Getting started in Confluence
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Welcome to Confluence!
You can use Confluence to create a rich knowledge base or to collaborate with others using words, videos, images, graphics, charts, and graphs.
This page walks you through some Confluence basics like spaces, pages, and elements that allow you to create and manage impactful content for your teams.
Confluence 101
🗃️ Spaces
Spaces are places for individuals, teams, and companies to organize and work on ideas, projects, documentation, and announcements. Spaces can be customized and integrated with both Atlassian tools and others. Create as many spaces as you need to get things done:
team spaces
Give each team their own space so they can work closely and make information easier to find.
project spaces
Put all the information related to your project in one place so everyone can work together.
personal spaces
Store anything you’re working on, keep your to-do lists, and polish content before moving it into a shared space.
Spaces→ Create space to create a new space.
📄 Content
Whiteboards are your team’s place to brainstorm, build connections, and make ideas come to life.
Pages are the building blocks of Confluence. Drop ideas into a page, to collaborate on, refine, and document work.
Blog posts are individually-authored pieces of content that illustrate a particular perspective, typically shared broadly—great for documenting case studies or broad insights.
To create a content within a space, select the + and choose your content type. You can also create content using the Create button in the main navigation bar.
c to create content at any time.More about pages | More about whiteboards
Making purposeful content
✏️ Confluence editor
Changes can only be made to page content when in the editor. Changes will save automatically and be pushed live the next time the page is published.
🛠️ Templates
If you’re not sure where to start when setting up a new space or content, save time with a template.
e when on a page to open the editor.More about page templates | Browse space templates
🧰 Elements
Elements are tools like calendars, note panels, and layouts, designed to help you make your pages more powerful.
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📸 Header images
Make your pages more visually impactful with emojis and header images. 🍕 Emojis aren’t just a fun way to spice up your page—they also show up in search, so using them strategically makes it easier to find pages later on.
Add status at the top of the page, so teammates can see your progress at a glance.Collaborating with teammates
🧑💻 Real-time editing
You and up to 11 teammates can edit a page together in real time. Changes save and sync automatically so that everyone editing sees the same thing. Start editing together by selecting the Edit icon in the header.
Command + Enter when in the editor to publish.More about collaborative editing
💬 Mentions and comments
Comments are a great way to start a conversation about a page or blog post. They allow you to remark on content, add important information, ask questions, and generally drive collaboration and teamwork.
@mention a teammate to bring them into the conversation, and they can reply to and/or like comments.
Organizing your content
🌳 Content tree
The content tree is where your content is organized within a space. Drag and drop to reorder or nest content, so you can more effectively share your work with others.
📣 Space overview
To help your teammates find relevant content, curate your space overview with useful elements like calendars and page statuses, and include information about what is in your space.
🌻 Content types
WHITEBOARD
If your content still isn’t defined, whiteboards are a quick way to get messy ideas from many collaborators documented.
BLOG POST
If your content that won’t change over time, create it as a blog post. The blog feed for each space displays the most recent posts first.
PAGE
If your content may change over time, create it as a page. Pages nest, so you can create categories and subcategories.
More about sharing content | More about whiteboards
📏 Tables
Tables allow you to organize important information on a page to discuss it with your team. Present the information the way it makes sense to you—resize columns, color cells, rows and columns, and sort the table by clicking the column headers.
🌱 Drafts
Confluence autosaves your content as you work—if you select Close in the editor without publishing, you’ll create a draft, or an unpublished page you can get back to at any time.
draftOnly you can see your draft, unless you share a link to it.
What’s next?
🧐 TL;DR
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