diff --git a/projects/robodj/build.properties b/projects/robodj/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bf3fed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/robodj/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+# $Id: build.properties,v 1.1 2002/11/11 17:23:57 mdb Exp $
+#
+# Build configuration for the RoboDJ client application.
+#
+
+# the URI at which the application is canonically available
+application_uri = http://www.samskivert.com/code/robodj
+
+# the jar file keystore
+sign.keystore = lib/keystore.dat
+
+# the keystore password
+sign.storepass = weasel
+
+# the alias to use when signing the jar files
+sign.alias = myself
+
+# the host on which the music daemon is running
+musicd_host = depravity
diff --git a/projects/robodj/build.xml b/projects/robodj/build.xml
index 601aed20..87351a92 100644
--- a/projects/robodj/build.xml
+++ b/projects/robodj/build.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 <!-- build configuration -->
 <project name="robodj" default="compile" basedir=".">
 
+  <!-- import properties -->
+  <property file="build.properties"/>
+
   <!-- things you may want to change -->
-  <property name="app.name"         value="robodj"/>
+  <property name="app.name"       value="robodj"/>
+  <property name="build.compiler" value="jikes"/>
+  <property name="web.home"       value="/export/samskivert/pages/code"/>
+  <property name="install.dir"    value="${web.home}/${app.name}"/>
+
+  <!-- we want to access the environment -->
+  <property environment="env"/>
+  <property name="java.libraries" value="${env.JAVA_LIBS}"/>
+
+  <!-- things you probably don't want to change -->
+  <property name="src.dir"          value="src/java"/>
+  <property name="deploy.dir"       value="dist"/>
+  <property name="dist.jar"         value="${app.name}.jar"/>
+  <property name="javadoc.dir"      value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
   <property name="doc.packages"     value="robodj.*"/>
   <property name="doc.overview"     value="robodj/overview.html"/>
   <property name="copyright.holder" value="Michael Bayne"/>
-  <property name="build.compiler"   value="jikes"/>
-  <property name="java.libraries"   value="/usr/share/java"/>
-
-  <!-- things you probably don't want to change -->
-  <property name="src.dir"     value="src/java"/>
-  <property name="deploy.dir"  value="dist"/>
-  <property name="dist.jar"    value="${app.name}.jar"/>
-  <property name="javadoc.dir" value="${deploy.dir}/docs"/>
 
   <!-- declare our classpath -->
   <path id="classpath">
-    <fileset dir="${java.libraries}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
+    <fileset dir="${java.libraries}" includesfile="lib/CLIENT_LIBS"/>
     <fileset dir="lib" includes="**/*.jar"/>
     <pathelement location="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
   </path>
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@
       <fileset dir="${src.dir}" includes="**/*.png"/>
     </copy>
     <copy todir="${deploy.dir}/classes/conf">
-      <fileset dir="conf"/>
+      <fileset dir="conf" includes="**/*.properties"/>
     </copy>
   </target>
 
@@ -74,4 +82,23 @@
          basedir="${deploy.dir}/classes"/>
   </target>
 
+  <!-- installs the JWS app -->
+  <target name="install">
+    <mkdir dir="${install.dir}"/>
+    <!-- copy the jar files used by the client -->
+    <copy todir="${install.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${java.libraries}" includesfile="lib/CLIENT_LIBS"/>
+      <fileset dir="dist" includes="*.jar"/>
+    </copy>
+    <!-- sign the jar files -->
+    <signjar keystore="${sign.keystore}" alias="${sign.alias}"
+      storepass="${sign.storepass}" lazy="true">
+      <fileset dir="${install.dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
+    </signjar>
+    <!-- copy the jnlp file(s) into place -->
+    <filter filtersfile="build.properties"/>
+    <copy todir="${install.dir}" filtering="true">
+      <fileset dir="etc" includes="**/*.jnlp"/>
+    </copy>
+  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/projects/robodj/etc/chooser.jnlp b/projects/robodj/etc/chooser.jnlp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4548bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/robodj/etc/chooser.jnlp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<!-- JNLP File for RoboDJ music chooser -->
+
+<!-- If you're seeing this in your web browser, you probably need to
+     download and install the Sun JRE 1.4 and/or Java Web Start from
+     http://java.sun.com/j2se/ -->
+
+<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="@application_uri@" href="game.jnlp">
+  <information>
+    <title>RoboDJ Chooser</title>
+    <vendor>Seuss and Asseusciates</vendor>
+    <homepage href="index.html"/>
+    <icon href="icon.png"/>
+    <description kind="short">
+      Music choosing fun for the whole family!
+    </description>
+    <description>
+      Provides a browser for the RoboDJ music repository and an interface
+      by which that music can be queued up for playing on the music
+      server.
+    </description>
+  </information>
+  <security>
+    <all-permissions/>
+  </security>
+  <resources>
+    <j2se version="1.4.0" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
+    <jar href="commons-io.jar"/>
+    <jar href="commons-lang.jar"/>
+    <jar href="mm.mysql-2.0.14-bin.jar"/>
+    <jar href="samskivert.jar"/>
+    <jar href="robodj.jar"/>
+    <property name="musicd_host" value="@musicd_host@"/>
+  </resources>
+  <application-desc main-class="robodj.chooser.Chooser"/>
+</jnlp>
diff --git a/projects/robodj/lib/CLIENT_LIBS b/projects/robodj/lib/CLIENT_LIBS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..459196a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/robodj/lib/CLIENT_LIBS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+commons-io.jar
+commons-lang.jar
+mm.mysql-2.0.14-bin.jar
+samskivert.jar
diff --git a/projects/robodj/lib/keystore.dat b/projects/robodj/lib/keystore.dat
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