How to write or edit a new wiki page

Added by Joan Touzet, last edited by Joan Touzet on Aug 27, 2007  (view change)

Adding a page

To add a new page, click on the 'Add Page' link located at the top of every page.

  1. Click on the 'Add Page' link. This will bring up a new screen.

  2. Enter a 'Title' for your page.

    Note

    Confluence does not accept the following characters in the title of the page:

     	:, @, /, %, \, &, !, |, #, $, *, ;, ~, [DOC, ], (, ), {, }, <, >, .
  3. Enter content for your page - just plain text, or get fancy by using special Wiki Markup (see below).

  4. 'Preview' if desired. Click 'Add'.

Note: Some pages will have a special link to create new pages, such as Add a new resource. Clicking on these links will create a new page within the structure set out by that page's creator.

Screenshot : Adding a page

Help on the Wiki Markup language while you are writing a page

Confluence pages are stored internally in a simple content-formatting language called Wiki Markup, based on Textile.

A quick notation guide, Notation Help, appears beside the edit screen. You can then click the full notation guide link in the help window to view the full Notation Guide. This shows you the entire list of formatting and other complex operations that Confluence's notation permits, along with the markup detailing how to perform them.

Examples of Markup

Here's a short example of some typical markup:

What you type What you get 
h4. Confluence Markup
 
Ideally, the markup should be _readable_ and even *clearly understandable* when you are
editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought.
 
After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets
should go.
 
* Kinds of Markup
** Text Effects
** Headings
** Text Breaks
** [Links|How to write or edit a new wiki page]
** Other

Confluence Markup


Ideally, the markup should be readable and even clearly understandable when you are
editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought.

After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets
should go.

  • Kinds of Markup
    • Text Effects
    • Headings
    • Text Breaks
    • Links
    • Other

Here, in comparison, is how that would look if you had to edit the page in HTML: 

<h4>Confluence Markup</h4>
<p>Ideally, the markup should be <em>readable</em> and even <strong>clearly understandable</strong>
when you are editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought</p>
<p>After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets should
go.</p>
<ul>
<li>Kinds of Markup
<ul>
<li>Text Effects</li>
<li>Headings</li>
<li>Text Breaks</li>
<li><a href="http://www.encorewiki.org/display/GRAIL/How+to+write+a+new+wiki+page">Links</a></li>
<li>Other</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>


To learn more

You can read the Confluence - Working With Pages Overview, which provides detailed information on page creation and editing. Note the rich text editor is not enabled on the OISE site.

You can also access the full notation guide on every edit page.

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