Page Comparison

Note: You can only perform tasks in the Staff Wiki if you have been given the appropriate permission

Confluence User Guide
Confluence Notation Guide (for Wiki Markup editor)

Wiki Basics

Terminology

• Confluence - Enterprise wiki provided by DoIT. We often use the terms "Confluence" and "Staff Wiki" interchangeably.

• Space - Confluence organizes content into "Spaces." UMBC has several spaces; our space is the Library Space. The Dashboard lists all of the Spaces available at UMBC. You can also access a personal Space by logging into the Staff Wiki and clicking on your name at the top of the page, or by going to

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  https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/~UMBC_USERNAME.

• Parent Page - A page that has other pages created underneath it. A parent page may be a child of another page.
• Children - These are pages created underneath the parent page and associated with it. A child of one page may be a parent of other pages.
• Rich Text Editor - This editor allows you to enter content as you would in a Word document, and apply formatting simply by clicking icons on a toolbar.
• Wiki Markup Editor - This editor allows you to edit Confluence pages directly in wiki markup language. Some advanced layout editing is only possible in the Wiki Markup Editor.
• Labels - User-defined tag words that can be assigned to pages and bookmarks to categorize or identify content.

Navigating the Staff Wiki

• Left Menu - Displays expandable list of site contents.
  • Click on the + symbol to expand the list; Click on the link name to go to the selected page
• Menu Bar ** Breadcrumbs - see where you are in the wiki hierarchy and navigate to higher-level pages
  • Browse - use the drop-down menu to view wiki contents by type (pages, attachments, labels, etc.)
  • Log in - Log in to view restricted content
• Page Functions ** Edit - edit the current page
  • Add - add a new page, blog post, or attachment
  • Tools - view page history and attachments