Community as a preview area.

[Russ Danner, geändert vor 17 Jahren.]

We have several evironments Development, Production etc.

On of our environments is a business user environment. Its a portal that allows them to make modifications to pages, portlet configurations, and theme assignments.

As we move on to our CMS implementation I imagine they will have serveral communities:

Guest: very limited here... basically force login

Live: represents the site as it is in production

Preview: Life + what ever tweaks they wish to roll out.
From the guest environment I imagine they would have the ability to make approvals and interact with workflow. Approval would trigger events in content management and website management.

Process:represents some community that has access to a specific production process like Publish web content, publish x magazine... whatever....

CMS: represents a desktop of applications that allow them to interact with the CMS directly.

Personal (private): represents some personal area they would be allowed to customize

ConceptX: some power business user would have the ability to create new communities to support the development of things like a concept website



One reason this is not possible today is because it does not seem possible to copy a page from one community to another.

It doesnt seem possible to export a LAR from one community and import it as another.

There is no way to use communities as a staging or sandbox area.

Maybe thats because its a total abuse of the concept I don't know.

What do you think?

[Russ Danner, geändert vor 17 Jahren.]

any thoughts on this?

[Brian Chan, geändert vor 17 Jahren.]

You should be able to export from community A and import it to community B. It's not really an abuse of the concept. We do that quite a bit actually.

[Russ Danner, geändert vor 17 Jahren.]

My understanding is that george tried this and it didnt work. I just made a new community in our dev environment exported guest and tried to import it into the new community.

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importLayoutPermissions(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:808)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:488)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:287)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:181)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:148)
        at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy462.importLayouts(Unknown Source)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.ejb.LayoutLocalServiceEJBImpl.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceEJBImpl.java:122)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.jboss.invocation.Invocation.performCall(Invocation.java:345)
        at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionContainer.java:214)
        at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionInterceptor.invoke(CachedConnectionInterceptor.java:149)
        at org.jboss.webservice.server.ServiceEndpointInterceptor.invoke(ServiceEndpointInterceptor.java:54)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CallValidationInterceptor.invoke(CallValidationInterceptor.java:48)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptor.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptor.java:106)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.java:158)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorBMT.invoke(TxInterceptorBMT.java:62)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.java:154)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:153)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LogInterceptor.invoke(LogInterceptor.java:192)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.invoke(ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.java:122)
        at org.jboss.ejb.SessionContainer.internalInvoke(SessionContainer.java:624)
        at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:873)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.local.BaseLocalProxyFactory.invoke(BaseLocalProxyFactory.java:415)
        at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.local.StatelessSessionProxy.invoke(StatelessSessionProxy.java:88)
        at $Proxy256.importLayouts(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.springframework.ejb.access.LocalSlsbInvokerInterceptor.invoke(LocalSlsbInvokerInterceptor.java:66)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:170)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:176)
        at $Proxy461.importLayouts(Unknown Source)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.spring.LayoutLocalServiceUtil.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceUtil.java:225)
        at com.liferay.portlet.communities.action.ImportPagesAction.processAction(ImportPagesAction.java:64)
        at com.liferay.portal.struts.PortletRequestProcessor.process(PortletRequestProcessor.java:173)
        at com.liferay.portlet.StrutsPortlet.processAction(StrutsPortlet.java:95)
        at com.liferay.portlet.CachePortlet._invoke(CachePortlet.java:313)
        at com.liferay.portlet.CachePortlet.processAction(CachePortlet.java:142)
        at com.liferay.portal.action.LayoutAction._processPortletRequest(LayoutAction.java:232)
        at com.liferay.portal.action.LayoutAction._processActionRequest(LayoutAction.java:250)
        at com.liferay.portal.action.LayoutAction.execute(LayoutAction.java:86)
        at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
        at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
        at com.liferay.portal.struts.PortalRequestProcessor.process(PortalRequestProcessor.java:188)
        at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
        at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.callParentService(MainServlet.java:437)
        at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:825)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
        at com.liferay.portal.servlet.FriendlyURLServlet.service(FriendlyURLServlet.java:133)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.ccs.portal.services.PortalServicesServletFilter.doFilter(PortalServicesServletFilter.java:124)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at com.liferay.filters.strip.StripFilter.doFilter(StripFilter.java:94)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at com.liferay.filters.secure.SecureFilter.doFilter(SecureFilter.java:143)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.layoutcache.LayoutCacheFilter.doFilter(LayoutCacheFilter.java:205)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.ccs.cache.OsCacheFilter.doFilter(OsCacheFilter.java:500)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:81)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:39)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:159)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:407)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:59)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
        at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:307)
        at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:385)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:748)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:678)
        at org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:871)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
2006-08-25 14:48:07,129 ERROR [com.liferay.portlet.communities.action.ImportPagesAction] com.liferay.portal.SystemException: javax.ejb.EJBException: RuntimeException; CausedByException is:
        null

I still have to look at the exception but I might as well post it as well

[Matt Van Van, geändert vor 17 Jahren.]

I am using 4.1.2 on Tomcat and received an error while trying to import a LAR file into a new community. Here is what I did:

1. Created a new community

2. Exported another community that has about 20 pages mostly with journal content portlets

3. Imported teh resulting LAR file from #2 above

I then received this error:

"You have entered invalid data. Please try again."

Thoughts?

Thanks!
Matt