[Basicportal-maillist] Newbie Guide?

[John M. <jo...@ea...>]

This project looks great!  Exactly what Jakarta needs!  Jetspeed is based on
Turbine.... now we have a Struts based Portal!

I have read the deployment guide but there does not seem to be a "Newbie
to-do guide".  What i am looking for is a set of tasks that a newbie should
perform to become acquainted with the project.  Hopefully, if such a list
was created it would help with the learning curve and give the project
momentum.

Just from browsing the source tree gives an idea of the structure of the
project:

java source:

apache
      apache\aSync
            apache\aSync\mail
            apache\aSync\rss
      apache\auction
      apache\basejDAO
      apache\basicPortal
            apache\basicPortal\cms
            apache\basicPortal\other
            apache\basicPortal\singleSignOn
            apache\basicPortal\unitTest
      apache\codeTemplate
      apache\emailVU
      apache\jobs
      apache\model3
      apache\ntnse
      apache\proj
      apache\store
            apache\store\shopingCart


jsp source:

portlets
      LayoutA.jsp
            portlets\cms
                  CMSCommentAddPortlet.jsp
                  ContentApprovePortlet.jsp
                  contentImageUpload.html
                  ContentLstPortlet.jsp
                  ContentSubmitPortlet.jsp
                  ContentZoomPortlet.jsp
            portlets\common
                  adBar.jsp
                  footer.jsp
                  footer_left.jsp
                  footer_right.jsp
                  headerA.jsp
                  leftBarA.jsp
                  logo.jsp
            portlets\email
                  EMailLstPortlet.jsp
            portlets\proj
                  TasksLstPortlet.jsp
                  TasksZoomPortlet.jsp
            portlets\singleSignOn
                  UserAddPortlet.jsp

My question is: when looking at the source code in each of these folders are
there certain questions I should be trying to answer for myself.  ie. is
there key information that needs to be understood?


Looking forward to seeing the project thrive!

- john