Create and read news within your intranet

In this documentation you'll read "news" and "blog posts". Technically both are the same. So if we use one term or the other, please don't be confused.

Creating a news item with the Enterprise News bundle is as easy as creating a blog post inside a standard confluence. In fact, it's the same thing. For larger corporations the standard blog functionality is not enough to model a complex news concept. The Enterprise News Bundle offers a selection of macros to do that, along with tools for creating visually appealing dashboards and news pages, personalization for certain user groups or even users and a set of social features to increase their users' involvement. 

Good looking content no matter where it's displayed

As someone who writes news you don't have to know exactly where your news will be displayed. Even if you insert a News Teaser macro with Cover Stories in mind, that same news item will be displayed nicely within Corporate or Personal News Feeds.  

Social features to increase involvement

In Cover Stories, Corporate and Personal News Feeds there's always the option to like, comment and share the news. People are used to this kind of functionality and pleased to use them in their intranet, too. Of course information like the "like status" or number of comments is shown consistently over all macros of the Enterprise News Bundle.  

Personalization as a key feature

There's nothing more personal than the Personal News Feed. This macro allows users to decide, what news they want to read there. Corporate News Feed an Cover Stories macros are configured by an admin or editor, but they still offer a high level of personalization via the use of news sections. They allow for a personalized news stream based on the reader's profile information. 

Cover Stories are a visually attractive way to present your most important news. Use large images, cite quotes, show playable videos or put a title on a boldly colored background. This way you make a magazine out of your LINCHPIN intranet.

Want to read all the news from certain spaces? A Personal News Feed gives you all the flexibility you need. Don't wait for someone to configure a news feed for you: Just subscribe to the most interesting channels yourself.

Classic top-down communication with a twist: A Corporate News Feed lets the editor define what news to show on a given page, while the use of news sections allow for full personalization.

Whether your news will be shown as Cover Story or in a News Feed: You'll want a visually compelling presentation. The news teaser macro gives you a great selection of options.

Need to convey an information of utmost importance to all of the users of your intranet? A Mandatory News makes sure no one misses it.

Your confluence has lots and lots of spaces, and you are organizing them by means of space categories? The macro Spaces by category lets you show them in a simple list on any page you want - including the option to directly add those spaces to a Personal News Feed.