This article describes howto use Confluence for Your (private) Homepage
Why use Confluence at all?
- Excellent Rich Text Editor - the strongest point at all!!
- Very Stable and very many releases with new features
- A lot of 3rd party options - both free and commercial
- Java based
Why not use Confluence at all?
- Not free - and even though license costs are low, it all add's up
- Requires quite a lot of resources and possibility
- The Download version requires direct server access (Windows or Linux)
- Java based
Dowload or onDemand
OnDemand
Cheap and simple, but very limited towards plugins and manipulating on filelevel
Upgrades just "happends"
Download
Full flexability regarding OS and resources
Must be maintained/upgraded by YOU
When the decision is made for using Confluence :
if use on download: Go for Confluence Install Cookbook
Secondly, I will recommend these plugins:
| Type | Free | Commercial /Licensed | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Enhancement | |||
| Theming | See Theme Plugins for Confluence | ||
| Drawing / Diagramming | Diagramly | Gliffy | |
| User Macro's | See User Macros | ||
| Misc |
Both Adaptavist and ServiceRocket has a bundle of very nice and usefull free plugins