3-column theme

[Rafiki Zawadi]

Hello Everyone,
I am a newbie to Apache Roller so am turning to this listserv for help in
converting a 2-column theme to a 3-column one.  Can anyone guide me through
the process of changing the Andreas08 theme into one which has a
three-column layout where the side columns are fixed-width and the center
column is liquid?

I would also like to have the tags cloud placed in the upper right side of
the blue banner area. I am having some difficulty understanding where to
place the div ids.

Many thanks,
Ann

[Rafiki Zawadi]

Hi Everyone,
I realize both the Weblog and CSS templates will need modifications but am
not sure what codes should be inserted where inorder for the third column to
display.

Below is a part of HTML from the Weblog.  Please advise if I added this
statement:
<div id="leftnav">

 and inserted in front of the    <div id="content" class="clearfix"> what
Velocity codes would be required in the HTML section and the CSS for the
column to display.

<divd id=where to insert the  will need needs to change
<div id="page">
    *<div id="header" class="clearfix">*
        <h1><a href="$url.home">$model.weblog.name</a></h1>
        <h2><!-- Short tagline goes here --></h2>
        <div id="branding">$model.weblog.description</div>
    </div>
       <div id="content" class="clearfix">
        <div id="main">

        #set($pager = $model.getWeblogEntriesPager())
        <div class="next-previous">
            #if ($model.results)
                #showWeblogSearchAgainForm($model.weblog)
                #showNextPrevSearchControl($pager)
            #else
                #showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)
            #end
        </div>

        <div class="entries">
            #showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
        </div>

        #if ($model.permalink)
           #showWeblogEntryComments($model.weblogEntry)
           #showWeblogEntryCommentForm($model.weblogEntry)
        #end

        </div><!-- end main -->

Thanks for any hints or clues to display the third column.
Ann

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Rafiki Zawadi <rafikizawadi@...>wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> I am a newbie to Apache Roller so am turning to this listserv for help in
> converting a 2-column theme to a 3-column one.  Can anyone guide me through
> the process of changing the Andreas08 theme into one which has a
> three-column layout where the side columns are fixed-width and the center
> column is liquid?
>
> I would also like to have the tags cloud placed in the upper right side of
> the blue banner area. I am having some difficulty understanding where to
> place the div ids.
>
> Many thanks,
> Ann
>

[Neralla, Abhishek]

Hello,

I am trying to install Roller 4.0.1 on a Solaris OS machine. We are
using the Apache webserver and Resin app server. I downloaded the code
from the Downloads page. I am unable to figure out how to start the
Roller app. Please help.

Is there any documentation for Installing on a Resin server?

Thanks a lot.

- Abhishek.

[Dave-431]

I'm not aware of any docs new than these ancient scrolls:

http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuideResin
http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuide098

So... your on your own unless fellow Resin fans want to speak up now.

Read over the Roller Installation Guide and do the same things in
Resin that we do in Tomcat:

- Create a roller-custom.properties file, put it in your app server's classpath
- Setup a JNDI Datasource for Roller, or specify JDBC params in the
properties file
- Setup a JNDI Mail Session for Roller, if you want email support
- Deploy Roller's webapp directory to your app server

You'd have to refer to Resins docs to figure out the specifics of those steps.

- Dave



On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Neralla,
Abhishek<Abhishek.Neralla@...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Roller 4.0.1 on a Solaris OS machine. We are
> using the Apache webserver and Resin app server. I downloaded the code
> from the Downloads page. I am unable to figure out how to start the
> Roller app. Please help.
>
> Is there any documentation for Installing on a Resin server?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> - Abhishek.
>

[Neralla, Abhishek]

Thanks Dave. I'll snoop around...

- Abhishek.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:snoopdave@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:19 PM
To: user@...
Subject: Re: Roller on Resin environment


I'm not aware of any docs new than these ancient scrolls:

http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuideResin
http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuide098

So... your on your own unless fellow Resin fans want to speak up now.

Read over the Roller Installation Guide and do the same things in Resin
that we do in Tomcat:

- Create a roller-custom.properties file, put it in your app server's
classpath
- Setup a JNDI Datasource for Roller, or specify JDBC params in the
properties file
- Setup a JNDI Mail Session for Roller, if you want email support
- Deploy Roller's webapp directory to your app server

You'd have to refer to Resins docs to figure out the specifics of those
steps.

- Dave



On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Neralla,
Abhishek<Abhishek.Neralla@...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Roller 4.0.1 on a Solaris OS machine. We are
> using the Apache webserver and Resin app server. I downloaded the code

> from the Downloads page. I am unable to figure out how to start the
> Roller app. Please help.
>
> Is there any documentation for Installing on a Resin server?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> - Abhishek.
>

[Neralla, Abhishek]

I tried configuring Roller on the Resin/Apache environments. I am able
to access the Static files but when I am trying to access the index.jsp
under /webapp/roller/ , I am getting the following 500 exception. Please
help.

500 Servlet Exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at
com.caucho.xml.QAttributedNode.getAttributeNodeNS(QAttributedNode.java:1
46)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationAttributes.getLocation(Loc
ationAttributes.java:170)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationAttributes.getLocation(Loc
ationAttributes.java:183)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationUtils.getLocation(Location
Utils.java:253)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationUtils.getLocation(Location
Utils.java:202)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.XWorkException.<init>(XWorkException.java:91)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationException.<init>(Configurati
onException.java:74)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.regist
er(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:208)
        at
org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.register(Struts
XmlConfigurationProvider.java:101)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reload(DefaultC
onfiguration.java:131)
        at
com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(Con
figurationManager.java:52)
        at
org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init_PreloadConfiguration(Dispa
tcher.java:395)
        at
org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init(Dispatcher.java:452)
        at
org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.init(FilterDispatcher.jav
a:201)
        at
com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterManager.createFilter(FilterManager.java
:127)
        at
com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterMapper.buildDispatchChain(FilterMapper.
java:169)
        at
com.caucho.server.webapp.Application.buildInvocation(Application.java:17
22)
        at
com.caucho.server.webapp.ApplicationContainer.buildInvocation(Applicatio
nContainer.java:666)
        at com.caucho.server.host.Host.buildInvocation(Host.java:421)
        at
com.caucho.server.host.HostContainer.buildInvocation(HostContainer.java:
322)
        at
com.caucho.server.resin.ServletServer.buildInvocation(ServletServer.java
:641)
        at
com.caucho.server.dispatch.DispatchServer.buildInvocation(DispatchServer
.java:198)
        at
com.caucho.server.hmux.HmuxRequest.handleRequest(HmuxRequest.java:391)
        at
com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:363)
        at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:490)
        at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:423)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:snoopdave@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:19 PM
To: user@...
Subject: Re: Roller on Resin environment

I'm not aware of any docs new than these ancient scrolls:

http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuideResin
http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=InstallationGuide098

So... your on your own unless fellow Resin fans want to speak up now.

Read over the Roller Installation Guide and do the same things in Resin
that we do in Tomcat:

- Create a roller-custom.properties file, put it in your app server's
classpath
- Setup a JNDI Datasource for Roller, or specify JDBC params in the
properties file
- Setup a JNDI Mail Session for Roller, if you want email support
- Deploy Roller's webapp directory to your app server

You'd have to refer to Resins docs to figure out the specifics of those
steps.

- Dave



On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Neralla,
Abhishek<Abhishek.Neralla@...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Roller 4.0.1 on a Solaris OS machine. We are
> using the Apache webserver and Resin app server. I downloaded the code

> from the Downloads page. I am unable to figure out how to start the
> Roller app. Please help.
>
> Is there any documentation for Installing on a Resin server?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> - Abhishek.
>

[Dave-431]

Hmm... based on that exception I would guess that Resin is supplying a
XML parser that Struts2 does not like. I think you will have to google
for people running Struts2 on Resin and see if there is some
workaround? One work-around might be to configure Resin to use a more
"standard" XML parser like Xerces or something?

- Dave



On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Neralla,
Abhishek<Abhishek.Neralla@...> wrote:

> I tried configuring Roller on the Resin/Apache environments. I am able
> to access the Static files but when I am trying to access the index.jsp
> under /webapp/roller/ , I am getting the following 500 exception. Please
> help.
>
> 500 Servlet Exception
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>        at
> com.caucho.xml.QAttributedNode.getAttributeNodeNS(QAttributedNode.java:1
> 46)
> at
> com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationAttributes.getLocation(
> LocationAttributes.java:170)

[Neralla, Abhishek]

Dave,

I was able to resolve the 500 exception by using the Xerces/Xalan parser and configuring this within the Resin configuration.

Now, when I am accessing the Roller app, it said that there are no tables present; so I clicked on "Yes, create tables". This then threw a 404:

The requested URL /roller-ui/install/install!create.rol was not found on this server.

I do not see these files within the roller installation package contents. Please advise.

Thanks,
Abhishek.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:snoopdave@...]
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:13 PM
To: user@...
Subject: Re: Roller on Resin environment

Hmm... based on that exception I would guess that Resin is supplying a XML parser that Struts2 does not like. I think you will have to google for people running Struts2 on Resin and see if there is some workaround? One work-around might be to configure Resin to use a more "standard" XML parser like Xerces or something?

- Dave



On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Neralla, Abhishek<Abhishek.Neralla@...> wrote:

> I tried configuring Roller on the Resin/Apache environments. I am able
> to access the Static files but when I am trying to access the
> index.jsp under /webapp/roller/ , I am getting the following 500
> exception. Please help.
>
> 500 Servlet Exception
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>        at
> com.caucho.xml.QAttributedNode.getAttributeNodeNS(QAttributedNode.java
> :1
> 46)
> at
> com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocationAttributes.getLocation(
> LocationAttributes.java:170)