Confluence Docs 3.0 : Tips of the Trade This page last changed on Oct 01, 2009 by smaddox. Below are some links to external blog posts, videos and articles containing technical tips and instructions on setting up and using Confluence. This page presents an opportunity for customers and community authors to share information and experiences. The references here are specific to Confluence wiki and are technical 'how to' guides written by bloggers who use Confluence. For general information on wiki comparisons, wiki adoption, best practices and business cases, please refer to the Atlassian website and to our evaluator resources.
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On this page: Tracking Atlassian Confluence usage with Google Analytics Moving Confluence from Windows to (Ubuntu) Linux Plugging Memory Leaks in Confluence Wiki docs --- release management Delivering technical documentation on a wiki (presentation slides) Using a wiki for online help Content re-use on a wiki Starting out with your technical documentation on a wiki Universal Wiki Converter - Now with SSL Support Scroll converts wiki to DocBook and PDF Playing with DITA2Confluence part 1 and part 2 The Confluence Reporting HOWTO Drawing diagrams on a wiki page Organisation is Key Creating FAQs Styling Tabs in Confluence 2.10 How to determine the context your macro is being rendered in Video: Confluence overview Video: Macro browser Administration ###### Tracking Atlassian Confluence usage with Google Analytics And Using the Google Analytics Javascript API to show pageviews from Atlassian Confluence By: David Simpson, on blog 'david simpson' About: Setting up Google Analytics for Confluence Date: 18 March 2009 and 11 September 2009 Related documentation: How Do I Get More Statistics From Confluence? How to audit Confluence - enabling user access logging ###### Moving Confluence from Windows to (Ubuntu) Linux By: Ricky Sheaves, on blog 'flimflam' (calebscreek) About: Moving Confluence to its own dedicated environment: Ubuntu 8.04 with a MySQL backend Date: 19 October 2008 Related documentation: Migrating Confluence Between Servers ###### Plugging Memory Leaks in Confluence By: Don Willis, on blog 'Atlassian developer blog' About: Identifying memory leaks in Confluence and fixing them Date: 1 October 1007 Related documentation: Performance Tuning Confluence for Technical Documentation ###### Wiki docs --- release management By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' Date: 17 November 2007 About: Using spaces for version control Release management on a wiki Archiving documentation on a wiki Related documentation: The Copy Space plugin ###### Delivering technical documentation on a wiki (presentation slides) By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: How a wiki is useful in agile development Workflow and tracking. How to put some structure into wiki documentation. Release management on a wiki Using spaces for version control Steering wiki development — how we as technical writers can let wiki developers and plugin developers know what features we’d like in a wiki. Date: 23 May 2009 ###### Using a wiki for online help By: Sarah Maddox, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Pointing online help links to version-controlled wiki documentation spaces Date: 13 December 2007 ###### Content re-use on a wiki By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: Content reuse and defining an inclusions library Related documentation: Excerpt Macro Excerpt Include Macro Include Page Macro Date: 29 July 2008 ###### Starting out with your technical documentation on a wiki By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: Choosing your wiki and planning your documentation Date: 4 November 2007 Content Conversion ###### Universal Wiki Converter - Now with SSL Support By: Laura Kolker, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Configuring the UWC for two new features: A Trac Converter module SSL support Date: 6 March 2009 Related documentation: Importing Content from another Wiki ###### Scroll converts wiki to DocBook and PDF By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: Using the Scroll Wiki Exporter plugin to convert Confluence content to DocBook XML and to PDF Date and Confluence version: 18 May 2009; Confluence 2.10 Related documentation: The Scroll Wiki Exporter plugin ###### Playing with DITA2Confluence part 1 and part 2 By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: Using the DITA2Confluence tool to convert documentation from DITA XML to Confluence pages Date and Confluence version: October 2008; Confluence 2.9 Related documentation: The DITA2wiki project on SourceForge Usage Tips ###### The Confluence Reporting HOWTO By: Jim Severino and John Rotenstein, Atlassian Internal Systems, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Using Confluence as a reporting and business intelligence tool Date and Confluence version: August 2009; Confluence 3.0 Related documentation: The Confluence Reporting HOWTO ###### Drawing diagrams on a wiki page By: Sarah Maddox, on blog 'ffeathers' About: Using the Gliffy plugin to draw diagrams on a Confluence page Links to other tools for displaying flowcharts, graphs etc based on editable content in the wiki page Date and Confluence version: 4 July 2009; Confluence 3.0 Related documentation: The Gliffy plugin ###### Organisation is Key By: Matt Hodges, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Designing the structure of a Confluence space using an inclusions library, macros and tabbed pages Date and Confluence version: 17 March 2009; Confluence 2.10 ###### Creating FAQs By: Matt Hodges, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Designing the FAQ (frequently asked questions) section of your Confluence space Date and Confluence version: 2 April 2009; Confluence 2.10 Styling and Customisation ###### Styling Tabs in Confluence 2.10 By: Jens Schumacher, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Using CSS to change the look of the tabs in Confluence Date and Confluence version: 12 January 2009; Confluence 2.10 Related documentation: Styling Confluence with CSS Development ###### How to determine the context your macro is being rendered in By: Cheryl Jerozal, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Discovering find out the current render context (including PDF document, feed reader, email notification, etc) from within your macro Date and Confluence version: 25 June 2009; Confluence 3.0 Related documentation: Macro Plugins Videos To speed up the loading of the page and ensure correct export to PDF, HTML and XML formats, we will just link to the videos rather than including them into the wiki page. ###### Video: Confluence overview By: Matt Hodges, on the Atlassian website About: Confluence Overview Create and edit Tracking updates and blogs Security and permissions Attachments and the Office Connector Search and discover Plugins Date and Confluence version: July 2009; Confluence 3.0 Related documentation: Confluence documentation ###### Video: Macro browser By: David Cook, on the 'Atlassian Blog' About: Using the new Confluence macro browser in Confluence 3.0 Date and Confluence version: 18 June 2009; Confluence 3.0 Related documentation: Working with the Macro Browser
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