"hamptont" wrote : Why is the CMS part of the portal ? It should be a completely separate product and not part of the portal. | | Content Management is a completely different thing from a Portlet Server. | | I don't see any value in coupling these two products. You are in the minority. The addition of the CMS to the portal was made, so people don't download a blank portal server and have nothing to see and interact with. A CMS is also a natural complement to a portal server, providing the ability to manage and serve content from a RDBM or FS. If you don't want the CMS in your portal, then you can unplug it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3959234#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...