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Confluence 101

Thank you for choosing Confluence. To help you get up and running quickly, we've compiled some easy instructions for configuring and using Confluence.

Are you using Confluence Hosted? If so, please visit our Confluence Hosted documentation instead.

Getting Started

1. Installing Confluence

First things first. If you haven't already got Confluence up and running, carry out the following steps:

For Windows: (click to expand)
For Mac: (click to expand)
For Unix or Linux: (click to expand)

2. Adding Users

Confluence was designed to improve team communication, so you will want to configure it such that your colleagues can participate on it:

For each of your users, you will need to do the following: (click to expand)

3. Configuring Mail

Confluence can send notifications based on user preferences, such as watching the contributions to a particular space or page. To take advantage of this feature, you will first need to tell Confluence about your SMTP server.

Mastering the Basics

4. Creating Spaces, Pages and Blog Posts

Your new Confluence site contains a 'Demonstration' space, which contains a Tutorial. This will guide you through the basics of using the Dashboard, creating a space, adding pages and publishing blog posts ('news items').

Your users will need to access Confluence at http://<Confluence machine name>:8080 (not http://localhost:8080).

5. Searching Confluence

6. Subscribing to Updates

Customising Confluence

(Note that you need to be an Administrator to do the tasks in this section.)

7. Adding Your Own Logo

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

8. Changing Confluence's Colours

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

9. Choosing a Different 'Theme'

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

10. Using a Page Template

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

11. Installing Plugins

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

12. Import Existing Content

Why would I do this? (click to expand)
How do I do this? (click to expand)

Important Next Steps

(Note that you need to be an Administrator to do the tasks in this section.)

13. Connecting to an External Database

Before using Confluence as a production system, you need to switch from the default HSQL database, which is provided for evaluation purposes only. Please see the documentation for details.

14. Backing up Data

To back up your Confluence data, and establish processes for regular backups, please see the documentation.

Thank you for using Confluence.

We're always happy to help. Feel free to contact us with any questions you have.


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