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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)

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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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  • 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
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  • in Wiki Markup editor:
    1. Add a link to the page you wish the new link to be a child of by typing the name you wish the new page to have inside square brackets (i.e. [Page Name]).
    2. Save the current page. The new link will appear in red.
  • Clicking on the link will bring you to the editor for the new page.

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    New Page Link

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  • To display pages and/or blog postsby label (replace UPPERCASE with your content; Separate labels with commas)

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    cqllabel in ("homepage","help_guide") and type = "page"

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