Integrating Confluence and JIRA (part 2)

Last time, I left off at the point of displaying JIRA issues on a Confluence page. I'd found a way to insert single issues. But I want to display a list of all the issues going into the release. The Atlassian documentation says to use the JIRA Issues macro, so that's what I'll try. [Confluence 3.5, JIRA 4.3] 1. Create a search in JIRA for the issues you want to display In JIRA, click Issues to open the Issues Navigator. On the Summary tab, click Create new. In the panel, select yo...
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Integrating Confluence and JIRA

Since our team is moving to JIRA for tracking bugs and enhancements, and we're creating a new customer portal, possibly using Confluence, I've been thinking about ways to make our process for release notes smoother and more efficient. Currently, we write up Word documents for each issue, and then compile the documents into a single document once we know which features are being added to the release. It's a process that's cumbersome and prone to error. Instead, I'd like the team to document...
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Using the Windows Command prompt

Every time I install a program and the instructions tell me to open a Windows Command prompt, I groan. I can never remember how to move back and forth between folders, change to a different drive, see what's in a directory. I know all you IT people out there are rolling your eyes, but for those of us who need a quick reminder, here is a cheat sheet for using the Command prompt. Since all this began with me upgrading from Confluence 3.4.8 to 3.5, I'll use Confluence as an example. To open the Co...
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