This page last changed on Nov 13, 2009 by ggaskell.
Welcome to the tutorial on a page! This page contains all the topics from the tutorial.
On this page:
Using the menus
The image below gives an overview of the menus in Confluence. The menus give you access to all the available actions on your Confluence site.
Menu or option |
Explanation |
Browse menu |
The 'Browse' menu gives access to wiki content such as pages, blog posts, etc, and allows you to browse the People Directory. If you are an administrator, the space and site administration options appear here too. |
User menu |
After you have logged in, your name will appear at top right of the screen. The 'User' menu appears when your cursor hovers over your name. The menu allows you to log out, access your user profile, editing history, personal labels, page watches and the activities of other users in your network. You can also retrieve drafts of pages you are editing. |
Search box |
Type into this box and press 'Enter' to search. |
Edit button |
The 'Edit' button allows you to edit the page. |
Add menu |
The 'Add' menu allows you to add things to a page or space. |
Tools menu |
The 'Tools' menu contains miscellaneous actions relating to the page. |
Labels |
This line shows labels (or tags) attached to the current page. |
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If your Confluence administrator has customised your Confluence site, then the menus may appear in different positions from those shown here.
If you are not logged in to Confluence, the 'Browse' menu and the 'User' menu will not appear. Instead, a 'Log In' link will appear. |
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Creating a space
Now that you have seen how the menus work, you are ready to start creating content in Confluence. Let's begin by adding a new space.
- Log in to Confluence, if you are not logged in already, by clicking the 'Log In' link at the top right of your Confluence screen.

- Right-click the 'Dashboard' link at the top left of your screen and open the link in a new browser window.

Hint: Perform the rest of these instructions in the new browser window.
- Your Confluence Dashboard appears in the new window. On the left of the screen is a list of spaces. (The Demonstration Space will be one of those spaces.)

- Click the 'Create a space' link, located below the list.

- The 'Create Space' screen appears.

- In the 'Enter a Space Name' box, type a name for your new space. You may want to use your department name (e.g. 'IT', 'Finance' or 'Marketing') or a name that identifies the purpose of the space (e.g. 'Test Space').

- In the 'Enter a Space Key' box, type a short abbreviation of the space name (e.g. 'IT' or 'TEST').

- Under 'Who can use this space', all the boxes are ticked. You don't need to change anything at this time. For information about space permissions, please see the documentation.

- Under 'Choose Theme', the 'Default Theme' is selected. Keep the Default Theme for now. For information about themes, please see the documentation.

- Click the 'OK' button, located at the bottom of the screen.
- The home page of your new space appears.
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What is a space?
A space is an area within Confluence, containing your wiki pages. You can think of each space as a sub-site, or mini-site, each with its own home page. You are looking at a space right now, called the Demonstration Space.
How many spaces should I create?
That depends on how you are planning to use Confluence. For example, if you are going to use Confluence for your intranet, you may want to create one space per department. If you want to use Confluence to write technical documentation, you could create one space per product. |
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Creating a page
Now you will create a page in your new space.
Hint: Perform these instructions in the new browser window which you opened previously. (See Creating a space).
- Under the 'Add' menu, select 'Page'.

- A new, blank page appears.

- Click in the box near the top of the screen, where the words 'New Page' appear. The words 'New Page' will disappear. Type a title for your page (e.g. 'About this space').

- Click in the large 'Rich Text' area, below the symbols 'B I U'. Type a sentence or two (e.g. a description of your space).

- Press the 'Enter' key twice, to create two new lines.
- Select 'Heading 2' from the 'Text Styles' box above the 'Rich Text' area, then type 'This is a big heading'.

- Press the 'Enter' key twice more to create two more new lines.
- Select 'Heading 5' from the 'Text Styles' box, then type 'This is a small heading'.
Below the 'Rich Text' area you will find the page's Location, Restrictions and Labels. You don't need to change anything at this time.
- Click the 'Save' button.
- You can now see your newly created page.

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This tutorial introduces you to the Confluence Rich Text editor, which is similar to text editors you may have used in other software programs. Alternatively, you can choose to use Wiki Markup (a simple content-formatting language, known as Confluence Notation). A quick notation guide, Help Tips, appears at the right of the screen when you choose the 'Wiki Markup' edit tab. You can then click the 'Full notation guide' link to view the full Notation Guide. For more information about Confluence Notation, please see the documentation. |
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Adding content to a page
Using the Dashboard
Updating your user profile
Now you will change your Confluence 'Full Name' (that is, the name by which you are known to other Confluence users) and profile picture (that is, the picture by which you are known to other Confluence users).
- Log in to Confluence, if you are not logged in already, by clicking the 'Log In' link at the top right of your Confluence screen.

- From the menu under your name, select 'Profile'.

- The 'Profile' view of your user profile appears.

- Click the 'Edit' link within the 'Personal' section on the right-hand-side of this view.
- In the 'Full Name' box, correct the spelling or type an alternative version of your name (e.g. a nickname).

- Click the 'Save' button.
- Your Full Name has now been changed.
Hint: Changing your Full Name does not affect your login name (i.e. username).
- Still in the 'Profile' view, click 'Picture' at the left of the screen.

- Click the 'Browse' button, and select a photo of yourself (e.g. a GIF, JPG or PNG file) from your computer. Then click the 'Upload' button.

If you don't have a suitable image file, select one of the 'Default Icons' instead. Here are some of them. You will find more on your Profile Picture screen.

- If the picture you selected is too big, you can now trim it. You will see your picture, with a highlighted box somewhere in the middle. Click and drag the box so that it covers the area of the picture you want. Pull the corners of the box in or out to select a larger or smaller area.

- Click the 'Save' button. Confluence will use the area of the picture which you have selected, and will resize it to the required size (48 pixels by 48 pixels).
- Your profile picture will appear next to any comments that you add and next to your updates on the Dashboard. Here's an example:

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Your user profile contains your user details (e.g. your name, your picture and your password) and your Confluence user preferences (e.g. time zone and email format). For more information about updating your user profile, please see the documentation. |
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Adding a comment to a page
Creating a blog post
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