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1. Redirecting from the doView method in a portlet    stackoverflow.com

I'm using Websphere portal 6.0 and I'm wondering if there's a way in which I can tell the server which page to render from the doView method. I know I can ...

2. JSR168 Portlet Strange Page Expiring Problem    stackoverflow.com

I'm having a strange problem and no luck debugging. I was tasked with writing a JSR168 compliant portlet to search a database. When you open the portlet, you're given 6 search boxes ...

3. Need to render WCM content from an Asynch bean    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to get rendered WCM content in an Asych bean (which implements the Work interface). I can create a Workspace using a username and password, but I don't see ...

4. Websphere x JSR 286 best practices    stackoverflow.com

I am now defining the architectural approach we'll use on a new project with Websphere 6 + JSR86 portlets under a very known portal tool. What I am planning is to use ...

5. How are custom error pages configured for uncaught exceptions in WebSphere Portal portlets?    stackoverflow.com

Out of the box WebSphere Portal displays a generic "This portlet is temporarily disabled." message for any portlet that throws an uncaught exception. Does anyone know how how this can be ...

6. Is it possible to debug a portlet on Websphere Portal?    stackoverflow.com

I'm using Rational Application Developer to develop JSR168 portlets and deploy them to Websphere Portal 6.1. Now I want to debug them. What I want to do is this workflow:

  1. Develop the portlet ...

7. IBM Websphere portlet classloader issue    stackoverflow.com

I am currently working on a portlet that is using the commons-collections jar file and am getting a NoSuchMethodError. To resolve this issue I need to change the classloader of my ...

8. Distinguish between '<' and the encoded equivalent using PortletRequest.getParameter()    stackoverflow.com

I'm writing a JSR 286 portlet for IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1. I have the following code:

@ProcessAction(name="processForm")
public void processForm(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) 
    throws PortletException, IOException {  ...

9. WebSphere Portal 6.1 PortalWeb2 theme portal-navigation:urlGeneration not displaying portlets in IE    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to create a new custom theme for my project. I copied PortalWeb2 theme of IE and extended sideNav.jspf to include a jquery accordion menu. Each menu links up to ...





10. Tag on portlet rendering in Websphere Portal    stackoverflow.com

I need an information about the portlet management in Websphere portal (6.1.5, but I think is the same for all versions).. When the portal render a portlet, the html created has this ...

11. Problem with JSR286 rendering portlet and WebSphere Portal7    stackoverflow.com

Another question for all WP7 lovers! We have the following problem: we have creates a portal page with a JSR286 local rendering portlet that show a lotus wcm content. When the portal render ...

12. Using Multibox (mootools) on an IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0 Portlet    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to deploy a portlet in IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0, that features a MultiBox (an extended version of a Lightbox, which not only allows to display pictures, but also other ...

13. Mobile Portlet installation on websphere portal server    stackoverflow.com

I want to deploy my Mobile Portlet on mobile browser simulator using WebSphere Portal Server. Whenever I launch the mobile browser simulator to run the application it gives following error:

SRVE0255E: A ...

14. error starting server in Websphere Portal    coderanch.com

Author error starting server in Websphere Portal Rohit Lal Greenhorn Joined: Sep 25, 2003 Posts: 20 posted Dec 20, 2005 22:52:00 0 I have been working on a trial edition of Websphere Portal for Multiplatforms v5.1. I'm using WSAD 5.1.2 (trial edition) along with the Portal Toolkit that enables portal development. I have developed a portlet which I need to deploy ...

15. UrlGenerationTag in websphere portal    coderanch.com

16. Reg_Websphere portal server 5.0 Admin userid and pass permission    coderanch.com

Hi all I am ramprasath working in portal .in our company we are using WebSphere portal server 5.0 While I am login (admin user id and password)to the portal page I am getting the following error APPR0012E: The Properties page has been launched with no context information and also administration link has not been displayed , i suspect its related to ...





17. Websphere Portal Software    coderanch.com

I don't know if you already have found the answer but here is what you need to know: 1. If you have purchased portal server from IBM and have ordered CDs, the packet will contain CDs for Rational Application Developer (RAD) as well. When you install RAD, you need to install portal toolkit (just check the checkbox in the installation wizard) ...

18. getting Birt 2.1 RC3 to run on WebSphere    coderanch.com

Hi all, I hope someone would be able to assist me on this. I have been trying to deploy Birt version 2.1 RC 4 to WebSphere but when i try to run the test.rptdesign, I'm getting the following error : [Servlet Error]-[ViewerServlet]: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.ReportEngineService.setEngineContext(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.birt.report.service.BirtViewerReportService.setContext(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.ViewerServlet.__getContext(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.birt.report.servlet.BirtSoapMessageDispatcherServlet.doGet(Unknown Source) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) ...

19. development using websphere portal server    coderanch.com

Daoyue, WebSphere Portal server is a very heavy weight server becuase portal server runs on top of the application server and there are many applications (as part of portal install) are running. On my machine, I have 2 GB of RAM and I run portal server just fine. The reason it's slow on your machine is most likely that you don't ...

20. portlet cloning in websphere portal    coderanch.com

21. Need WebSphere Portal v5.1 test environment    coderanch.com

Hi All, I am a newbie to portal application. I need to create a portal application and test it locally. I have IBM Rational Application Devleoper v6.0. I created a sample portlet and I need to test it locally. For that I think I need WebSphere Portal v5.1 test environment. I tried looking for it on IBM site but did not ...

24. websphere portal server Books!!    coderanch.com

25. problem with Websphere Portal 5.1 Server    coderanch.com

Hi All, 1) I have installed portal 5.1 server in my machine . When I am trying to create new portlet or Portal project if I select target server as Portal 5.1 , its saying that targeted server is not supported for this application. How can I resolve this problem? 2) When I select portal 5.0 server as target its working ...

26. Forum on a WebSphere Portal Server    coderanch.com

Ya know, I don't know of any Java/Portal forum software. I do know a bunch of php utilities I'd use. I really hate to suggest this, and there are a million reasons not to, but a messageboard really is handled well by a web server. Ever think of hosting a message board on apache, and have the portal just clip the ...

27. Websphere Portal v5.1 download    coderanch.com

29. Websphere Portal Server 5,1 with RAD6    coderanch.com

Hi all, How can I install WPS 5.1 on RAD 6.0? I just downloaded trial version of RAD and I cant find any option there to setup WPS5.1 and WAS5.1? I need it urgently..How should I go about that? Please please help me...any links to download these servers? Any other alternatives? Thanks Shailesh

30. Websphere 6.0 Query    coderanch.com

IBM's passport advantage is the standard download place, if you have a password. WebSphere is JSR168 compliant, so you can develop your portlets anywhere, using any tool, but IBM's Rational Application Developer plugs into the WebSphere Portal Server the best. As far as XP goes, it's fine for development and testing. People ususally use server software in production, but I've got ...

31. Websphere Portal Server Start-up Time    coderanch.com

Hi, Whenever I start my portal Server 5.1, It takes atleast 20 to 25 miniutes to get into STARTED mode. After that I need to run XMLACCEESS batch which also takes some time(Running batch is different issue). My whole application contains 4 war files which needs to be loaded into WPS. So is there trick by which I can reduce my ...

32. wires label not visible on Websphere portal server    coderanch.com

FYI.., I am using RAD 6.0 and Portal test server 5.0 version. Please help me out in accessing the 'wires' tab. I am not even able to see the 'wire' tab in 'Edit page layout' screen. the two portlets are havinga Edit access as well cofigured WSDL files with output and input params.

33. IBM 399 Websphere Certification    coderanch.com

Hi All, I have cleared the IBM 399 Websphere Certification with 78%. The exam is quite straight forward. Although I have wasted much of my time reading the material which was not part of exam, below mentioned 2 resources are enough for scoring more than 90% in exam. 1)portlet-1_0-fr-spec.pdf -- JSR 168 Specification 2)sg246681.pdf -- Skip the chapters which focus mostly ...

35. Cross Page Wiring in websphere 6.0    coderanch.com

Hi, I am new to websphere portal.I just started implementing cross page wiring in my application using RAD 7.0 and websphere portal 6.0. While adding wire to my source portlet, After selecting target page, target portlet dropdown is not getting enabled in wire tab. Please let me know ..how should i overcome this issue. Thanks and Regards Sada

36. File Upload in Websphere Portal    coderanch.com

Hi! Our product uses IBM Websphere Portal 5.1 for implementation and one of our currently added features require a functionality allowing user to upload a file onto our database. We've implemented the same using traditional technique by using enctype as multipart/form-data in our source JSP from where the user can select a file for upload. Our problem here is that upon ...

37. Websphere Portal anonymous    coderanch.com

38. Portlets on Websphere    coderanch.com

Yes, all you need is WebSphere, and the million dollar license that goes with it. On my website, I do a tutorial that creates, compiles and packages a portlet using nothing more than the JDK, Microsoft Notepad, and the freely downloadable JetSpeed 2.1. In that tutorial, you need to add the portlet.jar file (I think it's called portlet.jar..it's been a while) ...

39. Websphere v6.1 question    coderanch.com

Hi, I hope I've landed in the right place-hopefully it'll be more use than the InfoCenter I've added a few pages under a label (the label has a unique name). In topnav.jspf I have the following navigation code.... This works fine, ie just the pages under ...

40. WebSphere Portal Server not starting    coderanch.com

Hi All, I installed Websphere Portal 5.1 test environment . When I try to start portal server inside RAD6.0 , initially it starts and immediately its stopping. I am getting the following error. [11/22/07 11:36:02:267 IST] 32d10865 RMIConnectorC A ADMC0026I: RMI Connector available at port 2811 [11/22/07 11:36:02:376 IST] 32d10865 WsServer A WSVR0002I: Server WebSphere_Portal open for e-business, problems occurred during ...

42. WebSphere Portal Upgradation from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1.1 Failing    coderanch.com

Hi We are trying to upgrade the WebSphere Portal Version from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1.1. We have run the following patches on the WPS 6.0.0. 1. WP_PTF_601.jar 2. WP_PTF_6011.jar in the following order on the WPS 6.0 on the system. When we run the update installer for the version 6.0.1.1 we are getting the following error at the end of the installation ...

44. Tracker in websphere portal 6    coderanch.com

45. wpsUrlGeneration in websphere portal 6    coderanch.com

Hi, Im migrating the code from websphere portal 5 to portal 6, and i have the code for url generation for portal 5 like this public static Composition getPageByUniqueName(String uniqueName) { Composition result = null; PageInstance page = null; com.ibm.portal.ObjectID id = IdentificationMgr.getIdentification().resolveUniqueName(uniqueName); try { if(id != null) { page = PageInstance.find(id); result = new Composition(page); } } catch(DataBackendException ex) { ...

46. Tracker in websphere portal 6    coderanch.com

47. websphere portal application home page    coderanch.com

Once installed , you will have a page as your landing page and portlets installed on it. you can locate the installed portlets in the directory /installedApps If you want to see how the entire page is rendered, it would be worthwhile to check the themes. Here is where the magic related to layout resides You can find the ...

48. WebSphere Portal V5 Installation    coderanch.com

We're trying to install WebSphere Portal V5. When the installer ask for the location of the disc, we get the following error: "Incorrect CD number or Invalid media location" Please re-enter the disc location." We downloaded the installation files from the IBM Business Partner zone as an image, so they are on the hard drive. Any Ideas?? Thanks in Advance!

49. portlet pages on websphere    coderanch.com

51. WebSphere Portal    coderanch.com

52. WCM in IBM websphere portal    coderanch.com

53. Regarding the Exception in Websphere Portlet Factory    coderanch.com

Hi, Actually i am using Eclipse3.1. I am in "WebspherePortletFactoy" perspective. I am trying to open portlet factory project eg: "registerlearner.model". I am getting the exception like: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.bowstreet.designer.eclipse.editors.ModelEditor at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.adaptor.core.AbstractClassLoader.loadClass(AbstractClassLoader.java(Compiled Code)) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java(Compiled Code)) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:275) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:227) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1248) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:152) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:142) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:129) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:48) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin$1.run(WorkbenchPlugin.java:240) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:69) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:236) ...

54. WebSphere Portal 6.1 Beta    coderanch.com

CHeck out my signature links, and you'll find some development tutorials for WebSphere Portal that use IRAD. There are also some administration tutorials from an earlier version which might be helpful. As far as books go, there aren't too many. I have one on development, but for administration, the few redbooks and what's on Amazon is about it. -Cameron McKenzie

55. Web Clipping with Websphere Portal Server 5.1    coderanch.com

Hi Cameron, I think didn't understand my problem. I tried so many URL including yahoo.com, gmail.com, google.com, ibm.com and as well the url mentioned in that tutorial. But getting exceptions.I wanted to know that is it some like we can provide specific type of URL. Thanks Sachin Telang IBM Websphere Portal 5.1 Certified.

56. Websphere Portal NullPointerException    coderanch.com

57. Faces Portlet on WebSphere 6.0    coderanch.com

PortletRender E com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.PortletRenderTag doStartTag EJPEJ0066E: The portlet could not be rendered. javax.portlet.UnavailableException: Exception during portlet initialization at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.std.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:229) at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.std.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.invoke(PortletInvokerImpl.java:168) at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.std.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.render(PortletInvokerImpl.java:97) at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.std.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:110) at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.doRenderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:587) at com.ibm.wps.pe.ext.render.AbstractRenderManager.performService(AbstractRenderManager.java:247) at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:115) at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.PortletRenderTag.doStartTag(PortletRenderTag.java:161) at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspx_meth_portal$1skin_portletRender_0(_Control.java:852) at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspx_meth_portal$1logic_if_3(_Control.java:884) at com.ibm._jsp._Control._jspService(_Control.java:498) at com.ibm.ws.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:91) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1282) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1239) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:113) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:82) Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.mytest.portlet.MyPortlet at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.std.invoker.impl.PortletServlet$PortletClone.(PortletServlet.java:377) ... 130 more

58. Using Portlet Factory with Websphere Portal 6.1 -- jdk version    coderanch.com

Hi Rancheros, I just tested the PortletFactory that was shipped with the Portal 6.1. This PortletFactory is the tool to build portlet for the WAS 6.1 Portal. It's based on a plugin that can be installed on RAD/existing Eclipse and is shipped with an Eclipse if we don't want to include it in an existing IDE installation. It's running on an ...

59. Websphere Portal navigation    coderanch.com

61. Websphere Portal 6.0 rule mapping    coderanch.com

Hi, Can any body help me with the way we set the access to certain pages in websphere portal 6.0 based on the user groups. I have tried creating a new rule where the attribute is "Current Portal Users.Groups" and the value is the Group name. but my portal is not behaving in the expected way when a user of a ...

62. AJAX call from Websphere portal    coderanch.com

63. WebSphere Portal Software    coderanch.com

64. Can Websphere portal server work with Eclipse?    coderanch.com

While this might not be the answer you are looking for. I am running WPS in eclipse with Websphere Portlet Factory (not RAD) so if the requirement is demanding you have RAD it's wrong. But you may still be required to have an IBM product. Keep this in mind also, you can run Portal Server contained inside of WAS without having ...

65. Help needed in Websphere Portal    coderanch.com

66. Support for Websphere Portal Server 6.1    coderanch.com

67. Problem with wiring on Websphere Portal 6.1    coderanch.com

I am currently having trying to forward a vatiable between two portlets on my websphere portal. All seems to work very well, except one thing. The portlets are of different pages in the portal. And it seems my wiring require that I open the page where the target portlet is located, before I can recieve any actions/parameters at the target-portlet.. This ...

68. pop-up in websphere portal    coderanch.com

You could display a Portlet in a new window in either of the two ways :- 1) Place the portlet to be displayed in a page and assign a friendly URL to the newly created page. Give this friendly URL in the Target of the link which would open this page in new window. 2) A Portlet could be opened in ...

69. Workflow framework in Websphere Portal 6.0    coderanch.com

Hi, I am using Websphere Portal 6.0, i want to know whether there is any built in workflow framework comes with Websphere Portal 6.0 , if any please tell me briefly how to implement it. Other wise is there any opensource workflow framework that can be easily integrated with Websphere Portal 6.0.

71. Images/CSS/JS Portlets Websphere    coderanch.com

Is there anyway to give a portlet a local CSS file or import an image? Typically this would be handled by the theme; but say I want to just package up a portlet and share it between different portals this would be difficult. I've tried simple things like and (I've also tried tons of variation on this). ...

72. Problems with Websphere Portal    coderanch.com

Hi. I'm using Websphere Portal 6.1 and Ive created a simple portlet that encapsulates an iframe. That iframe loads an application deployed in the same server. Ive disabled the portlet cache and Im using the Portal Theme (Server Side). I'm facing this problem: When I execute this external system (containing many JavaScripts) the browser's processing rate gets very high. And, the ...

74. Websphere portals with Filenet    coderanch.com

75. WEbSphere Portal Server 6.0 - Locale Problem.    coderanch.com

Hello Everbody. We have below issue in our application .... The prompt suggation is really appreciated. Many thanks in advance. We have a processor which does below taks This processor 1) Gather parameter from request, 2) Check is Language Toggling Triggered (Language could be en_US / zh_TW) If yes 3)Create Locale 4) by using LocaleAccessorController.setLocale(locale) setting up the locale. The LocaleAccessorController ...

79. change login page in Websphere Portal server 5.1    coderanch.com

I am using Websphere Portal Server 5.1 for my application I have following questions. 1.Suppose I need to introduce company logo as background image in login page, what approch I need to follow? Which all the changes need to be done in which files. 2. Can I change change the login.jsp in Login Portlet in installedApps of PortlaSever to introduce the ...

80. Websphere portal server 6.1 mock exams    coderanch.com

81. Websphere portal server 6.1 support for local languages?    coderanch.com

You might want to rethink that KKK signature on an international forum. It has fairly evil overtones in much of the US. Certainly Hindi is supported! We'd lose a third of all Canadian clients if our Portal Server didn't support Hindi! WebSphere supports all international language codes and locales. But part of supporting a language goes with the actual coding of ...

82. adding new language to the existing list of languages(websphere portal)    coderanch.com

Hi, I am trying to add new language to the existing list of language option in websphere portal. I found that it is possible to do this by adding resource bundles to the server and updating the createlanguage.xml . It would be helpful if some one can help me out. Thanks, K.Kiran Kumar

85. Websphere portal server 6.1 sample themes    coderanch.com

The portal itself comes with about a dozen or so standard themes. I'd suggest you take a look at those ones, see which ones you like, open the JSP files and image files related to them, and then mix and match until you get something you like. That's a safe development plan, and it will also show you how the people ...

87. Websphere Portal Server Integration with IBM Web content management?    coderanch.com

Hi, I am working on Websphere Portal Server. I have to integrate Websphere Portal Server with IBM Web Content Management. Is there any default component in portal server for integration with web content management or do we need to install web content management separately? (I heard wcm is a component of websphere portal server) Thanks & Regards, K.Kiran Kumar

89. Websphere Portal server CredentialVault    coderanch.com

91. Websphere Portal Installed Languages    coderanch.com

Is there a way to dynamically loop through the languages that are currently installed on the Websphere Portal server? My boss would like a content viewer portlet that I am internationalizing to be able to automatically pick up any new languages that are installed in the portal, without me having to go back and make a code change to the portlet. ...

92. Websphere Portal | Portlet Development Toolkit    coderanch.com

Hi Techies, I am currently in process of evaluating different options for portlet development. The available options are: - Portlet Factory - RAD/RSA Toolkit for Portlet Development Can anyone tell me which is the better option to use considering the pros/cons of each option? If somone has done any comparative analysis then please share the same. Thanks in advance, Saurabh

94. Book for Websphere Portal    coderanch.com