[opencms-dev] OpenCms-7.0.1-Portlet module has been released

[Shi Yusen]

Hi list,

I have just released a OpenCms-7.0.1-Portlet module.

The target of this module is to make OpenCms as a effective portlet
content production platform.

Currently, this module is for OpenCms 7.0.1 and jboss-portal-2.6.2.GA
and has been tested on Fedora Core 6, JDK 1.6.0.

License:
This module is in LGPL license.

Usage:
1. Import the module and restart OpenCms servlet.

2. In Explorer view of OpenCms backoffice, select New -> Extended folder
-> Portal and create a portal folder.

3. Edit the xml files under the portal folder.

4. Publish the portal folder.

5. In Online project, in context menu, select Export Portlet War and
export a portlet war file to real file system.

6. Copy the war file to jboss portal deploy folder, the portlet will
work automatically.


How this module work:
Client        JBoss Portal        OpenCms
  |------req------>|                 |
  |          OpenCms Portlet         |
  |                |------req------->|
  |                |<-----res--------|
  |<---------------|                 |


Bug Feedback:
If you find any bugs in this module, please feedback to this mail list
or to http://www.langhua.cn/bugzilla/.

You may encounter a problem that you can export this module but cannot
import your version of this module. 
This is caused by the SaxWriter which transfers & to & when writing
the module to manifest.xml. 
Unzip your module, edit manifest.xml, replace &path= with &path=,
save and rezip the module.
You will be able to import your module.


Source Code:
You can download this module and source code from OpenCms-Portlet
project in sourceforge.net:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencms-portlet/


Thanks:
Thanks Polar Research Institute of China who sponsored the first version
of this module.


Kind Regards,

Shi Yusen/Beijing Langhua Ltd.