This page last changed on Apr 01, 2005 by vidya.

What Are Shortcut Links?

Shortcut links are defined by the Confluence administrator. They are a quick way to create links to resources that are frequently referenced from Confluence. Administrators can maintain shortcuts from the "Shortcut Links" link in the administrative console.

For example, here are the shortcuts currently defined on http://confluence.atlassian.com:

For the examples I give below to work, these shortcuts must be configured on your Confluence server. If they aren't, ask your server administrator to add them.

How To Use Shortcut Links

Easy. You just specify in the link what should go on the end of the shortcut URL, followed by an at-sign and the name of the shortcut. Shortcut names are case-insensitive. So, for example:

Shortcut Example Resulting URL Demonstration
JIRA issue [CONF-1000@JIRA] http://jira.atlassian.com/secure/QuickSearch.jspa?searchString=CONF-1000 CONF-1000
JIRA search [CONF open bugs@JIRA] http://jira.atlassian.com/secure/QuickSearch.jspa?searchString=CONF+open+bugs CONF open bugs
Google Search [Atlassian Confluence@Google] http://www.google.com/search?q=Atlassian+Confluence Atlassian Confluence@Google

Shortcut links can have titles just like any other link:

Shortcut Example Resulting URL Demonstration
Internet Movie Database [Fight Club|tt0137523@IMDB] http://us.imdb.com/Title?tt0137523 Fight Club
Google Cache [Cached Homepage|www.atlassian.com@cache] http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.atlassian.com Cached Homepage

Limitations

Currently, you can only have shortcuts append things to the end of URLs. We're planning on removing this limitation in future versions of Confluence.


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