[gatein-commits] gatein SVN: r9038 - epp/docs/branches/6.0/Developer_Guide/en-US.

Author: rdickens Date: 2013-01-08 23:55:45 -0500 (Tue, 08 Jan 2013) New Revision: 9038 Modified: epp/docs/branches/6.0/Developer_Guide/en-US/chapter-4-GDG_Portal_Development.xml Log: Updated chapter to version 23 of matching chapter in Confluence portal Modified: epp/docs/branches/6.0/Developer_Guide/en-US/chapter-4-GDG_Portal_Development.xml =================================================================== --- epp/docs/branches/6.0/Developer_Guide/en-US/chapter-4-GDG_Portal_Development.xml 2013-01-07 12:57:14 UTC (rev 9037) +++ epp/docs/branches/6.0/Developer_Guide/en-US/chapter-4-GDG_Portal_Development.xml 2013-01-09 04:55:45 UTC (rev 9038) @@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ <para> The biggest granularity is what is called &quot;Portal Containers&quot;. A Portal Container can host multiple &quot;Sites&quot;. Those two components have a unique identifier that can be found in the default URL mapping according to the following scheme: <code><ulink url="http://localhost:8080/"/>&lt;portalcontainer&gt;/&lt;site&gt; </code> </para> - <para> - When creating a website, it is possible to create a portal container from scratch or extend an existing one. It is then possible to extend the portal container which is accessed at <ulink url="http://localhost:8080/portal"/> on the out of the box solution, this is the recommended way. While running multiple portal containers is possible, it&apos;s usually better to keep those on separate installations. Note that multiple websites can run in a single portal container and share some services. + <para> + When creating a website, you can either create a portal container or extend an existing one. Extending an existing portal container, such as the default one provided with JBoss Portal Platform, is the recommended option because you only need to customize it to suit your requirements. Another benefit of the extension method is that upgrades consist of copying the newer distribution archives in place of the originals. This upgrade method is not possible if the distribution archives have been modified. </para> - <para> - By providing an extension you can benefit from the portal provided by JBoss Portal Platform and be able to customize the parts you want. The benefit over directly modifying the shipped files is that it will make the updates much easier (by just replacing the archives provided by JBoss Portal Platform). + <para> + While running multiple portal containers is possible, it&apos;s recommended to keep those on separate installations. Note that multiple websites can run in a single portal container and share some services. + </para> + <para> + The procedure for creating portal containers and extending existing portal containers is similar: create an enterprise archive (EAR) containing configuration details, runnable code and static resources. + </para> + <figure> <title>Example</title> <mediaobject>