diff --git a/utilities/testrunner/build.xml b/utilities/testrunner/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== 
+     Build script for the Selenium test runner.
+     ====================================================================== -->
+
+<project name="acceptanceTests" default="describe" basedir=".">
+
+	<property name="source.dir" location="${basedir}/src" />
+	<property name="lib.dir" location="${basedir}/lib" />
+	<property name="test.dir" location="${basedir}/test" />
+	<property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/.build" />
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: describe              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="describe" description="--> Describe the targets (this is the default).">
+		<echo>
+all      - Runs "clean", then "run".
+clean    - Delete all artifacts so the next build will be from scratch.
+compile  - Compile the Java source files.
+test     - Compile and run the JUnit tests.
+run      - Run the tester.
+	    </echo>
+	</target>
+
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: all              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="all"
+	        depends="clean, run"
+	        description="--> Do a clean build and execute the selenium runner.">
+
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: clean              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="clean" description="--> Remove any artifacts from previous builds.">
+		<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+          target: prepare                      
+         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
+	<target name="prepare">
+		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: compile              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="compile" depends="prepare" description="--> Compile the selenium runner.">
+		<javac srcdir="${source.dir}"
+		       destdir="${build.dir}"
+		       debug="true"
+		       deprecation="true"
+		       optimize="true"
+		       source="1.6">
+		</javac>
+
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: test              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="test"
+	        depends="compile"
+	        description="--> Run unit tests against the selenium runner code.">
+		<javac srcdir="${test.dir}"
+		       destdir="${build.dir}"
+		       debug="true"
+		       deprecation="true"
+		       optimize="false"
+		       source="1.6">
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement location="${build.dir}" />
+				<pathelement location="${lib.dir}/junit-4.8.1.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+		</javac>
+
+		<junit printsummary="no" haltonfailure="yes">
+			<classpath>
+				<pathelement location="${build.dir}" />
+				<pathelement location="${lib.dir}/junit-4.8.1.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+
+			<formatter type="brief" />
+
+			<batchtest fork="yes" todir="${build.dir}">
+				<fileset dir="test">
+					<include name="**/*Test*.java" />
+				</fileset>
+			</batchtest>
+		</junit>
+	</target>
+
+	<!-- ================================= 
+          target: run              
+         ================================= -->
+	<target name="run" depends="test" description="--> Execute the selenium runner.">
+		<property name="acceptance.dir" location="${basedir}" />
+
+		<property name="acceptance.properties.file"
+		          location="${acceptance.dir}/acceptance_tests.properties" />
+
+		<condition property="acceptance.interactive.arg" value="interactive" else="">
+			<not>
+				<istrue value="${acceptance.batch}" />
+			</not>
+		</condition>
+
+		<java classname="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.utilities.testrunner.SeleniumRunner"
+		      fork="yes"
+		      dir="${acceptance.dir}"
+		      failonerror="true">
+			<classpath location="${build.dir}" />
+			<arg file="${acceptance.properties.file}" />
+			<arg value="${acceptance.interactive.arg}" />
+		</java>
+	</target>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/utilities/testrunner/example.acceptance_tests.properties b/utilities/testrunner/example.acceptance_tests.properties
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+#
+# These properties tell how to set up Selenium to run a test suite.
+#
+website_url                   = http://localhost:8080/vivo/
+suite_parent_directories      = suites
+output_directory              = output
+user_extensions_path          = selenium/user-extensions.js
+firefox_profile_template_path =
+suite_timeout_limit           = 240
+selenium_jar_path             = selenium/selenium-server.jar
+
+#
+# These properties are needed to cleanse the data model between test suites.
+#
+# -- Windows commands for Tomcat - require startup.bat and shutdown.bat, which may not be part of the installation.
+#tomcat_stop_command  = "C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 6.0\\bin\\shutdown.bat"
+#tomcat_start_command = "C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 6.0\\bin\\startup.bat"
+#
+# -- Linux commands for Tomcat
+#tomcat_stop_command  = /usr/local/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
+#tomcat_start_command = /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.bat
+
+tomcat_stop_command  = "C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 6.0\\bin\\shutdown.bat"
+tomcat_start_command = "C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 6.0\\bin\\startup.bat"
+tomcat_stop_delay    = 10
+tomcat_start_delay   = 30 	
+mysql_username       = vivoUser
+mysql_password       = vivoPass
+mysql_dumpfile       = /eclipseVitroWorkspace/vivo/utilities/acceptance-tests/test-model/testmodeldump.sql
+mysql_db_name        = vivo
+upload_directory     = /Vivoweb_Stuff/test_deploy/uploads
+
+#
+# These properties control the output formatting of the tests.
+#
+ignored_tests_file = /eclipseVitroWorkspace/vivo/utilities/acceptance-tests/suites/ignored_tests.txt
+summary_css_file = /eclipseVitroWorkspace/vivo/utilities/acceptance-tests/script/output_summary.css
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