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Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By : Eren Kalelioğlu
Book Image

Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By: Eren Kalelioğlu

Overview of this book

Implementing Atlassian Confluence is an all-encompassing guide to the essential concepts of distributed work and leveraging Confluence to create a world-class collaboration environment. This book begins with an introduction to enterprise collaboration concepts and explains how to set up Confluence. You’ll quickly proceed to creating and maintaining dynamic content, effective cross-functional collaboration, and employing Confluence applications in scenarios such as software project management and knowledge bases. You’ll discover how to use Jira Service Management together with Confluence, set up personal spaces, implement centralized user management, address security risks, and explore suggested solutions on Confluence. Furthermore, you’ll integrate and extend Confluence with other Atlassian and third-party software. The book also contains tips and guidance on managing Confluence adoption, enabling you to focus on your team and provide them with a state-of-the-art remote collaboration environment. Complete with practical business scenarios, best practices, and examples, this book will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of Atlassian Confluence’s capabilities for enhancing collaboration within cross-functional teams.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1:Preparing for Confluence
7
Part 2:Building a Real Confluence Site
13
Part 3:Scaling Business

Adding macros to Confluence

It is possible to add macros to Confluence. There are two ways to do this – the first is to add a macro through the Atlassian Marketplace, and the other is to develop your macro from scratch. In this section, we will share practical information about both options.

Adding macros via the Atlassian Marketplace

You can find many Confluence macros on the Atlassian Marketplace, and you can upload the ones you like to your environment and start using them immediately. The following are a few recommendations that will be useful when evaluating macros:

  • Make sure that you trust the producer of the macro
  • Make sure that the macro is sufficient for information security
  • Atlassian puts so much effort into ensuring that the content on this platform is world-class, but remember – the primary responsibility here is yours

Develop a new macro

You may want to develop your macro for various reasons. Maybe you couldn’t find...