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Purpose
This portlet provides an easily extendable system for user submitted feedback
forms.
Design
1. Display a form with typical feedback fields (name, phone, email, comments, etc).
2. Upon submission, email the data to a specified address (or system)
Source Code
The source code for the Feedback Portlet is now available in the JA-SIG Subversion Repository.
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Subversion: https://www.ja-sig.org/svn/portlets/FeedbackPortlet/ |
Implementation
Required Libraries:
- JAF 1.0.2,
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- activation.jar
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- (Included)
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- JavaMail
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- 1.3.2,
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- mail.jar
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- (Included)
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- JSTL,
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- jstl.jar
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- (Included)
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- Jakarta
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- standard
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- tag
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- libs,
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- standard.jar
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- (Included)
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- Spring
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- Framework
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- 1.2.5,
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- spring_1.2.5.jar
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- (Included)
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- Spring
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- Portlet
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- MVC
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- build
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- 20050928,
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- spring-portlet_20050928.jar
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- (Included)
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- (see
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This
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portlet
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is
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ready
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for
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deployment,
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no
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additional
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libraries
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are
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needed.
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All
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development
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and
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testing
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was
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run
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with
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uPortal
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2.5.1
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quickstart,
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and
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Jakarta
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Tomcat
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5.0.28.
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The
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Spring
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Portlet
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MVC
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is
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an
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add
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on
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for
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the
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spring
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framework
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that
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provides
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the
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servlet/web
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MVC
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functionality
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(in
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the
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spring
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framework)
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for
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portlets.
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Model:
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The
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Feedback
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is
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stored
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in
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a
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java
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bean
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class,
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named
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edu.wisc.my.portlets.feedback.beans.Feedback.
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Feedback
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objects
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get
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passed
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into
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an
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edu.wisc.my.portlets.feedback.dao.IFeedbackMessageFormatter,
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which
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returns
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a
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org.springframework.mail.SimpleMailMessage.
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View:
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The
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display
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pages
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are
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made
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with
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JSP.
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You
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will
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likely
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want
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to
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modify
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these
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to
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display
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information
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relevant
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to
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your
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computer
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help
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organization.
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Please
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-
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NO
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SCRIPTLETS!!!
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If
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you
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want
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scriptlets,
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please
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do
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not
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submit
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them
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back
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to
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CVS.
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Controller:
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classname
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edu.wisc.my.portlets.feedback.web.FeedbackFormController.
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Extends
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org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.SimpleFormController.
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There
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are
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two
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fields
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that
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need
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to
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be
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set,
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an
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IFeedbackFormatter
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implementation
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and
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an
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org.springframework.mail.MailSender
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(a
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JavaMailSender
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is
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listed
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in
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the
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spring
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configuration).
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Configuration
Within web/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml,
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there
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are
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two
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beans,
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a
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JavaMailSenderImpl
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and
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an
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IFeedbackMessageFormatter.
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For
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the
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mailSender,
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supply
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any
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properties
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you
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need
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for
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your
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SMTP
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smart
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host.
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This
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may
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be
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localhost,
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or
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a
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remote
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server.
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See
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http://www.springframework.org/docs/api/org/springframework/mail/javamail/JavaMailSenderImpl.html
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for
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the
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list
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of
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availble
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options.
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For
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the
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IFeedbackMessageFormatter,
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choose
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your
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desired
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implementation,
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and
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supply
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fields
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(those
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listed
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are
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the
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recipient
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and
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from
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addresses).
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Installation
1.
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checkout
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the
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package
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from
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the
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jasig
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CVS
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repository,
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module
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name
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portal_portlets/FeedbackPortlet
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2.
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'ant
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dist'
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will
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create
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the
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war
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file
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in
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the
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dist
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folder.
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Deploy
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the
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war
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file
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to
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your
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portlet
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container,
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and
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you
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are
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set.
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