diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index e94d7bea..c2abe106 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ maven.xdoc.date=left
 maven.xdoc.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/LICENSE.txt
 
-offline=true
+# Put line count at a low number so that we can get Simian-reported errors
 maven.simian.linecount = 5
 
 # MUST specify these, even though they are the defaults, so we can run 
@@ -30,7 +30,15 @@ maven.multiproject.basedir=${basedir}
 maven.multiproject.includes=*/project.xml
 maven.multiproject.excludes=
 
-# Turn off these properties are we're using the multiproject plugin to 
+# Turn off these properties as we're using the multiproject plugin to 
 # generate the dashboard
 maven.dashboard.rungoals = false
 maven.dashboard.runreactor = false
+
+# Define what dashboard aggregators will be run. This property is inherited
+# by the subprojects and thus they don't need to define it again.
+maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,cserrors,cswarnings,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc,junittests,junitpassrate,junitfailures,juniterrors,simiantdl
+
+# Make sure that an XML report is generated whenever Clover is run. Also
+# inherited by the subprojects.
+maven.clover.report.xml = true
diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.properties b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.properties
index df62491e..bee89578 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject1/project.properties
@@ -18,9 +18,4 @@
 # P R O J E C T  P R O P E R T I E S
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 maven.xdoc.date=left
-## maven.xdoc.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/../LICENSE.txt
-
-maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,cserrors,cswarnings,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc,junittests,junitpassrate,junitfailures,juniterrors,simiantdl
-
-maven.clover.report.xml = true
diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject2/project.properties b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject2/project.properties
index 18c719bf..c4bb3990 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject2/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject2/project.properties
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 # P R O J E C T  P R O P E R T I E S
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 maven.xdoc.date=left
-## maven.xdoc.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/../LICENSE.txt
 
-maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,cserrors,cswarnings,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc,junittests,junitpassrate,junitfailures,juniterrors,simiantdl
+# Force running the artifact generation roles as we have voluntarily not
+# define any report (and thus the artifacts won't be generated by the
+# site generation).
 maven.dashboard.rungoals = true
diff --git a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject3/project.properties b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject3/project.properties
index 074bf74a..bee89578 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject3/project.properties
+++ b/dashboard/src/plugin-test/subproject3/project.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,4 @@
 # P R O J E C T  P R O P E R T I E S
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 maven.xdoc.date=left
-## maven.xdoc.version=${pom.currentVersion}
 maven.checkstyle.header.file = ${basedir}/../LICENSE.txt
-
-maven.dashboard.aggregators = csall,cserrors,cswarnings,clovertpc,cloverloc,cloverncloc,junittests,junitpassrate,junitfailures,juniterrors,simiantdl