I have a similar problem i had take a change a IFrame portlet and create new class portlet simular a IFrame class my portlet.xml file is | <portlet> | <portlet-name>SearchPortlet</portlet-name> | <portlet-class>org.jboss.portlet.iframe.SearchPortlet</portlet-class> | <supports> | <mime-type>text/html</mime-type> | <portlet-mode>VIEW</portlet-mode> | <portlet-mode>EDIT</portlet-mode> | </supports> | <portlet-info> | <title>Firewall Access Stats</title> | </portlet-info> | </portlet> | my portlet-instances.xml | <deployments> | <deployment> | <if-exists>overwrite</if-exists> | <instance> | <instance-id>SearchPortletInstance</instance-id> | <portlet-ref>SearchPortlet</portlet-ref> | </instance> | </deployment> | </deployments> | the same error : Failed to create instance SearchPortletInstance of portlet Searchportlet.SearchPortlet because portlet Searchportlet.SearchPortlet is not available View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4145415#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...