Atlassian Confluence
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Introduction
Atlassian Confluence is an "enterprise" wiki.
Notice: I created this page because I need to know how the LAMS wiki works in order to help with software localization. At some point, contents may be made more generic - Daniel K. Schneider 10:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Structure of a confluence wiki
Confluence is organised in spaces (i.e. some kind of sub-wikis) Each space contains a hierarchically organised set of pages. Links between pages are possible.
Pages are the primary means of storing and sharing information in Confluence. Pages are contained within spaces.
- Use spaces to organise your wiki content into your primary logical groups. For example, you could have a space per team, per product or per department.
- Use pages to organise your content into lower-level groups. For example, you could have a page for a particular team activity, or for a feature in a product, or for a chapter in a book. Then add more child pages to contain lower-level details if necessary. (Working with Pages Overview, retrieved 10:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)).
Top left: Hierarchial navigation menu:
Dashboard > Space > Page > Subpage > ...
Top right: User menu and search Top right: Add page and Add Blog Post
Footer: List of subpages ("children")
The Dashboard
“The Dashboard is the front page of a Confluence site. It provides an overview of the site, access to all spaces to which you have 'view' permission, and displays a list of the most recently updated content within them.” (Dashboard, retrieved 10:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)).
The Dashboard includes:
- The usual page header (see above)
- Left column:
- A list of all the viewable spaces or private space
- At the bottom: Create space (for those who can), Feed builder, people directory.
- Right column:
- Recently updated pages (from all spaces)
- Favorite pages
Typical page structure
Page editing
Confluence page can be edited either through a Wysiwyg editor or with Wiki markup.
Page creation
- Page creation
By default, Confluence will add the page as a child of the page you are viewing !
There are two methods:
- Add Page (top right) will add a page to the current space
- Creating an undefined Link (the traditional wiki way)
[Link to new page] (single brackets)
- Space creation
- To create a new personal space (permission is needed): In the User menu (pull-down menu with your name): Create Personal Space
- Moving pages in the hierarchy
- A page can be moved in a hierarchy by editing its Location.
Wiki Markup Syntax
Confluence Wiki Markup is complex
LAMS Wiki, to do list
(I will remove this section once I am done with a draft ...)
- General
- Include an obvious help button
- Translators
- Should get Personal Space permission (for trying out)
Links
- Official
- Atlassian Confluence home page
- Documentation Home
- Confluence User's Guide
- Full Notation Guide (Wiki markup)
- Examples
- LAMS 2 User Documentation (see the LAMS learning design system).