Confluence Docs 3.3 : Editing the Site Welcome Message
This page last changed on Jul 05, 2010 by smaddox.
The site welcome message appears at the top left of the Confluence dashboard, between the site logo and the list of spaces. You can use it to display an introduction to the site or a message of the day.
On this page: The Default Site Welcome MessageBy default, the site welcome message looks more or less like the screenshot below, starting with the words 'Welcome to Confluence' and ending above the list of spaces. To restore the default site welcome message and remove your customised message, just delete the text in the 'Site Welcome Message' text box. Provided that you have not customised Confluence, your Confluence users will see the default message if there is no text in the 'Site Welcome Message' text box in your Administration Console. Screenshot: Site welcome message at top left of the dashboard Example 1. Adding a Simple Welcome MessageLet's say you want to display a simple message like this at the top of your dashboard: To produce the above welcome message, follow the step-by-step instructions above and add the following wiki markup into the 'Site Welcome Message' text box: h2. Welcome to the MyCompany Wiki New to MyCompany? [Find out about your induction|DS:Company Induction]. Otherwise, [have fun|DS:Have Fun], because you can't always work!
Example 2. Formatting your Welcome MessageNow let's say you want to put the words into a panel and add some spacing, so that your dashboard looks like this: To produce the above welcome message, follow the step-by-step instructions above and add the following wiki markup into the 'Site Welcome Message' text box: {panel} h2. Welcome to the MyCompany Wiki New to MyCompany? [Find out about your induction|DS:Company Induction]. Otherwise, [have fun|DS:Have Fun], because you can't always work! \\ \\ {panel} \\ \\ Example 3: Including Content from Another PageIt may be easier to write your welcome message on a normal Confluence page and include the page into the 'Site Welcome Message' text box. Using a normal page means that you can:
To include content from another page:
Example 4. Adding Blog Posts Filtered by Labels to your Welcome MessageLooking for more advanced ideas? This video shows you how to display a list of blog posts on your dashboard and how to choose the blog posts by labelling them. Video title: 'Bring "Must Read" Content to the Dashboard' Summary of the procedure shown in the video:
How we Use the Site Welcome Message at AtlassianAtlassian makes great use of the welcome message on our internal Confluence wiki. Here is an example of the dashboard as it appeared on a certain day: The welcome message itself contains just an {include} macro: {include:STAFF:Extranet Homepage} The include macro allows you to include the content an entire page onto another page. This particular page lives in the STAFF space, where anyone can edit it. It usually shows some amusing picture or company-wide notice. The featured photo generally changes once a week or so – whenever someone feels like changing it. The page itself has over 600 edits by many different people. The page also includes an edit link, for quick access to change the welcome message. We have the Composition plugin installed which allows you to use the {float} macro. Our wiki markup in the 'Extranet Homepage' page looks something like this: !Clover Dukey.jpg|width=200! {nodisplay} This is the content that goes on the Extranet homepage, above the spaces list. NOTE: KEEP YOUR PICTURES SMALL (<80KB) -- USE JPG FOR PICTURES, WIDTH 400 {nodisplay} h4. Experimental blogroll: All posts labelled "extranet-dashboard" {blog-posts:content=titles|labels=extranet-dashboard|spaces=@all|max=10} If you want to promote a good post to stand out from the eac white noise, just add the label *extranet-dashboard*. To avoid inflation please use the label carefully. {float-right} ([edit me|http://extranet.atlassian.com/pages/editpage.action?pageId=603422736]) {float-right} ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Document generated by Confluence on Jul 09, 2010 01:08 |