diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index b19a0f5..171d5e4 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/notifications-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/notifications-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/notifications-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/notifications-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index afd5d47..c57a49e 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <faceted-project>
   <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.5"/>
   <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
   <installed facet="liferay.portlet" version="6.0"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.web" version="3.0"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b6f52d..803fa96 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>notifications</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>gCube Notifications Portlet</name>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 		<webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
-
+		<liferay.version>6.2.5</liferay.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 	</properties>
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gcube-widgets</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.widgets</groupId>
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>custom-portal-handler</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -98,9 +100,15 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>accesslogger</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.dvos</groupId>
+			<artifactId>usermanagement-core</artifactId>
+			<version>[2.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.liferay.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-service</artifactId>
+			<version>${liferay.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
index 198cbd3..23b76fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
 import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.SessionManager;
-import org.gcube.portal.custom.communitymanager.OrganizationsUtil;
 import org.gcube.portal.custom.scopemanager.scopehelper.ScopeHelper;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.server.DBCassandraAstyanaxImpl;
 import org.gcube.portal.databook.server.DatabookStore;
@@ -28,14 +27,13 @@ import org.gcube.portal.databook.shared.UserInfo;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.notifications.client.NotificationsService;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.notifications.shared.NotificationConstants;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.notifications.shared.NotificationPreference;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.impl.LiferayUserManager;
+import org.gcube.vomanagement.usermanagement.model.GCubeUser;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;
-import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.WebKeys;
-import com.liferay.portal.model.UserModel;
 import com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalServiceUtil;
-import com.liferay.portal.theme.ThemeDisplay;
 
 /**
  * The server side implementation of the RPC service.
@@ -51,10 +49,6 @@ public class NotificationsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements No
 	 * The store interface
 	 */
 	private DatabookStore store;
-	/**
-	 * used for debugging in eclipse
-	 */
-	private boolean withinPortal = false;
 	/**
 	 * connect to cassandra at startup
 	 */
@@ -76,14 +70,23 @@ public class NotificationsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements No
 		if (user == null) {
 			user = getDevelopmentUser();
 			_log.warn("USER IS NULL setting "+user+" and Running OUTSIDE PORTAL");
-			withinPortal = false;
 		}
-		else {
-			withinPortal = true;
-		}
-		System.out.println("SessionID = " + sessionID);
+		_log.debug("SessionID = " + sessionID);
 		return SessionManager.getInstance().getASLSession(sessionID, user);
 	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if you're running into the portal, false if in development
+	 */
+	private boolean isWithinPortal() {
+		try {
+			UserLocalServiceUtil.getService();
+			return true;
+		} catch (com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException ex) {			
+			_log.trace("Development Mode ON");
+			return false;
+		}			
+	}
 	/**
 	 * set the user in development mode
 	 * @return
@@ -100,14 +103,14 @@ public class NotificationsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements No
 			String fullName = username+" FULL";
 			String thumbnailURL = "images/Avatar_default.png";
 
-			if (withinPortal) {
-				UserModel user = UserLocalServiceUtil.getUserByScreenName(OrganizationsUtil.getCompany().getCompanyId(), username);
-				thumbnailURL = "/image/user_male_portrait?img_id="+user.getPortraitId();
-				fullName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();
-				email = user.getEmailAddress();
-				ThemeDisplay themeDisplay = (ThemeDisplay) this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(WebKeys.THEME_DISPLAY);
-				String accountURL = themeDisplay.getURLMyAccount().toString();
-				UserInfo toReturn = new UserInfo(username, fullName, thumbnailURL, user.getEmailAddress(), accountURL, true, false, null);
+			if (isWithinPortal()) {
+				GCubeUser user = new LiferayUserManager().getUserByUsername(username);
+
+				thumbnailURL = user.getUserAvatarURL();
+				fullName = user.getFullname();
+				email = user.getEmail();
+				String accountURL = "TODO";//TODO:
+				UserInfo toReturn = new UserInfo(username, fullName, thumbnailURL, email, accountURL, true, false, null);
 				return toReturn;
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-display.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-display.xml
index effc7a4..c2079c6 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-display.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-display.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE display PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Display 5.2.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-display_5_2_0.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE display PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Display 6.2.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-display_6_2_0.dtd">
 
 <display>
 	<category name="gCube Social Apps">
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
index 40cc54b..62b8b01 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-plugin-package.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ module-incremental-version=1
 tags=
 short-description=
 change-log=
-page-url=http://www.d4science.org
-author=D4Science Org.
+page-url=http://www.gcube.system.org
+author=Massimiliano Assante
 licenses=EUPL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-portlet.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-portlet.xml
index 552ef47..2c01fb5 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-portlet.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/liferay-portlet.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE liferay-portlet-app PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Portlet Application 5.2.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-portlet-app_5_2_0.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE liferay-portlet-app PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Portlet Application 6.2.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/dtd/liferay-portlet-app_6_2_0.dtd">
 
 <liferay-portlet-app>
 	<portlet>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index ee7748f..8abb7f5 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee 
-              http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
-	version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee">
+          http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
+	version="3.0">
+
 
 	<!-- Servlets -->
 	<servlet>