Microblogging for Confluence

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See the documentation for your Release

Important general upgrade notes from version 1.x to 2.x

  • When upgrading the Microblogging plugin, a default topic will be created for each space that contains microposts. These topics will initially have the same name as the spaces they belong to.
  • All existing microposts will be migrated to these new default topics. Unfortunately, this can take quite some time (about half an hour for 1000 microposts).
  • The Confluence log will contain periodic log messages at the INFO log level during the upgrade. It is highly recommended to set the displayed log level to DEBUG for the package net.seibertmedia in Confluence before upgrading (see https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Logging).
  • While upgrading, the microblog will not be fully usable. We recommend installing the upgrade during off-peak hours and disabling the plugin during the upgrade process.

Topic configuration

All microposts now belong to a topic to improve the information structure of your microblog.

In the Confluence administration you can configure the topic structure under Microblog → Topics.

  • You can create as many topics as you like.
  • Each topic is associated with a space.
  • You can change topic names.
  • You need to have at least one topic to be able to use the microblog.

Adding a timeline to a wiki page

This information has moved to the User Guide: Inserting the macro / Inserting a timeline in a wiki page.

Adding a global timeline to the Confluence wiki dashboard

This guide assumes that you use the Confluence Default Theme and that you have admin rights to change the layout of the Confluence dashboard.

  1. Go to the "Confluence Admin".
  2. Click on "Layouts" in the left menu.
  3. Edit the Global Layout.
  4. Add the snippet $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{globaltimeline:source=global}") where you want the global timeline to be displayed on your dashboard.

    ...
    <div class="dashboard-group left">
    	<div class="dashboard-item">
        	$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{globaltimeline:source=global}")
        </div>
    ...

    We recommend adding the microblog macro at the top of the left column so that people can stay on top of important information in your company.

  5. With the snippet you just added, users will have to choose a topic for each new micropost. If you want to choose a default topic, replace {globaltimeline:source=global} with {globaltimeline:source=global|defaultTopic=<TopicID>}, where <TopicID> is the ID of the topic you want as default. You can find the topic IDs in the topic configuration.
  6. Save the Global Layout. On the dashboard you should now see the global timeline.

Adding a space timeline to the Confluence wiki dashboard

  1. Follow the instructions under "Adding a global timeline to the Confluence wiki dashboard", but use the following snippet:
    $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{globaltimeline:source=space|defaultSpace=<SpaceKey>}") where <SpaceKey> is the space you want to have displayed initially.
  2. If you want to choose a default topic for your users, add |defaultTopicInSpace=<TopicID> after <SpaceKey>. The topic ID must be within the chosen space.
  3. You can also restrict the available timeline filters to the chosen space by adding |restrictTopicListToSpace=true. The sidebar and topic selection dropdown will now only display topics in the chosen space.

Adding a topic timeline to the Confluence wiki dashboard

  1. Follow the instructions under "Adding a global timeline to the Confluence wiki dashboard", but use the following snippet:
    $helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{globaltimeline:source=topic|topic=<TopicID>}") where <TopicID> is the topic you want to have displayed initially.
  2. You can also restrict the available timeline filters to the space containing the chosen topic by adding |restrictTopicListToSpace=true after <TopicID>. The sidebar and topic selection dropdown will now only display topics in this space.

Daily digest configuration

By default, your users can subscribe to a daily digest and receive all unread microposts once a day.

In the Confluence administration you can configure the daily digest under Microblog → Daily digest.

  • You can disable or enable the daily digest.
  • You can set a default time for the digest to be sent (your users will be able to override this time).

The daily digest job

 

  • There is a scheduled job for sending out the microblog daily digest.
  • It runs every hour (the same interval the users can choose) and sends an email to every user who configured this hour to receive their digest.
  • You can disable the job or change the interval, but then your users won't get their information at their chosen time.

 

MySQL Database Issues with Emoticons

MySQL < 5.5 has problems with some Emoticons which use a utf8mb4 Character Set (4-Byte UTF-8 Unicode Encoding), see example. This leads to problems saving a micropost and causes an exception in the logs. Your users will only see that nothing happens, so they may be confused. We have difficulties catching the exception and displaying a meaningful error message.

You may see something like this in the logs:

ERROR [...] [...] logExceptions Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x91\xBD a...' for column 'TITLE' at row 1
 -- referer: https://... | url: /rest/microblog/1.0/micropost | userName: admin

See also Charset MySQL 5.0 and Charset MySQL 5.5.

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