Steps to create first Jsp in Liferay6.0.1

Steps to create first Jsp in Liferay6.0

1. Download liferay-portal-src-6.0.1.zip from the liferay website and save it in workspace>portal>(list of files from the zip)
2. Create new app.server.harshal.properties in workspace>portal as

app.server.type=tomcat

app.server.zip.name=C:/Liferay6.0/apache-tomcat-6.0.26.zip

ext.work.dir=C:/Liferay6

app.server.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26

app.server.tomcat.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26

app.server.tomcat.bin.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/bin

app.server.tomcat.classes.global.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/lib

app.server.tomcat.classes.portal.dir=${app.server.tomcat.portal.dir}/WEB-INF/classes

app.server.tomcat.deploy.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/webapps

app.server.tomcat.lib.endorsed.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/lib/ext

app.server.tomcat.lib.global.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/lib/ext

app.server.tomcat.lib.portal.dir=${app.server.tomcat.portal.dir}/WEB-INF/lib

app.server.tomcat.lib.support.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/lib/ext

app.server.tomcat.portal.context=ROOT

app.server.tomcat.portal.dir=${app.server.tomcat.deploy.dir}/${app.server.tomcat.portal.context}

app.server.tomcat.log.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/logs

app.server.tomcat.temp.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/temp

app.server.tomcat.work.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26/work

app.server.tomcat.zip.name=apache-tomcat-6.0.26.zip

app.server.tomcat.zip.url=http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6/v6.0.26/bin/${app.server.tomcat.zip.name}

3. Set build.harshal.properties as

ant.build.javac.source=1.6

ant.build.javac.target=1.6

4. Set release.harshal.properties as

lp.ext.dir=C:/Liferay6/workspace/ext

5. Find ${user.name} and replace it with harshal
6. Place apache-tomcat-6.0.26.zip in workspace.
7. And unzip apache-tomcat-6.0.26 in workspace.
8. From build of portal and double click on clean,start,deploy target.
9. Star t tomcat liferay should start.
10. Download liferayplugin6.0.zip and place it in the workspace.
11. Find ${user.name} and replace it with harshal

12. Create a build.harshal.properties as

ant.build.javac.source=1.6

ant.build.javac.target=1.6

app.server.type=tomcat

app.server.zip.name=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26.zip

ext.work.dir=C:/Liferay6

app.server.dir=C:/Liferay6/apache-tomcat-6.0.26

13. From command prompt go to workspace>pluginsdk>ext and > create hello-world “Hello World”.
14. Go to C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext\docroot\WEB-INF\ext-web\docroot

And create view.jsp as

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/portlet_2_0" prefix="portlet" %>

<portlet:defineObjects />

This is the <b>hello</b>.

15. Go to C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext\docroot\WEB-INF\ext-web\docroot\WEB-INF and create liferay-display-ext.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE display PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Display 6.0.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-display_6_0_0.dtd">

<display>

<category name="new">

<portlet id="jsp_portlet" />

</category>

</display>

Go to C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext\docroot\WEB-INF\ext-web\docroot\WEB-INF and edit “ liferay-portlet-ext.xml”

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE liferay-portlet-app PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Portlet Application 6.0.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-portlet-app_6_0_0.dtd">

<liferay-portlet-app>

<portlet>

<portlet-name>jsp_portlet</portlet-name>

</portlet>

</liferay-portlet-app>

16. Go to C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext\docroot\WEB-INF\ext-web\docroot\WEB-INF and edit portlet-ext.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<portlet-app

version="2.0"

xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd"

>

<portlet>

<portlet-name>jsp_portlet</portlet-name>

<display-name>jsp_portlet</display-name>

<portlet-class>com.liferay.util.bridges.mvc.MVCPortlet</portlet-class>

<init-param>

<name>view-jsp</name>

<value>/view.jsp</value>

</init-param>

<expiration-cache>0</expiration-cache>

<supports>

<mime-type>text/html</mime-type>

</supports>

<portlet-info>

<title>jsp_portlet</title>

<short-title>jsp_portlet</short-title>

<keywords>jsp_portlet</keywords>

</portlet-info>

<security-role-ref>

<role-name>administrator</role-name>

</security-role-ref>

<security-role-ref>

<role-name>guest</role-name>

</security-role-ref>

<security-role-ref>

<role-name>power-user</role-name>

</security-role-ref>

<security-role-ref>

<role-name>user</role-name>

</security-role-ref>

</portlet>

</portlet-app>

17. Go to C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext>ant compile
18. C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext>ant deploy
19. C:\Liferay6\workspace\pluginsdk\ext\first-ext>ant war
20. Copy this hello-world.war from pluginsdk\dist> folder and place it into deloy folder.
21. Start the tomcat server.
22. Wait till the server says Extension environment for hello portal has been applied.
23. Folder structure is like this

C:>Liferay6.0>

Workspace>

Portal>

PluginSDK>

apache-tomcat-6.0.26>

deploy>

data>

apache-tomcat-6.0.26.zip>

Troubleshooting:

Sometimes you will get zip exception. Go to tomcat>lib>ext folder and delete file ext-service..jar file.

Restart Tomcat.