Integrating JForum with Struts tiles app ?

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I tried to integrate JForum with a struts application that uses tiles but could not get it to display the JForum page(s). I want to be able to display the JForum page(s) within the contentarea of my struts tiles app. Any help will be appreciated.

tiles-defs.xml entry

<!-- classic-layout -->
<definition name="doc.classic.layout" path="/layouts/classic-layout.jsp">
<put name="title" value=".title" />
<put name="menu" value="/common/menu.jsp" />
<put name="contentarea" value="/common/body.jsp" />
<put name="footer" value="/common/footer.jsp" />
</definition>

<definition name="doc.forum.page" extends="doc.classic.layout">
<put name="title" value="Forum Discussions" />
<put name="contentarea" value="/forum/list.page" />
</definition>


struts-config.xml entry:

<action <br /> path="/forum" <br /> type="com.simpaq.common.action.ForumAction" <br /> name="defaultForm" <br /> scope="request" <br /> validate="false" <br /> input="doc.forum.page">
<forward name="success" path="doc.forum.page" redirect="false"/>
</action>

Thanks.

gtata
[originally posted on jforum.net by gtata]

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The easiest way to do this is to implement an SSO solution between your app and jForum. Modify the header/footer template files to display minimum of stuff. Then use an IFRAME in your content section.

A more CPU intensive method that I've heard about is to use HTTPClient to connect to jForum and do URL re-writes.

A Gee Whiz / Time is no problem possibility would be to totally modify the templates to only produce XML and write a totally Ajax based front end to use in your content section.
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]

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Thanks for the suggestion.

Did your team use the iframe approach in this forum? I see that there is sort of a left nav with the RELEASE 2.1.8 download menu block, the CONTRIBUTE menu block etc.... and on top you have sort of like tab folder-like links, and in the middle is the JFroum app. Did you use the iframe to achieve this layout?

Thanks.

gtata
[originally posted on jforum.net by gtata]

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This site is done by using the standard jforum method of modifying the header.html and footer.html files. These are used to wrap all the pages in the same navigation / look and feel as the main HTML-only site.

In case you didn't know, jForum's skin comes from Freemarker.org template files located in the templates/default directory. Best practice for modifying the skin is to copy the default dir to a new directory in the templates dir. Then change the config settings to use your custom skin. Makes updates and finding the original reference files much easier.
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]