diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
index 4ec76d5c9..06a26aa73 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml
@@ -126,4 +126,39 @@
         </java>
     </target>	
 
+    <target name="new-app">
+        <fail message="Please specify -Dnew.app.name=&lt;name&gt; at the command line">
+            <condition>
+                <not>
+                    <isset property="new.app.name" />
+                </not>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <echo>Creating new application ${new.app.name}</echo>
+        <mkdir dir="${new.app.name}" />
+        <copy todir="${new.app.name}" preservelastmodified="true" verbose="true">
+            <fileset dir="${ccm.project.dir}/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app">
+                <exclude name="src/new.app.name.*" />
+            </fileset>
+            <filterset>
+                <filter token="new.app.name" value="${new.app.name}" />
+            </filterset>
+        </copy>
+        <copy tofile="${new.app.name}/src/${new.app.name}.config" file="${ccm.project.dir}/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.config" preservelastmodified="true" verbose="true">
+            <filterset>
+                <filter token="new.app.name" value="${new.app.name}" />
+            </filterset>
+        </copy>
+        <copy tofile="${new.app.name}/src/${new.app.name}.load" file="${ccm.project.dir}/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.load" preservelastmodified="true" verbose="true">
+            <filterset>
+                <filter token="new.app.name" value="${new.app.name}" />
+            </filterset>
+        </copy>
+        <copy tofile="${new.app.name}/src/${new.app.name}.upgrade" file="${ccm.project.dir}/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.upgrade" preservelastmodified="true" verbose="true">
+            <filterset>
+                <filter token="new.app.name" value="${new.app.name}" />
+            </filterset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ec76d5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-ccm.xml.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--  Already definded:
+		ccm.project.dir:		base dir of the development project
+		app.server.bundles.zip	name of the installation file
+		app.server.parent.dir	name of the dir to install into the server into
+		app.server.home.dir	dir the server are installed into (i.e. CATALINA_HOME)
+		app.server.deploy.dir	dir the server are installed into (i.e. CATALINA_BASE)
+		app.server.conf.dir		name of the servers configuration dir
+		app.server.webapp.dir	distribution dir for web applications      -->
+
+<project name="load">
+
+	<target name="load-bundle" depends="prepare-load">
+		<echo>Loading bundle ${ccm.bundle.folder} into ${ccm.home}</echo>
+
+		<java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool"  fork="yes">
+            <classpath refid="ccm.classpath" />
+		    <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+		    <arg line="load ${applications} --parameter-file ${ccm.bundle.folder}/cfg/integration.properties" />
+		</java>
+        <!--   
+            <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration"
+                         value="file:runtime/${app.server.bundles.name}/conf/log4j.xml" />
+        -->
+        <!--
+			<sysproperty key="java.protocol.handler.pkgs"
+                         value="${java.protocol.handler.pkgs}" />
+        -->
+	</target>
+
+    <target name="load-bundle-config" depends="prepare-load">
+        <echo>load ${applications} --init using ${ccm.bundle.folder}/cfg/integration.properties</echo> 
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" classpathref="ccm.classpath" fork="yes">
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="load  ${applications} --config --parameter-file ${ccm.bundle.folder}/cfg/integration.properties" /> 
+        </java> 
+    </target>
+
+	<target name="load" depends="prepare-load">
+ 	    <echo>load ${applications} </echo>
+ 	    <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" classpathref="ccm.classpath" fork="yes">
+ 	          <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+              <!--
+ 	              <sysproperty key="log4j.configuration"
+                               value="file:runtime/${app.server.bundles.name}/conf/log4j.xml" />
+ 	              <sysproperty key="java.protocol.handler.pkgs"
+                           value="${java.protocol.handler.pkgs}" />
+              -->
+ 	          <arg line="load  ${applications} " />
+ 	    </java>
+ 	</target>
+ 	
+ 	<target name="prepare-load">
+ 	    <echo>prepare bundle ${ccm.bundle.folder}</echo>
+		<copy file="${ccm.bundle.folder}/cfg/applications.cfg"
+                      tofile=".tmp.applications.cfg" overwrite="yes" />
+		<replaceregexp file=".tmp.applications.cfg" match="#.*" replace="" byline="true" />
+		<replaceregexp file=".tmp.applications.cfg"
+                       match="[ \t\r\n]+" replace=" " flags="gs" />
+		<loadfile property="applications" srcFile=".tmp.applications.cfg" />
+		<delete file=".tmp.applications.cfg"/>
+		<tstamp>
+			<format pattern="yyyymmddhhmmss" property="timestamp" />
+		</tstamp>
+		<!-- nolonger in use
+		<move file="${app.server.conf.dir}/registry"
+                      tofile="${app.server.conf.dir}/registry.${timestamp}" preservelastmodified="yes"
+			  failonerror="no" verbose="true" />
+		-->
+
+		<!-- classpath used by command line tools load-bundle, update, ...        -->
+		<path id="ccm.classpath">
+			<path refid="ccm.tools.classpath"/>
+			<!--  <pathelement location="runtime/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>  -->
+			<pathelement location="${app.server.webapp.dir}/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+			<!--  <fileset dir="runtime/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib" includes="**/*.jar" />  -->
+			<fileset dir="${app.server.webapp.dir}/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib" includes="**/*.jar" />
+		</path>
+	</target>
+ 
+   <target name="upgrade" description="Upgrade">
+        <fail message="Configure the package being upgraded using the ccm.upgrade.package property">
+            <condition>
+                <or>
+                    <not>
+                        <isset property="ccm.upgrade.package" />
+                    </not>
+                    <equals arg1="ccm-xxx" arg2="${ccm.upgrade.package}" />
+                </or>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <fail message="Configure the source version using the ccm.upgrade.from.version property">
+            <condition>
+                <or>
+                    <not>
+                        <isset property="ccm.upgrade.from.version" />
+                    </not>
+                    <equals arg1="xxx" arg2="${ccm.upgrade.from.version}" />
+                    <not>
+	                        <matches pattern="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" string="${ccm.upgrade.from.version}" />
+                    </not>
+                </or>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+        <fail message="Configure the target version using the ccm.upgrade.to.version property">
+            <condition>
+                <or>
+                    <not>
+                        <isset property="ccm.upgrade.to.version" />
+                    </not>
+                    <equals arg1="xxx" arg2="${ccm.upgrade.to.version}" />
+                    <not>
+                        <matches pattern="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" string="${ccm.upgrade.to.version}" />
+                    </not>
+                </or>
+            </condition>
+        </fail>
+
+        <echo message="Upgrading ${ccm.upgrade.package} from version ${ccm.upgrade.from.version} to ${ccm.upgrade.to.version}" />
+
+        <java classname="com.arsdigita.packaging.MasterTool" fork="yes">
+            <classpath refid="ccm.classpath" />
+            <sysproperty key="ccm.home" value="${ccm.home}" />
+            <arg line="upgrade ${ccm.upgrade.package} --from-version=${ccm.upgrade.from.version} --to-version=${ccm.upgrade.to.version}" />
+        </java>
+    </target>	
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
index a7c9d8874..9e39b3dac 100644
--- a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,27 @@
 		<copy file="tools-ng/devel/lib/postgresql-jdbc-8.2.506.jar"
                       todir="${app.server.shared.dir}" preservelastmodified="true"/>
 	</target>
+    
+    <target name="uninstall-liferay">
+        <echo>Uninstalling Liferay from ${app.server.webapp.dir}</echo>
+        <delete dir="${app.server.webapp.dir}/portal"/>
+    </target>
+        
+    <target name="install-liferay" depends="uninstall-liferay">
+        <echo>Installing Liferay into ${app.server.webapp.dir}</echo>
+        <mkdir dir="${app.server.webapp.dir}/portal"/>
+        <unzip src="tools-ng/liferay/liferay-portal-5.2.3.war" dest="${app.server.webapp.dir}/portal"/>
+        <copy file="tools-ng/liferay/conf/portal-ext.properties" 
+              todir="${app.server.webapp.dir}/portal/WEB-INF/classes" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+        <unzip src="tools-ng/liferay/liferay-portal-dependencies-5.2.3.zip" 
+               dest="${app.server.home.dir}/lib" overwrite="true">
+            <mapper type="flatten"/>
+        </unzip>
+        <copy file="ccm-core/lib/mail.jar" 
+              todir="${app.server.home.dir}/lib" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+        <copy file="tools-ng/liferay/jta.jar" 
+              todir="${app.server.home.dir}/lib" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+    </target>
 
 	<target name="start">
 		<java classname="org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap" fork="yes">
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml.orig b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml.orig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7c9d8874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/scriptlib/build-runtime.xml.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--  Already definded:
+		ccm.project.dir:		base dir of the development project (environment)
+
+		in conf/runtime.properties:
+		app.server.bundles.zip	full name of the installation file
+		app.server.parent.dir	full name of the dir where to install the server software into
+		app.server.home.dir	    full name of the servers dir  (i.e. CATALINA_HOME)
+		app.server.conf.dir		full name of the servers configuration dir
+		app.server.shared.dir	full name of dir where shared libraries are to be installed (i.e. lib)
+		app.server.webapp.dir	full name of dir where web applications to install (deploy) (i.e. webapps)
+
+		-->
+
+<project name="appserver" default="start">
+
+	<target name="install-tomcat">
+		<echo>Installing app server into ${app.server.parent.dir}</echo>
+		<unzip src="${app.server.bundles.zip}" dest="${app.server.parent.dir}"
+                       overwrite="true">
+			<patternset>
+				<exclude name="**/ROOT/**" />
+			</patternset>
+		</unzip>
+
+		<!-- Copy additional files needed for operation   -->
+		<copy file="ccm-core/lib/xercesImpl.jar"
+                      todir="${app.server.shared.dir}/endorsed" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+		<copy file="tools-ng/devel/lib/ojdbc14.jar"
+                      todir="${app.server.shared.dir}" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+		<copy file="tools-ng/devel/lib/postgresql-jdbc-8.2.506.jar"
+                      todir="${app.server.shared.dir}" preservelastmodified="true"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="start">
+		<java classname="org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap" fork="yes">
+
+			<!--  nolonger needed ? (if anything works as expected)   
+			      seems to be needed if sysproperty javax....xerces...SAYParser ....  below is set.
+			<sysproperty key="java.endorsed.dirs" value="${app.server.shared.dir}/endorsed" />
+			-->
+
+                        <!-- Previously required to prevent Tomcat from using AElfred to check web.xml / taglibs  -->
+			<!-- seems to work now without, please comment in if something goes wrong with XML processing
+			<sysproperty key="javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory" value="com.icl.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl" />
+			<sysproperty key="javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory" value="org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl" />
+			<sysproperty key="javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory" value="org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl" />
+			-->
+
+                        <!-- standard parameter to Tomcat operation  -->
+			<sysproperty key="catalina.home" value="${app.server.home.dir}" />
+			<sysproperty key="catalina.base" value="${app.server.home.dir}" />
+			<sysproperty key="catalina.config" value="file:///${app.server.conf.dir}/catalina.properties" />
+			<jvmarg value="-Xms256m" />
+			<jvmarg value="-Xmx512m" />
+			<jvmarg value="-XX:PermSize=128m" />
+			<jvmarg value="-XX:MaxPermSize=128m" />
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement path="${app.server.home.dir}/bin/bootstrap.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+		</java>
+	</target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/application.xml b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/application.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8e6ae9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/application.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ccm:application xmlns:ccm="http://ccm.redhat.com/ccm-project" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    name="@new.app.name@" prettyName="@new.app.name@" version="6.6.0" release="1" webapp="ROOT"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://ccm.redhat.com/ccm-project tools/devel/xsd/project.xsd">
+    <ccm:dependencies>
+        <ccm:requires name="ccm-core" version="6.6.0" relation="ge" />
+    </ccm:dependencies>
+    <ccm:contacts>
+        <ccm:contact uri="http://aplaws.org" type="website" />
+    </ccm:contacts>
+    <ccm:description>
+        Please describe the @new.app.name@ application!
+    </ccm:description>
+</ccm:application>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.config b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ece1ac86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<registry>
+</registry>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.load b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.load
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b181528d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.load
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<load>
+  <requires>
+    <table name="inits"/>
+    <table name="acs_objects"/>
+    <initializer class="com.arsdigita.core.Initializer"/>
+  </requires>
+  <provides>
+    <initializer class="org.aplaws.@new.app.name@.Initializer"/>
+  </provides>
+  <scripts>
+    <schema directory="@new.app.name@"/>
+  </scripts>
+</load>
diff --git a/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.upgrade b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.upgrade
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8070cf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/ecdc/templates/new-app/src/new.app.name.upgrade
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<upgrade>
+</upgrade>
diff --git a/tools-ng/liferay/conf/content/language-ext.properties b/tools-ng/liferay/conf/content/language-ext.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6590dd98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/liferay/conf/content/language-ext.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Add translations here
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools-ng/liferay/conf/portal-ext.properties b/tools-ng/liferay/conf/portal-ext.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f94f5e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools-ng/liferay/conf/portal-ext.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+portal.ctx=/portal
+
+# Don't launch browser
+browser.launcher.url=
\ No newline at end of file
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