Can you try to add: | <application> | <locale-config> | <default-locale>en</default-locale> | <supported-locale>en</supported-locale> | <supported-locale>ar</supported-locale> | <supported-locale>fr</supported-locale> | <supported-locale>it</supported-locale> | </locale-config> | ... | </application> | In faces-config.xml of core-identity. My wild guess is that it has to do with the JSF nature of the application more than the portal itself View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4131218#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...