Archive for February, 2010

Everything Maven Part 1 – Is it Worth the Effort?

Cool Tools, Development, F1 Product, Products on February 18th, 2010 2 Comments

Each time you write a new Java portlet you may have noticed that there is definitely a set of common steps that need to be completed. For example, even though the functionality of portlets may be completely different, you can always be sure that you’ll have to do things like setting up a classpath, configuring [...]

LiquidSkin and WCI 10gR3 – Not Exactly a Happy Couple!

General, Portal Server on February 11th, 2010 2 Comments

Every migration project has its unique challenges that, for the most part, get resolved with due diligence. Yet, some issues, let’s put it this way, can be more distinct. Recently, I was on a client project migrating from ALUI 6.1 to WCI 10gR3. Beside overcoming the usual quirks with SSL, security certificates, notification service, analytics, [...]

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The Elephant(s) in the Room – Part 2. A Gentle Intro to Sharepoint 2007 for WCI/ALUI Customers.

Portal, Sharepoint, WebCenter on February 4th, 2010 No Comments

Who says you can’t teach an old elephant new tricks?  In an effort to offer the best portal services available, Function1 has been spending a lot of time with Microsoft Office SharePoint server. Microsoft is a traditional market leader and its most recent incarnation of SharePoint has the technology baked-in to live up to the [...]

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