Both posts you reference seem to deal with pages rather than portlets. I assume they should work in a similar manner... correct. Your comment about things not working via the descriptor files if the database already has been initialized is interesting. Maybe it is the root issue here? anonymous wrote : | Of course, changing the settings in that file might not work unless you are starting off with a clean installation, even with setting 'if-exists' to 'overwrite'. (I am not very trusting of 'overwrite', some changes seem to go through ok, others just don't make it.) But if your are attempting to put together a custom portal to deploy, that file is the perfect place to make such changes. | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4124590#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...