Ultimately, jForum is just a standard web app. The CVS and source distribution layout are not designed to match
IDE's preferred layouts. So, you have two choices.
You either have to figure out how to map your IDE into the default layout (e.g. with Eclipse, defining the Workspace root as a src directory, adding in the required jars from the WEB-INF lib directory, and the like).
Or, just import the info from the source into the structure your IDE expects. I.e., Create a "WebApp" project, then inport the
java source in to the src/java (or whatever) directory, the Web parts into the WebRoot (or whatever) dir, and put the WEB-INF files and libs into the location your IDE expects.
Nothing magic here, just need to understand how your IDE works for Web Application development.
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]