diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 2f0f295..9dd4578 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/news-feed-2.5.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/news-feed-2.6.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/news-feed-2.5.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
+	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/news-feed-2.6.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/news-feed-2.5.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/news-feed-2.6.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 3fad16f..18ea1db 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
+        <dependent-module archiveName="gcube-widgets-2.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/gcube-widgets/gcube-widgets">
+            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="news-feed"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index b2aa0ea..b770c5c 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
-	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-5-1"
-		date="2018-02-14">
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-6-0"
+		date="2018-03-07">
+		<Change>Ported to GWT 2.8.2</Change>
+		<Change>Fix for Incident #11187 citing a people (with '@') in comments
+			is not working anymore</Change>
+		<Change>
+			Feature #11189: Social-Networking - citing a people (with '@')
+			in comments loses the focus.
+		</Change>
 		<Change>Support for ticket #11139</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-5-0"
 		date="2017-11-13">
 		<Change>fixes for Incident #10262: Cannot see who liked posts on VREs
-			of Parthenos</Change>
+			of Parthenos
+		</Change>
 		<Change>Feature #10242: add comment taking up to 3 seconds sometime to
-			be delivered in the UI now shows a loader</Change>
+			be delivered in the UI now shows a loader
+		</Change>
 		<Change>Ported to GWT 2.8.1</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.news-feed.2-3-0"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index faae2bc..ba916dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>news-feed</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>gCube News Feed Portlet</name>
 	<description>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.8.1</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.8.2</gwtVersion>
 		<guavaVersion>18.0</guavaVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
+		
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-portal-bom</artifactId>
@@ -52,25 +53,37 @@
 			<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
 			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+					<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
 			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+					<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gwt-codeserver</artifactId>
-			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
 			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>xerces</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+			<version>2.9.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
@@ -105,9 +118,30 @@
 			<artifactId>aslsocial</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.resources.discovery</groupId>
+			<artifactId>ic-client</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>authorization-client</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gwt-jsonmaker</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>common-authorization</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>social-networking-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.16.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -187,7 +221,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>common-scope-maps</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -202,18 +236,7 @@
 			<version>1.0.3</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.gwt-jsonmaker/gwt-jsonmaker -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.gwt-jsonmaker</groupId>
-			<artifactId>gwt-jsonmaker</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.0</version>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>net.eliasbalasis</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tibcopagebus4gwt</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.0</version>
-		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
@@ -223,6 +246,18 @@
 			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1.0</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
+			<version>1.5.2</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-service</artifactId>
@@ -238,16 +273,6 @@
 			<artifactId>portlet-api</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/NewsFeed.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/NewsFeed.java
index ed7ec63..a64db01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/NewsFeed.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/NewsFeed.java
@@ -1,72 +1,61 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client;
 
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientFeed;
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientFeed.ClientFeedJsonizer;
-import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.PageBusEvents;
+import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientPost;
+import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.JSON;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.panels.NewsFeedPanel;
-import org.jsonmaker.gwt.client.Jsonizer;
-import org.jsonmaker.gwt.client.base.Defaults;
 
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint;
-import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel;
 
-import net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.client.PageBusAdapter;
-import net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.client.PageBusAdapterException;
-import net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.client.PageBusEvent;
-import net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.client.PageBusListener;
-
 /**
- * Entry point classes define <code>onModuleLoad()</code>.
+ * 
+ * @author Massimiliano Assante, CNR-ISTI
+ * 
+ *  This class uses Liferay's Client-side+Inter-Portlet-Communication for displaying post created in the Share Updates portlet
+ *  @see https://web.liferay.com/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Client-side+Inter-Portlet-Communication+%28IPC%29%20using+Java+Script
+ *
  */
 public class NewsFeed implements EntryPoint {
 
 	private final String UNIQUE_DIV = "newsfeedDIV";
-	final public static PageBusAdapter pageBusAdapter = new PageBusAdapter();
-	NewsFeedPanel mainPanel;
 
+	private NewsFeedPanel mainPanel;
 
-	public void onModuleLoad() {	
-		init();
-	}
-
-	public void init() {		
-
-		mainPanel = new NewsFeedPanel();
+	private static NewsFeedPanel instance;
 	
+	public static NewsFeedPanel getInstance() {
+        if (instance == null) {
+        	instance = new NewsFeedPanel();
+        }
+        return instance;
+    }
+	
+	public void onModuleLoad() {	
+		injectLiferayIPCEventReceiver();
+		exportReceiveEventJavascriptFunction();
+		mainPanel = getInstance();
 		RootPanel.get(UNIQUE_DIV).add(mainPanel);
-
-		ClientFeed notification = new ClientFeed();
-		//Subscribe to message and associate subsequent receptions with custom subscriber data
-		try	{
-			pageBusAdapter.PageBusSubscribe(PageBusEvents.newPostCreated, null, null, notification, (Jsonizer)GWT.create(ClientFeedJsonizer.class));
-		}
-		catch (PageBusAdapterException e1)	{
-			e1.printStackTrace();
-		}
-
-		pageBusAdapter.addPageBusSubscriptionCallbackListener(new PageBusListener() {
-			@Override
-			public void onPageBusSubscriptionCallback(PageBusEvent event) {
-
-				if(event.getSubject().equals(this.getName())){
-					// translate JavaScript message contents and subscriber data to their Java equivalents
-					try {
-						ClientFeed feed = (ClientFeed)event.getMessage((Jsonizer)GWT.create(ClientFeedJsonizer.class));
-						mainPanel.addJustAddedFeed(feed);
-
-						// alert the User statistics portlet to increment the number of user's posts
-						pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.postIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-					} catch (PageBusAdapterException e) {
-						e.printStackTrace();
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			@Override
-			public String getName() {
-				return PageBusEvents.newPostCreated;
-			}
-		});	
 	}
+	/**
+	 * this is a JSNI method that injects the Liferay Javascript function listening for events from ShareUpdates
+	 */
+	public static native void injectLiferayIPCEventReceiver() /*-{
+	  	$wnd.Liferay.on('newPostCreated',function(event) {
+ 			$wnd.handleReceiveEvent(event.payload);
+		});
+	}-*/;
+	/**
+	 * this is a JSNI method mapping the Javascript function handleReceiveEvent to the Java method handleReceiveEvent
+	 */
+	public static native void exportReceiveEventJavascriptFunction()/*-{
+	  	$wnd.handleReceiveEvent = @org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.NewsFeed::handleReceiveEvent(*);
+	}-*/;
+	/**
+	 * the Java method handleReceiveEvent
+	 * @param jsonizedClientPostInstance the jsonized {@link ClientPost} sent by ShareUpdates
+	 */
+	public static void handleReceiveEvent(String jsonizedClientPostInstance) {
+		ClientPost cp = (ClientPost) JSON.parse(jsonizedClientPostInstance);
+		getInstance().addJustAddedFeed(cp);
+	}		
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
index 5f3d064..1dc4087 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/panels/NewsFeedPanel.java
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import org.gcube.common.portal.GCubePortalConstants;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.client.GCubeSocialNetworking;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.client.util.Encoder;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.Attachment;
-import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientFeed;
+import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientAttachment;
+import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ClientPost;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.Comment;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.EnhancedFeed;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.Feed;
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.PrivacyLevel;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.ShowUserStatisticAction;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.UserInfo;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.FilterType;
-import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.NewsFeed;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.NewsService;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.NewsServiceAsync;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.AddCommentEvent;
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.EditCommentEvent;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.EditCommentEventHandler;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.OpenFeedEvent;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.OpenFeedEventHandler;
-import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.PageBusEvents;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.SeeCommentsEvent;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.SeeCommentsEventHandler;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.client.event.SeeLikesEvent;
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.userselection.client.events.SelectedUserEvent;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.userselection.client.events.SelectedUserEventHandler;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.userselection.client.events.UsersFetchedEvent;
 import org.gcube.portlets.widgets.userselection.shared.ItemSelectableBean;
-import org.jsonmaker.gwt.client.base.Defaults;
 
 import com.github.gwtbootstrap.client.ui.Row;
 import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.SimplePanel;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.VerticalPanel;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
 
-import net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.client.PageBusAdapterException;
 /**
  * 
  * @author Massimiliano Assante, ISTI-CNR
@@ -762,35 +759,35 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 			newsPanel.insert(tt, 0);  //insert in the view
 			allUpdates.add(0, feed); //insert in the model
 
-			//timer for the transition
-			Timer t = new Timer() {
-				@Override
-				public void run() {
-					tt.setcontentAreaStyle("visible");
-
-					// alert the user-statistics portlet to update statistics in case
-					// one or more feed belongs to user himself
-					if(tt.isUser()){
-						try{
-
-							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.postIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-							int numComments = tt.numberOfComments();
-							int numLikes = tt.numberOfLikes();
-
-							for(int i = 0; i < numComments; i++)
-								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-							for(int i = 0; i < numLikes; i++)
-								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.likesIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-						}catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
-							GWT.log(ex.toString());
-						}
-					} 
-				}
-			};
-			t.schedule(100);
+//			//timer for the transition
+//			Timer t = new Timer() {
+//				@Override
+//				public void run() {
+//					tt.setcontentAreaStyle("visible");
+//
+//					// alert the user-statistics portlet to update statistics in case
+//					// one or more feed belongs to user himself
+//					if(tt.isUser()){
+//						try{
+//
+//							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.postIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//							int numComments = tt.numberOfComments();
+//							int numLikes = tt.numberOfLikes();
+//
+//							for(int i = 0; i < numComments; i++)
+//								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//							for(int i = 0; i < numLikes; i++)
+//								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.likesIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//						}catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
+//							GWT.log(ex.toString());
+//						}
+//					} 
+//				}
+//			};
+//			t.schedule(100);
 		}	
 		//after that I remove the ($updatesNo) from Window Title
 		String currTitle = Document.get().getTitle();
@@ -804,35 +801,42 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 	 * @param thumbURL
 	 * @param description
 	 */
-	public void addJustAddedFeed(ClientFeed cFeed) {
+	public void addJustAddedFeed(ClientPost cFeed) {
 
 		// build up the feed
 		Feed feed = new Feed(
-				cFeed.getKey(), 
+				cFeed.key, 
 				FeedType.SHARE, 
-				cFeed.getUserid(), 
-				cFeed.getTime(), 
+				cFeed.userid, 
+				cFeed.time, 
 				"", 
-				cFeed.getUri(), 
-				cFeed.getLinkUrlThumbnail(), 
-				cFeed.getDescription(), 
+				cFeed.uri, 
+				cFeed.linkUrlThumbnail, 
+				cFeed.description, 
 				PrivacyLevel.CONNECTION, 
-				cFeed.getFullName(),
-				cFeed.getEmail(), 
-				cFeed.getThumbnailURL(), 
-				cFeed.getLinkTitle(), 
-				cFeed.getLinkDescription(), 
-				cFeed.getLinkHost());
+				cFeed.fullName,
+				cFeed.email, 
+				cFeed.thumbnailURL, 
+				cFeed.linkTitle, 
+				cFeed.linkDescription, 
+				cFeed.linkHost);
 
 		// set multi-attachments property
-		boolean multiAttachments = cFeed.getAttachments() != null;
+		boolean multiAttachments = (cFeed.attachments != null) ? cFeed.attachments.length > 0 : false;
 		feed.setMultiFileUpload(multiAttachments);
 
 		//false because he could not have liked this yet and true because is the current user's 
 		EnhancedFeed toAdd = new EnhancedFeed(feed, false, true); 
 
-		// be careful when converting from List<> to ArrayList<> ...
-		ArrayList<Attachment> attachments = multiAttachments ?  new ArrayList<Attachment>(cFeed.getAttachments()) : null;
+		ArrayList<Attachment> attachments = null;
+		if (multiAttachments) {
+			attachments = new ArrayList<>(cFeed.attachments.length);
+			for (int i = 0; i <cFeed.attachments.length; i++) {
+				ClientAttachment ca = cFeed.attachments[i];
+				attachments.add(new Attachment(ca.id, ca.uri, ca.name, ca.description, ca.thumbnailURL, ca.mimeType));
+			}			
+		}
+
 		toAdd.setAttachments(attachments); 
 
 		// build up the post template
@@ -1227,17 +1231,17 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 					doShowSessionExpired();
 				} else{
 
-					// alert the User statistics portlet to increment the number of likes got
-					if(owner.isUser()){
-						try {
-							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(
-									PageBusEvents.likesIncrement
-									, ""
-									, Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
-							GWT.log(ex.toString());
-						}
-					}
+//					// alert the User statistics portlet to increment the number of likes got
+//					if(owner.isUser()){
+//						try {
+//							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(
+//									PageBusEvents.likesIncrement
+//									, ""
+//									, Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
+//							GWT.log(ex.toString());
+//						}
+//					}
 
 				}
 			}
@@ -1255,16 +1259,16 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 				}else{
 
 					// alert the User statistics portlet to decrement the number of likes got
-					if(owner.isUser()){
-						try {
-							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(
-									PageBusEvents.likesDecrement
-									, ""
-									, Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
-							GWT.log(ex.toString());
-						}
-					}
+//					if(owner.isUser()){
+//						try {
+//							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(
+//									PageBusEvents.likesDecrement
+//									, ""
+//									, Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
+//							GWT.log(ex.toString());
+//						}
+//					}
 
 				}
 			}
@@ -1320,14 +1324,14 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 						owner.updateCommentsNumberCount();
 						owner.showAddCommentForm(false);
 
-						if(owner.isUser()){
-							// alert the User statistics portlet to increment the number of comments got 
-							try {
-								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-							} catch (PageBusAdapterException e) {
-								GWT.log(e.toString());
-							}
-						}
+//						if(owner.isUser()){
+//							// alert the User statistics portlet to increment the number of comments got 
+//							try {
+//								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsIncrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//							} catch (PageBusAdapterException e) {
+//								GWT.log(e.toString());
+//							}
+//						}
 					}
 				} 
 				else {
@@ -1403,14 +1407,14 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 					doShowComments(owner, false);
 					owner.updateCommentsNumberCount();
 
-					if(owner.isUser()){
-						// alert the User statistics portlet to decrement the number of comments got 
-						try {
-							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
-							GWT.log(ex.toString());
-						}
-					}
+//					if(owner.isUser()){
+//						// alert the User statistics portlet to decrement the number of comments got 
+//						try {
+//							NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//						} catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
+//							GWT.log(ex.toString());
+//						}
+//					}
 				} else
 					Window.alert("Comment could not be deleted, please try again in a short while.");	
 			}
@@ -1433,23 +1437,23 @@ public class NewsFeedPanel extends Composite {
 						toDelete.removeFromParent();
 
 						if(toDelete.isUser()){
-							try{
-								// alert the User statistics portlet to decrement the number of user's posts
-								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.postDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-								// alert the same portlet to decrement the number of likes/replies, if any
-								int numComments = toDelete.numberOfComments();
-								int numLikes = toDelete.numberOfLikes();
-
-								for(int i = 0; i < numComments; i++)
-									NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-								for(int i = 0; i < numLikes; i++)
-									NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.likesDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
-
-							}catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
-								GWT.log(ex.toString());
-							}
+//							try{
+//								// alert the User statistics portlet to decrement the number of user's posts
+//								NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.postDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//								// alert the same portlet to decrement the number of likes/replies, if any
+//								int numComments = toDelete.numberOfComments();
+//								int numLikes = toDelete.numberOfLikes();
+//
+//								for(int i = 0; i < numComments; i++)
+//									NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.commentsDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//								for(int i = 0; i < numLikes; i++)
+//									NewsFeed.pageBusAdapter.PageBusPublish(PageBusEvents.likesDecrement, "", Defaults.STRING_JSONIZER);
+//
+//							}catch (PageBusAdapterException ex) {
+//								GWT.log(ex.toString());
+//							}
 						}
 					} else
 						Window.alert("Feed could not be deleted, please try again in a short while.");	
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/ui/SuperPosedTextArea.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/ui/SuperPosedTextArea.java
index 778337c..f1460ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/ui/SuperPosedTextArea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/client/ui/SuperPosedTextArea.java
@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ public class SuperPosedTextArea extends TextArea {
 		this.addKeyPressHandler(new KeyPressHandler() {			
 			@Override
 			public void onKeyPress(KeyPressEvent event) {
-				if (pickUserDlg != null)
-					pickUserDlg.onKeyPress(getCursorPos(), event.getUnicodeCharCode(), getAbsoluteLeft(), getAbsoluteTop()+getOffsetHeight(), getText());	
+				if (pickUserDlg != null) {
+					int top = getAbsoluteTop();
+					int offset = getOffsetHeight();
+					int y =  getAbsoluteTop()+getOffsetHeight();
+					GWT.log("top=" + top + " - offset = " +offset);
+					pickUserDlg.onKeyPress(getCursorPos(), event.getUnicodeCharCode(), getAbsoluteLeft(), y, getText());	
+				}
 			}
 		});
 		this.addFocusHandler(new FocusHandler() {			
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
index 2014df8..ce4f921 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/server/NewsServiceImpl.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 	private ElasticSearchClient escl;
 
 	private final static int MAX_FEEDS_NO = 30;
-
+	
 	public void init() {
 		store = new DBCassandraAstyanaxImpl();
 		try {
@@ -972,8 +972,16 @@ public class NewsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements NewsService
 					}
 				}
 			} else { //is a VRE
-				users.addAll(um.listUsersByGroup(currentGroupId));
-				teams = new LiferayRoleManager().listTeamsByGroup(currentGroupId);
+				if (isWithinPortal()) {
+					users.addAll(um.listUsersByGroup(currentGroupId));
+					teams = new LiferayRoleManager().listTeamsByGroup(currentGroupId);
+				} else {
+					List<GCubeUser> forDev = new ArrayList<>();
+					for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+						forDev.add(new GCubeUser(1L, "username"+i, "email", "firstName"+i, "middleNam", "lastName"+i, "fullname test"+i, 0L, "url", true, "jobTitle", null));
+					}
+					users.addAll(forDev);
+				}
 			}
 		} catch (UserManagementSystemException | GroupRetrievalFault | UserRetrievalFault | VirtualGroupNotExistingException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/UserSettings.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/UserSettings.java
index 3003ba7..894b014 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/UserSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/shared/UserSettings.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.newsfeed.shared;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.UserInfo;
 
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
+
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public class UserSettings implements Serializable {
+public class UserSettings implements IsSerializable {
 	private UserInfo userInfo;
 	private int refreshingTimeInMillis;
 	private String currentScope;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/clientlog4j.properties b/src/main/resources/clientlog4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03ab7ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/clientlog4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# gCube Portal custom log4j Logger
+#Author: Massimiliano Assante, ISTI-CNR
+
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, CA
+
+log4j.appender.CA=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+ 
+log4j.appender.CA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CA.layout.ConversionPattern=[PORTAL] %-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
+
+# Display any warnings generated by our code
+#log4j.category.org.globus=WARN
+
+# Comment out the line below if you want to log every authorization 
+# decision the notification consumer makes.
+#log4j.category.org.globus.wsrf.impl.security.authorization.ServiceAuthorizationChain=ERROR
+
+log4j.logger.org.gcube=TRACE, GCUBE
+log4j.appender.GCUBE.threshold=DEBUG
+log4j.appender.GCUBE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.GCUBE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.GCUBE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} [%t,%M:%L] %
+m%n
+
+log4j.logger.org.apache.jasper.compiler.TldLocationsCache.level=ERROR, CA
+#AVOID LOGGING EHCACHE Hearbeat problem
+log4j.logger.net.sf.ehcache.distribution.PayloadUtil=OFF, CA
+
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.portal.notifications=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.common.scope.impl=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.common.core.utils.events=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.portlets.user.homelibrary=INFO CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.common.resources.kxml=ERROR, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.application.aquamaps.enhabling.Impl.ISCrawler=ERROR, CA
+log4j.logger.com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.impl=ERROR, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.common.scope.impl=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.com.couchbase.client=ERROR, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.smartgears.handlers=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.informationsystem.publisher=INFO, CA
+log4j.logger.org.gcube.application.framework.core.session=INFO, CA
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
index 2fdfddc..1ecb59a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/gcube/portlets/user/newsfeed/NewsFeed.gwt.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 <!-- 	<set-property name="user.agent" value="safari" /> -->
 
 	<!-- Other module inherits -->
-	<inherits name="net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.tibcopagebus4gwt" />
+<!-- 	<inherits name="net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.tibcopagebus4gwt" /> -->
 	<inherits name="org.jsonmaker.gwt.Gwt_jsonmaker" />
-	<inherits
-		name="net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.testsubscriber.TestSubscriber" />
+<!-- 	<inherits -->
+<!-- 		name="net.eliasbalasis.tibcopagebus4gwt.testsubscriber.TestSubscriber" /> -->
+<inherits name="com.google.gwt.json.JSON" />
 	<inherits name="com.github.gwtbootstrap.Bootstrap" />
 	<!-- inherits gCube Widgets Library -->
 	<inherits name='org.gcube.portlets.user.gcubewidgets.WidgetFactory' />