Surround your facelets with ui:composition's rather than spans. Using spans isn't actually valid xml. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4059686#4059686 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4059686