Ok, here is the problem. org.jboss.portal.portlet.InvalidPortletIdException: Cannot configure producer offered portlets org.jboss.portal.portlet.state.producer.ProducerPortletInvoker.setProperties(ProducerPortletInvoker.java:538) I looked at the ProducerPortletInvoker code and found this: | // | if (context.isStateful() == false) | { | throw new InvalidPortletIdException("Cannot configure producer offered portlets", portletId); | } | So I started looking in the database and found JBP_INSTANCE and JBP_PORTLET_STATE. All the new instances that came with the portal worked fine, All the ones I created threw the above exception. The difference was the PORTLET_REF column in the JBP_INSTANCE table. Mine had "local.news.RSSNewsPortlet" as the PORTLET_REF, and the default instances had local._7. The "7" represents the primary key of the JBP_PORTLET_STATE table. So I changed my PORTLET_REF to local._7 and it worked. Is this is a bug? thanks, View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4150808#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...