Watch

 

 

Comment

 

Comments are ways to bring others into the 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.

You can add a comment at the bottom of any page or blog post, or add an inline comment by highlighting specific text on the page.

 

Add a page comment

  1. Type your comment in the comment field at the bottom of the page
  2. Optionally, choose Preview to see how your comment will appear
  3. By default, Watch this page is ticked 
  4. Choose Save 

Other users can reply and/or like your comment, and you or a space administrator can edit your comment(s).

 

 

 

Add an inline comment 

  1. Highlight the text you want to comment on
  2. Choose the add comment  button that appears above the highlighted text
  3. Type your comment and choose Save 

The selected text will appear with a yellow highlight indicating an inline comment; choose any highlighted text on the page to display the related comment(s).

Just like page comments, others can reply to, or like, your inline comments, and you'll be notified when they do.

Resolve inline comments

Hit Resolve to hide a set of inline comments once the conversation's finished. If you want to view resolved comments, choose  > Resolved comments; to reopen a resolved comment, choose Reopen at the bottom left.

 

Comment permissions

  • Add a comment – You need the 'Add Comments' permission in the space.
  • Edit a comment – You need the 'Add Comments' permission. Space administrators can edit all comments within their space. The date on a comment always indicates the time the comment was last edited.
  • Delete a comment – You need the  'Remove Comments' permission.  Deleted comments cannot be restored. If you don't have the 'Remove Comments' permission, you can delete your own comments, but only if there are no replies to your comment.
  • Disable comments – If you don't want comments in a particular space, remove the 'Add Comments' permission from the 'confluence-users' or 'users' group, anonymous users and all other users and groups. The option to add comments will no longer appear on pages or blog posts in that space.

Mention

Mentions (often known as @mentions) are a seamless way of drawing someone's attention to a page or comment, or assigning a task to them. When you mention a user, they'll receive a notification by email and in their workbox; if you mention them in a task, the task is assigned to them and appears in their tasks list.

  • To mention someone using autocomplete, type '@' in the editor then start typing their name. Choose the person you want to mention from the list of suggestions. 

 

Share

You can use the 'Share' option in Confluence to email anyone a link to a page or blog post. The recipients can be Confluence users or any email address(es).

To share a link to a Confluence page or blog post:

  1. Go to the page or blog post you wish to share

  2. Choose Share

  3. Enter a username, group or email address, and select the appropriate user, group or email address from the list of suggestions
    Repeat this process to add multiple recipients to the list.
  4. Enter an optional message into the Note box
  5. Choose Share to send the link via email

 

 

Notifications

The Confluence workbox  displays all notifications collected from Confluence page watches, shares, mentions, and tasks. From your workbox you can reply to comments, like a comment or page, watch a page, or open the relevant page or blog post.

Workbox

  • The workbox  displays all notifications collected from  page watches, shares, mentions, and tasks. From your workbox you can reply to comments, like a comment or page, watch a page, or open the relevant page or blog post.
  1. Choose the workbox icon  in the header.
    • A number will appear the workbox icon, to indicate the number of unread notifications waiting for your attention.
  2. Choose a notification from the list, to see the notification details. You can then:
    • Open the related page, blog post, or comment.
    • Like or Unlike the page, blog post, or comment.
    • Watch or Stop Watching to receive notifications, or stop receiving notifications, about a page or blog post.
    • Reply a comment, without leaving the workbox.

 

 

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