I took your code, exactly as you posted, added in the import statement in the Java source file, and built a forum.war file. Then I copied forum.war to server/default/deploy and accessed the portal, and your portlet showed up. I noticed that you have the 5.0 JDK installed in Program Files. I usually recommend people not install any Java-related things there, but since you are using the short 8.3 name you should be OK. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3965924#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...