Installing and Administering Atlassian Confluence

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• Using the challenges

1. About Confluence

• Confluence quick overview
• Exploring key benefits, features, and resources
• Evaluating system requirements

2. Installing and Configuring Confluence

• Installing Confluence on Windows
• Configuring the URL, search, index, and attachment storage
• Configuring mail
• Configuring character encoding and system properties
• Configuring security

3. Content Hierarchy

• Using the Confluence dashboard
• Exploring spaces and pages
• Navigating content
• Customizing the look and feel of a space
• Challenge: Customize a space for a client
• Solution: Customize a space for a client

4. User Community

• User and group administration
• Administering global permissions and space permissions
• Administering page restrictions

5. Working with Spaces

• Building spaces
• Using the space and people directories

6. Working with Pages

• Working in Edit mode
• Using the editor
• Creating macros
• Working with templates and blueprints
• Utilizing favorites
• Challenge: Create a multipart page
• Solution: Create a multipart page

7. Working with Content

• Searching for content
• Importing content
• Updating content
• Removing content

8. Communication and Community Feedback

• Identifying popular content
• Sharing a page in different ways
• Commenting on content
• Challenge: Communicate a content change within Confluence
• Solution: Communicate a content change within Confluence

9. Collaboration and Community Engagement

• Network overview
• Watching pages, spaces, and blogs
• Managing watchers
• Subscribing to internal and external RSS feeds

10. Managing Your User Account

• Managing tasks
• Managing notifications
• Updating your status
• Customizing a user profile

11. Administration

• Viewing system information
• Scheduling administrative jobs
• Backing up and restoring your site
• Tying together three common admin requests

Conclusion

• Next steps