Confluence Docs 3.0 : Network Overview This page last changed on Aug 25, 2009 by ggaskell. The network feature helps you keep track of what other users are doing throughout your Confluence site, by allowing you to 'follow' their recent activities. Unlike Confluence's traditional content tracking features, which provide notifications on specified types of content updates made by any user, the network feature provides notifications on updates made by specific users that you choose to follow. The types of activities tracked by the network feature, include: Additions or edits to pages or blog posts Comments added to a page or blog post or edits to existing comments Updates to a user's User Status Updates to a user's User Profile To start tracking another Confluence user's activities, you need to 'follow' them. Once you are following a user, all their tracked activities that you have permission to view will appear on your network view. This principle applies to all users throughout your Confluence site. Hence, if other users start following you, all your Confluence-based activities that they have permission to view will appear on their network views. You can also subscribe to any Confluence user's network RSS feed and receive summaries on the activities of other users they are following in their network. Refer to Subscribing to a Network RSS Feed for more information on setting up a network RSS feed. On this page: Accessing Your Network View Following Another User Stop Following a User ## Accessing Your Network View To access your network view, Go to the 'Network' view for your user profile. To do this: Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so. Go to your name at the top of the page. (This is the 'User' menu. A dropdown list will appear when your cursor hovers over the 'User' menu.) Select 'Network' from the dropdown list. The 'Network' view will open. You can also access your 'Network' view by clicking the More link in the Network section of your 'Profile Sidebar'. Screenshot: Example of the Network view You can access other user's network views via the 'hover profile' feature or from their 'profile sidebar'. ## Following Another User You can follow another user either via the hover profile feature, your Network view or via their Profile view. To follow a user via the hover profile feature, Open the user's 'hover profile' popup. To do this: Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so. Move your mouse pointer over a user's linked name, which appears on the dashboard, a page or blog post. Wait until the hover profile popup appears on the page. The hover profile popup also appears whenever you move your mouse pointer over a user's profile picture throughout the Confluence interface. Within the hover profile popup, click 'Follow' and you will start following this user. Repeat this procedure for any other users you wish to follow. If you refresh or revisit your network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just followed will appear within the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will start appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page. To follow a user via your network view, Go to the network view for your user profile. Refer to Accessing Your Network View (above) for this procedure. In the right-hand section of the page within the 'Following' section, enter the first few characters of any part of the full name or username of the user you wish to follow. Use Confluence's 'user picker' popup to select the appropriate user. Click the 'Follow' button and you will start following this user. Repeat this procedure for any other users you wish to follow. If you refresh your Network view or subsequently revisit it, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just followed will appear within the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will start appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page. To follow a user via their profile view, Go to the 'Profile' view of the relevant user profile. To do this: Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so. Use the 'Hover Profile' feature or the 'Profile Sidebar' of the user whose 'Profile' view you wish to access. The user's 'Profile' view will open. In the left-hand section of the page, click 'Follow' and you will start following this user. Repeat this procedure for any other users you wish to stop following. However, you may find this process easier using the Hover Profile feature. If you refresh or revisit your network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just followed will appear within the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will start appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page. ## Stop Following a User You can stop following a user either via the hover profile feature or via their Profile view. To stop following a user via the hover profile feature, Open the user's 'hover profile' popup. To do this: Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so. Move your mouse pointer over a user's linked name, which appears on the dashboard, a page or blog post. Wait until the hover profile popup appears on the page. The hover profile popup also appears whenever you move your mouse pointer over a user's profile picture throughout the Confluence interface. Within the hover profile popup, click 'Stop Following' and you will stop following this user. Repeat this procedure for any other users you wish to stop following. If you refresh or revisit your network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just stopped following are removed from the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will stop appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page. To stop following a user via their Profile view, Go to the 'Profile' view of the relevant user profile. To do this: Log in to Confluence, if you have not already done so. Use the 'Hover Profile' feature or the 'Profile Sidebar' of the user whose 'Profile' view you wish to access. The user's 'Profile' view will open. In the left-hand section of the page, click 'Stop Following' and you will stop following this user. Repeat this procedure for any other users you wish to stop following. However, you may find this process easier using the hover profile feature. If you refresh or revisit your network view, the profile picture(s) of the user(s) you just stopped following are removed from the 'Following' list on the right. Additionally, their tracked activities will stop appearing in the 'Recent Activity' list on this page. ##### RELATED TOPICS Network Macro Hover Profile Overview Subscribing to a Network RSS Feed Take me back to the Confluence User Guide. Attachments: confluence-3-0-network-view.png (image/png)

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