I also cannot install the forums. I have jboss-portal 2.4.0-CR1, and have downloaded forums from http://labs.jboss.com/file-access/default/members/portletswap/downloads/p... I have done a cp -r of the .ear directory to server/default/deploy, which is what I assume we are meant to do (there are no instructions). I get the following error: | 2006-07-18 12:09:58,771 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer] create operation failed for package file:/E:/products/jboss-portal/jboss-portal-2.4.0-CR1/server/default/deploy/portal-forums.ear/portal-forums.sar/ | org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: no protocol: org/jboss/portal/core/hibernate/SessionFactoryBinder.xml; - nested throwable: (java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: org/jboss/portal/core/hibernate/SessionFactoryBinder.xml) | at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.install(ServiceConfigurator.java:196) | I will try again using stable portal and stable forums View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3958747#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...