Confluence - Features Usable

Not just a pretty face. It works well. It feels right.

Atlassian believes that it is important to produce enjoyable and productive software. If people don't enjoy using software, they just won't use it.

"The learning curve is very, very short and the user experience has been very positive."
Laks Krishnamoorthy, Director at Sabre Holdings

Designed for everyone

Confluence is designed to give everyone — even novice wiki users — the confidence to become an online publisher.

  • Easy, instant editing: right in your browser.
  • Auto-save: so your work is always protected.
  • Version rollback: nothing is irrevocable.
  • Concurrent editing: safety for multi-user environments.

Designed for you

'My Dashboard'

Your Confluence Dashboard is your personal portal, giving you quick access to every space as well as to the People Directory.

To keep you up-to-the-minute, your Dashboard also gives you a convenient list of recently added or updated pages, comments, blog-posts and attachments.

Recently Updated

'My Favourites'

Find something that interests you? Mark any page, space or person as your 'favourite' and it will appear on your Confluence Dashboard for easy future reference. You can even subscribe to an RSS feed to be notified when your 'favourites' are updated.

'My Space'

Confluence can give you your own personal space: your very own wiki-within-the-wiki. Great for publishing your personal pages and blogs, your space comes complete with enterprise-strength security so you can choose your own levels of privacy.

'My Picture'

Get to know your fellow Confluence users by uploading your preferred photo to your profile. Your photo, along with everyone else's, will appear in the People Directory.

Designed for easy adoption

A wiki is only as useful as the content contributed by its users. To help ensure the success of your wiki, Confluence encourages user involvement by providing:

  • LDAP integration (e.g. Active Directory) — so that users can login to Confluence with their familiar network login name and password.
  • Value licensing — flexible license options, including 'Unlimited Users'.
  • User invitations — send chosen invitees an email containing a link that will give instant access to Confluence.

For more useful hints about wiki adoption, visit Wikipatterns.com.