LDN - Luminis Developer Network

I've reworked the message boards a little, trying to keep from modifying the code too much.  Stripped some of the duplicated data out of them, and modified the style a little.  There are some properties files that had some of the field data, however modifying them didn't do anything.  So I had to hardcode in some of the text.  I've included all the files that you need to replace as well as screenshots.  I didn't get too wild with the style, I just wanted something that was cleaner and easier to use.

Is there a directory available on the system where we can put documents (word, pdfs, etc.) and have them only available to a user that is logged into luminis?  If not, how can I set one up?  We need to figure out someplace to put them.  We've tried groups but users who aren't familiar with groups have a hard time accessing the documents.  Currently we have the documents on a public server and are linking to them from luminis, however some documents shouldn't be available to the public.  Any ideas on how to do this?  I know how to use CAS to protect html pa

I understand that this isn't a mySql site, but seeing that several schools are using mySql with Luminis, does anyone have any installation/startup documentation that they could share?  On our solaris box, mysql is installed by default, but I am having a hard time getting anywhere with it since I've never had to administer it before.  We've got php working with a sql server, but now want to add wordpress to the mix, so I'm back to trying to figure out the mysql.  Any tips would be appreciated.

We're planning on moving the student's emails to one of these services and wonder if anyone else chose a preference between the two based on how they integrate with luminis?
We currently have everyone in exchange, and will be keeping the faculty/staff accounts there.

I would like to see what other schools are getting for usage rates if you could post that up here.  This is our second fall semester after going live, and we are trying to get a benchmark to see where we are at and where other schools are.     

What I'm looking to compare (based on September's counts):

Daily:
Percentage of enrolled students logging in daily:  around 11%
Percentage of faculty logging in daily:  around 10%
Percentage of staff logging in daily:  around 4%

I've tackled this issue before and gave up, but I would like to know what the purpose of the cars and the jsp files are. 

Over the weekend we upgraded to banner 8, and now the sso links in luminis won't work.  I'm getting the Unsupported OID Error.  Has anyone who has gone through the upgrade ran into this problem?  We double checked the ldap password, double checked all the parameters in banner, but can't spot the problem. Nothing changed on luminis, only banner was upgraded.

We are moving from Serena-Collage Content Management System to Hannon-Hill and now would be a great time to better separate portal content from our main website.  We are trying to aim our portal content at the campus internal audience; where as the main website would be for external audiences such as prospects and parents.

I have a user who wants their channel content to link to several word documents, is there a way that they can upload the documents to the system and link to them from a channel?  There is the file/image upload, but it doesn't seem to be working for files other then html and images.  Any suggestions?

I always have to look this up after an upgrade, so thought I would share it in case other people have trouble with it too.

Edit:
/opt/luminis/webapps/luminis/WEB-INF/uPortal/com/sct/pipeline/uportal/channels/logo/logo.jsp

Change the vspace and hspace to 0 to remove the 5px border.
Remove all carriage returns and put everything on 1 line.  This removes the bottom space that IE puts under the logo image.