Preparing for Confluence 4.1
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Confluence 4.0 represents a major upgrade to the software with a new rich text editor, storage format, and remote API. The presentation provided tips on preparing for the upgrade, discussed Atlassian's experience upgrading their internal instances, and highlighted new features for users including wiki auto-formatting and improved macros. Users were encouraged to try the early access program and provide feedback to help ensure a smooth transition.
Preparing for Confluence 4.1
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- 4. Preparing for Confluence 4.0 Ryan Thomas Confluence Developer, Atlassian @hobos_delight 2
- 5. About Me Sydney 3
- 6. About Me • Developer on the Confluence Team Sydney • Working on 4.0 since January 2010 • Managing ecosystem integration for 4.0 • Deployed 4.0 to our internal instances 3
- 7. Agenda 1. Administrative changes 2. Case study 3. Changes from a users perspective 4
- 8. Background • Project started in • Confluence 4.0 EAP December 2009 now available • Internal dogfooding • Your chance to try out since August 2010 the new editor • Used on all internal • Atlassian uses it every Confluence instances single day 5
- 9. Don’t Worry! 6
- 10. Don’t Worry! 6
- 11. The Road To 4.0 • The biggest release of Confluence to date 7
- 12. The Road To 4.0 • The biggest release of Confluence to date • New Rich Text Editor 7
- 13. The Road To 4.0 • The biggest release of Confluence to date • New Rich Text Editor • New Storage Format 7
- 14. The Road To 4.0 • The biggest release of Confluence to date • New Rich Text Editor • New Storage Format • New Remote API 7
- 15. The Road To 4.0 • The biggest release of Confluence to date • New Rich Text Editor • New Storage Format • New Remote API • We need to get it right - you need to be happy 7
- 16. The Road To 4.0 • We take your content and ‘migrate’ it to the 4.0 format; XHTML 3.x Upgrade 4.0 wiki-markup Process XHTML 8
- 17. Why The Change? • Most reliable editor we have to date • Facilitated by the new storage format • Richer editing experience - WYSIWYG • An overall better experience for 9 the user
- 18. Why The Change? • Most reliable editor we have to date • Facilitated by the new storage format • Richer editing experience - WYSIWYG • An overall better experience for 9 the user
- 19. What Do You Gain? • Richer editing experience • Reliability • Early detection of content issues • Error-free pages • A solid foundation for future growth, to build the most voted features you have requested 10
- 20. Macro Placeholders • What is it? • A visual representation of a macro in the editor • Why? • You told us macros were hard to use for your business users • A richer editing experience 11
- 21. Macro Placeholders 12
- 22. Macro Placeholders 12
- 23. Macro Placeholders 12
- 24. Macro Placeholders 12
- 25. Property Panels • Common operations • Images • Can be extended by plugin developers 13
- 26. Property Panels • Common operations • Images • Can be extended by plugin developers 13
- 27. Property Panels • Common operations • Images • Can be extended by plugin developers 13
- 28. Property Panels • Better interaction for users • Plugins can provide a richer experience 13
- 29. What About Plugins? • We maintain backwards compatibility with most plugins • 4 new editor plugin points • Formatting menu, image placeholder, property panel, insert menu • New APIs for all of these 14
- 30. Updated Plugins • All Confluence bundled plugins • Working closely with partners to take advantage of the new plugin points • Tutorials and documentation http://atlss.in/confluence4 15
- 31. How Do We Do It? • Provide a seamless transition to 4.0 • Atlassian relies on many 3rd party plugins that could not be disabled • We had to have a solution that allowed 3.x macros to function in Confluence 4 16
- 32. How Do We Do It? • Confluence 3.x macros are migrated • Wrapped in a Wiki-Markup macro if they have not been upgraded • These use the Wiki-Markup placeholder in the editor • Rendered output will be the same as 3.x 17
- 33. How Do They Look? 18
- 34. How Do They Look? 3.5 18
- 35. How Do They Look? 3.5 4.0 18
- 36. How Do They Look? 3.5 4.0 4.0 Upgraded 18
- 37. How Do They Look? 3.5 4.0 4.0 Upgraded 18
- 38. How Do They Look? 3.5 4.0 4.0 Upgraded 18
- 39. User Macros • Only available in the macro browser • Need to add parameter definitions • Administrator Only options • Can be updated now in Confluence 3.4 • Documentation http://atlss.in/confluence4 19
- 40. User Macros 19
- 41. User Macros 19
- 42. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 20
- 43. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 20
- 44. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 1. Replicate your current environment 20
- 45. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 1. Replicate your current environment 2. Verify your plugins 20
- 46. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 1. Replicate your current environment 2. Verify your plugins 3. Prepare your user macros 20
- 47. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 1. Replicate your current environment 2. Verify your plugins 3. Prepare your user macros 4. Gather feedback from selected users 20
- 48. 5 Tips For Preparing Your Environment 1. Replicate your current environment 2. Verify your plugins 3. Prepare your user macros 4. Gather feedback from selected users 5. Don’t update your production system with the EAP 20
- 49. Review • Macro placeholders and property panels • Plugin compatibility • User macros • Confluence 4.0 EAP 21
- 50. Case Studies 22
- 51. How Did Atlassian Do It? • We dog-food all of our software • Confluence 4.0 is no exception 23
- 52. Atlassian - What? • ~ 350 users • 4 internal Confluence systems • Largest database ~ 60Gb • Business Critical Systems 24
- 53. Atlassian - How? • Staged rollout from least to most critical systems • Largest database took ~ 11 minutes to migrate to 4.0 • BodyContent table grew in size: • From ~ 400Mb to ~ 820Mb • Expected due to verbosity of new storage format • No training was provided to any of our users 25
- 54. Atlassian - Why? • Gather user feedback • Editor • UI design • Removal of wiki-markup • To make another kick-ass release! 26
- 55. Atlassian - Feedback • We got lots of feedback 27
- 56. Atlassian - Feedback 27
- 57. Atlassian - Feedback 27
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- 59. • Tested Confluence 4 with four customers: • The Samaritans • Leading UK Investment Bank • UK Government • University of Massachusetts 28
- 60. • A mixture of Windows and Linux servers • A cross-section of their 2000 customers • From hard-core wiki-markup users • To casual volunteers 29
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- 62. “ Wiki auto-formatted text is awesome. This just made my life so much easier! ” 30
- 63. “ I love how everything can happen so easily in the editor; it encourages newer, better ways of working. ” 30
- 64. “ The biggest criticism users have is recognising the difference between Edit and Preview. ” 30
- 65. Review • Atlassian using Confluence 4.0 everyday • 4 sites testing with Adaptavist • Generally good feedback from all levels of users 31
- 66. Users 32
- 67. Users 32
- 68. Users • How do you prepare your users for Confluence 4? • How can you communicate the changes to them? 32
- 69. Documentation • Documentation for • Users • Admins • Plugin Developers • http://atlss.in/confluence4 33
- 70. Whats New Dialog • The Problem - Showing users what has changed in an upgrade • Released in Confluence 3.5 • Updated with new content for Confluence 4.0 34
- 71. Whats New Dialog 34
- 72. New Rich Text Editor 35
- 73. New Rich Text Editor 35
- 74. Wiki Auto-Formatting • For the wiki-markup fans • Fast editing experience • Keep your existing wiki-markup skills 36
- 75. Wiki Auto-Formatting 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 76. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 77. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 78. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 79. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text Some *bold* Text Some bold Text 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 80. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text Some *bold* Text Some bold Text :D 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 81. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text Some *bold* Text Some bold Text :D :D 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 82. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text Some *bold* Text Some bold Text :D :D ||Heading1||Heading2|| 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 83. Wiki Auto-Formatting h1. My Heading h1. My Heading My Heading Some *bold* Text Some *bold* Text Some bold Text :D :D ||Heading1||Heading2|| ||Heading1||Heading2|| 3.5 4.0 Result 37
- 84. Insert Wiki Markup • Enter wiki-markup into the editor • Why? • Script output • Offline note taking 38
- 85. Insert Wiki Markup 38
- 86. Insert Wiki Markup 38
- 87. Improved Macros • Macro Placeholders • Image Placeholders • Property Panel • Plugin Points 39
- 88. Improved Macros 39
- 89. Improved Macros 39
- 90. Review • Documentation • Whats New Dialog • Wiki Auto-Formatting • Improved Macros 40
- 91. Get Started Today 41
- 92. Get Started Today • Download the Confluence 4 EAP • Update your User Macros • Check out the documentation: http://atlss.in/confluence4 • Send us your feedback • Plugin developers; get ready for AtlasCamp 2011 41
- 93. Questions? Ryan Thomas http://atlss.in/confluence4 42
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