# Frequently Asked Questions

# General

How to use this plugin?

1. modify/double check that your project.xml has issue tracking url in the following format :

    <issueTrackingUrl>[JIRA URL]/BrowseProject.jspa?id=[JIRA PROJECT ID]</issueTrackingUrl>

Example :

    <issueTrackingUrl>http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/BrowseProject.jspa?id=10450</issueTrackingUrl>

2. make sure that your project allows group Anyone to view jira issues (you may or may not need to also set your jira installation type to public - this is in General Configuration under administration).

3. log out of jira (if you are using Remember me feature) and test your setup by going to url like this one:

    [JIRA URL]/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?view=rss&pid=[JIRA PROJECT ID]&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC&sorter/field=status&sorter/order=DESC&tempMax=1000&reset=true

Example :

    http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?view=rss&pid=10450&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC&sorter/field=status&sorter/order=DESC&tempMax=1000&reset=true

4. add this to your project.xml in reports section

    <report>maven-jira-plugin</report>

5. run site:generate and you should have jira.html in your ${basedir}/target/docs directory