Many great achievements started with a page in Confluence. Still, users always ask us how to get started creating and organizing content. How you choose to organize content in Spaces and what your pages look like determines how effective your content is.
John Wetenhall, Confluence Whiz, is sharing top tips for Space organization and page creation from his 4 years working on Confluence and speaking to scores of users. He'll focus on Confluence's top use cases: project collaboration and knowledge bases, with hands on examples from Atlassian's own internal Confluence instances, so you know what great spaces and pages can look like, and how to actually create them.
28. Add tables
And the Tables toolbar will appearAdd images
From the toolbar or by
dragging and dropping
29. Creating a call-out
Watch the tutorial in the Presentation
Guidelines Keynote to learn how to
create call-outs on screenshots within
this template.
Adjust image size
Add borders, links, and more
34. INTRO TO MACROS
Insert
Add Macros with the + menu or
by typing { in the editor
Choose
The Macro browser shows
macros by type
35. INTRO TO MACROS
Insert
Add Macros with the + menu or
by typing { in the editor
Configure
Modify parameters to get the
content you want
Choose
The Macro browser shows
macros by type
43. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Content
Horizontal rule
Macro
Panel macro adds borders.
Layouts
Use the full width!
Content
Use when referencing a site or program. Do not use if you
need to show a full screenshot.
44. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Content
Horizontal rule: 4x “-“
Macro
Panel macro adds borders.
Layouts
Use the full width!
63. PRO TIP: CREATE YOUR OWN TEMPLATES
What are they?
Templates show up in “Create”
Create your own
Add from “Create” or Space tools
64. PRO TIP: CREATE YOUR OWN TEMPLATES
What are they?
Templates show up in “Create”
Create your own
Add from “Create” or Space
tools
Instructional text
Guide people to fill in content
Like creating a
page
Instructional text is key addition
65. UNDERSTAND DO
1. What is possible
2. The ingredients
of pages
1. Content basics
2. Add dynamic
content with
macros
3. Structure pages
4. Create templates
73. Contextual
See how pages relate to one
another and the grand scheme
Why does it matter?
Understandable
Outsiders can quickly
discover and self-serve
Findable
Get to key info by browsing
74. Page Tree
The backbone of a Space
BUILDING BLOCKS OF SPACES
Parent/Child
Define page relationships
Shortcuts &
Collectors
Provide fast access to key info
77. KNOWLEDGE BASE
Collector pages
Organized by key topics with
details below
Complement
Navigate from the page or
the tree
Lean shortcuts
Get rid of shortcuts you don’t
need in a KB
79. PROJECT SPACE: MANY PROJECTS
Collector pages
Manage many projects with a
top level page for each
80. PROJECT SPACE: MANY
Collector pages
Manage many projects with a
top level page for each
Multiple levels
Use hierarchy under each
project collector
Naming
Further clarifies which page
you’re looking at
95. Contextual
See how pages relate to one
another and the grand scheme
Why does it matter?
Understandable
Outsiders can quickly
discover and self-serve
Findable
Get to key info by browsing
96. 1. Sketch space
organization &
page tree
2. Get your space
under control
1. Why organization
matters
2. The building
blocks
UNDERSTAND DO