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<chapter id="chap-User_Guide-Introduction">
        <title>Introduction</title>
	<para>
		&PRODUCT; is the merge of two mature Java projects; JBoss Portal and eXo Portal. This new community project takes the best of both offerings and incorporates them into a single j2ee deployment archive. The aim is to provide an intuitive user-friendly portal and a framework to address the needs of today's Web 2.0 applications.
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		This book introduces and provides detailed information about most features and capabilities of &PRODUCT; such as user/group management and access permissions, using portlets and changing basic interface objects such as skins, language and page orientation.
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		Refer to <ulink type="http" url="http://www.jboss.org/gatein/documentation.html">&PRODUCT; Reference Guide</ulink> for detailed information on all aspects of the project.
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		<title>Related Links</title>
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					GateIn homepage:
					<ulink url="http://www.gatein.org">www.gatein.org</ulink>
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					GateIn videos:
					<ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/gatein/videos.html">www.jboss.org/gatein/videos.html</ulink>
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					GateIn documentation:
					<ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/gatein/documentation.html">www.jboss.org/gatein/documentation.html</ulink>
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					GateIn downloads:
					<ulink url="http://www.jboss.org/gatein/downloads.html">www.jboss.org/gatein/downloads.html</ulink>
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