initial=com.ibm.ws.naming.util.WsnInitCtxFactory, java.naming.ldap.derefAliases=never, com.ibm.websphere.naming.jndicache.maxcachelife=0, com.ibm.websphere.naming.jndicache.maxentrylife=0, com.ibm.websphere.naming.jndicache.cachename=providerURL, java.naming.provider.url=iiop://192.168.1.65:2809, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.ibm.ws.runtime:com.ibm.wps.jndi:com.ibm.iscportal.jndi:com.ibm.ws.naming} [7/31/08 19:53:30:409 IST] 0000004f Helpers W NMSV0610I: A NamingException is being thrown from a javax.naming.Context ...

15. WPS - Saving Context-Root on start-up for a portal    coderanch.com

I need to call one portal from another (IBM to JSR 168). Both Portals are in different WAR modules. I would like to save the Context-Root of the target to some common area which both portlets may reach e.g. DynaCache. However determining the context root of the target portal is my problem. I tried using a servlet which loaded on startup ...

16. Migrating from WPS 6.0 to 6.1 - API related problem.txt    coderanch.com

Hi All I am facing problem in migrating the portlet code from WPS 6.0 to 6.1. the problem is that the conversion from page scope to portlet scope using the pageContext does not work in 6.1 for eg., if I have the following JSP in my portlet : [tt][color=blue]<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html"%> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean"%> <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet" prefix="portlet"%> <%@ ...





17. Difference between wps 5.1 and wps 6.0    coderanch.com

Hello Everyone, I am trying to find some basic differences between wps 5.1 and wps 6.0, although I found some points, but still if anyone explain the same in simple words, will be helpful. What is the difference between wps 5.1 and wps 6.0? What all new features has been introduced in wps 6.0? Thanks in advance.

18. WPS 6.0 - dropping not working !!    coderanch.com

Hi all, We have just migrated to WPS 6.0 from WPS 5.1 so with all our old customized themes and skins. Now we wish to have the feature Drag and drop in our customized(migrated) themes and skins. So far I have made the changes in Control.jsp of our skins and now portlets can be dragged, but am unable to find out ...

19. WPS 6.1 and expression language    coderanch.com

20. Book for WPS 6.1    coderanch.com

Well, my book on Portlet Programming deals with JSR168, which is the basic environment for developing portlets. It also deals with the Struts portlet and the JSF portlet development. Of course, 6.1 provides all sorts of extra features, and I believe a JSR286 feature-pack, so you need to do your own digging on that. IBM usually releases redbooks like crazy, which ...

21. wps urlGenaration Issue on portal6.1    coderanch.com

Hi All, I am working on urlGenaration. There are 2 portlets, Portlet A (Basic portlet) Portlet B (Struts 2.o portlet) in Portlet A , I am using urlGenaration and redirecting it to Portlet B. I am able to render the Portlet B. But it is not calling the Action Phase(processAction) or Render Phase(doView). it is calling init method and rendering the ...