For starters, your view-id is not main.seam, it is main.xhtml. (or main.jsp for jsp) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4000473#4000473 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4000473