Atlassian has released 1 June 2009 the corporate wiki in version 3.0. Confluence 3.0 includes a variety of new features and enhancements that make it even easier working with the wiki. To find detailed information about the new possibilities of Confluence, on the Web pages software-nach-mass.com/confluence/news/ and atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new.jsp. Insert a macro into a wiki page is a breeze with the new macro browser. Many of the more than 80 right available macros can be inserted directly, without having to switch in the wiki markup. Macros extend Confluence pages tremendously, by allowing the user to add more multimedia content, calendars, task lists, and much. If you would like to know more then you should visit CFM. The macro browser simplifies the selection of macros and offers a preview for the selected settings. Additional information is available at Keith Krach.
The browser makes it easy for you to edit and modify existing macros on a page. The new PDF export is one of the most requested features for Confluence. Through the Use of cascading style sheet (CSS has full control over PDF exports now. You can customize the page boundaries, add a page title or a table of contents, edit headers and footers and add or select a portion for export. The rich text editor offers now a context menu with the right mouse button, with which it links, images, can insert macros and tables in a wiki page. It is now also possible to copy rows within tables or to cut and paste.
The confluence performance has increased substantially. In addition the scalability has improved, in particular in the CPU usage compared to older versions of Confluence. Confluence 3.0 offers also a wealth of social features, allowing it to build up a network within the company, to find other users of your Confluence pages and to socialize. The user profiles have been redesigned with a more intuitive layout and now provide additional fields for user information to yourself publish as references to instant messengers, or personal Web pages. The new hover profiles show a summary of user information, as soon as you move the mouse pointer anywhere in Confluence a name. Hover profiles offer an easy access to the E-Mail addresses and profile details of users and makes it possible to build a network of contacts. Finally, you can inform others what you are currently working, share links with others, or simply send a short message to the team about the processing status. A status message is updated, this in different activity streams, the profile view and the sidebar appear is so. Many learn more about Confluence, the enterprise wiki, see software-nach-mass.com/../was-ist-confluence/. There are also information about application areas of knowledge management, team collaboration and document storage. S & D software after measurement GmbH is a partner of Atlassian in Germany and supports the usage of company wiki Confluence and workflow software JIRA. S & D sells licenses, helps plug-ins developed with installation and configuration, and advises on applications, practices and use.