Portal newbie needs help (datasync?)

I'm trying to create my own portal now. Went through the online help and already
created the tutorial portal. I'm now trying to create my own based on an existing
domain using steps B,D and F at http://edocs.bea.com/wlp/docs70/dev/exstdom.htm#1010401
I can deploy my app using Builder, and I can create the portal and one portlet
using the Business Control Center, but once I try to sync, I get trouble. The
log file has the following. Any help would be appreciated.
####<Jun 23, 2003 1:50:50 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <NCEN-WS3865> <gary_dev_server>
<ExecuteThread: '9' for queue: 'default'> <kernel identity> <> <101018> <[ServletContext(id=6943256,name=datasync,context-path=/intranetDataSync)]
Servlet failed with ServletException>
javax.servlet.ServletException: [ServletContext(id=6943256,name=datasync,context-path=/intranetDataSync)]:
Servlet class com.bea.p13n.management.data.transport.servlets.DataSyncServlet
for servlet DataSyncServlet could not be loaded because a class on which it depends
was not found in the classpath C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\gary_dev_server\stage\intranet\datasync;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\stage\intranet\datasync\WEB-INF\classes;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\.wlnotdelete\intranet_datasync_6943256\jarfiles\WEB-INF\lib\datasync_servlet52367.jar;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\.wlnotdelete\intranet_datasync_6943256\jarfiles\WEB-INF\lib\p13n_util52368.jar.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:791)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.getServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:517)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:351)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:306)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5445)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:780)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3105)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2588)
     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:213)
     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:189)

Let's see if the log entries look better now.
####<Jun 23, 2003 1:50:50 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <NCEN-WS3865> <gary_dev_server>
<ExecuteThread: '9' for queue: 'default'> <kernel identity> <> <101018>
<[ServletContext(id=6943256,name=datasync,context-path=/intranetDataSync)]
Servlet failed with ServletException>
javax.servlet.ServletException: [ServletContext(id=6943256,name=datasync,context-path=/intranetDataSync)]:
Servlet class com.bea.p13n.management.data.transport.servlets.DataSyncServlet
for servlet DataSyncServlet could not be loaded because a class on which
it depends
was not found in the classpath C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\gary_dev_server\stage\intranet\datasync;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\stage\intranet\datasync\WEB-INF\classes;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\.wlnotdelete\intranet_datasync_6943256\jarfiles\WEB-INF\lib\datasync_servlet52367.jar;C:\bea\user_projects\gary_dev_domain\.\gary_dev_server\.wlnotdelete\intranet_datasync_6943256\jarfiles\WEB-INF\lib\p13n_util52368.jar.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:791)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.getServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:517)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:351)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:306)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5445)
     at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:780)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3105)
     at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2588)
     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:213)
     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:189)

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