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Download and unzip uPortal_rel-2.5.2.zip. Make sure you have correctly set up the JDBC properties in build.xml, rdbm.properties, dbloader.xml and
possibly PersonDirs.xml. You may run "ant initportal" to verify the setup before proceeding to next step
Step 2
Download and unzip the http://www.ja-sig.org/downloads/uportal/uportal-2-4-2-myvt-quick-start.zip. Goto uportal-2-4-2-myvt-quick-start directory and copy the following files from uPortal_rel-2-4-2/ to corresponding 2.5.2 source directory.
webpages/frame.jsp
webpages/navigate.jsp (correct the class path to <%@ page import="org.jasig.portal.layout.alm.IALFolderDescription" %> )
source/edu/*
webpages/media/edu/*
webpages/stylesheets/edu/*
webpages/stylesheets/org/jasig/portal/channels/CGenericXSLT/RSS/rss-2.0.ssl
webpages/stylesheets/org/jasig/portal/channels/CGenericXSLT/RSS/rss-2.0.xsl
webpages/stylesheets/org/jasig/portal/channels/CContentSubscriber/html.xsl
properties/al/fragments.xml (replace "column::footer" with "column::footer-column")
properties/chanpub/cnet-news-com.xml
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3a
Download and apply the attached patch myvt-2.5.2.diff to 2.5.2
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The patch modifies the UserInstance.java and CContentSubscriber.java.
Step 3b
Set org.jasig.portal.MediaManager.omit_doctype=no in portal.properties. This corrects the rendering problem with the browsers such as IE and firefox.
Step 4
Run "ant initportal" to build rebuild everything with My VT customization
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