Strange how writing things down helps the mind :-) I see in the blog example that the faces servlet is mapped to: <servlet-mapping> | <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> | <url-pattern>/seam/*</url-pattern> | </servlet-mapping> | while I use: <servlet-mapping> | <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> | <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern> | </servlet-mapping> and the important one <context-param> | <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name> | <param-value>.xhtml</param-value> | </context-param> My rss file had an rss extension, with the above in mind the rss extension never got the Faces servlet involved. Renaming my file to have an xhtml extension solved the problem. L View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3981294#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...