Trying to modify register.jsp in the portal

[esgargs]

I am trying to modify the jboss-portal\core\src\resources\portal-core-war\WEB-INF\jsp\user\register.jsp file to add custom register capabilities in my userportal registration module, and for some reason the changes are not visible when I re-deploy the portal server after recompiling. I have also tried to changed the jsp\org\register.jsp file, but the registration interface still isn't changing a bit.

Any pointers?

I really appreciate the help in advance.

Thanks

-es

[esgargs]

Can someone help me here?!

Thanks

[peterj]

Did you try doing a refresh in the browser? Sometimes the browser thinks it has the latest version of the page in it's cache. (I just tried this, worked for me. I should point out that I started JBoss after I made the change.)

[esgargs]

yes, I tried restarting the browser, clearing its cache, and even rebooting the machine. Am I modifying the right files?

Are there any additional steps involved?

Thanks

[peterj]

I changed the file you specified, changing line 13 to read (new text in red):

<td><font class="portlet-form-label">Hello ${n:i18n("USERNAME")}: </font></td>

The preview shows thress lines, this should be all one line.

That's all I did. On the register page I see "Hello Username:"

[esgargs]

did you modify the org/register.jsp or the user/register.jsp?

Also, did you redeploy everything? If so, just a "build deploy" from core, right?

I wonder why it isn't working for me.

[peterj]

I actually modified the deployed file directly at ./server/default/deploy/jboss-portal.sar/portal-core.war/WEB-INF/jsp/user/register.jsp and then started the server. I was too lazy to try it starting from the source and building/deploying it. You should double check that the deployed file contains your changes (at times I have sent an hour or more trying to figure out why my changes are not showing up just to realize that I placed by changes in the 'target' directory and every time I ran a maven build it wiped out those changes.)

[esgargs]

That could be it.

is this a bug in jboss? I guess I could directly modify the jsps and redeploy only in case I modify the java classfiles.

[peterj]

This is not a bug in JBoss. Every time I have not gotten the expected text displayed was because of my own deployment issues. Once I have verified that the correct file is in the deploy directory, and started JBoss, I always get the expected results.

[roy.russo]

BTW, you can try deploying your war expanded. Touch the web.xml to force a hot-deploy and then CTRL+Refresh your browser. Should save you some time.

[esgargs]

So I found this to work:

undeploy
build clean
build deploy

Now, I am not familiar with doing an "exploded war" install. How can I modify the build.xml file to work for me? Or is this a problem with how the packaging is carried out?