This article describes howto use Confluence for Your (private) Homepage

 

 

 

  • 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
  • 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

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:

 

TypeFreeCommercial /LicensedComment
Content Enhancement

UI Tookit

tagcumulus

Numbered Headings

Table Plus

Image Slider

Ad Hoc Canvas 

 
Theming 

Refined Wiki

See Theme Plugins for Confluence
Drawing / DiagrammingDiagramlyGliffy 
User Macro's  See User Macros
Misc

Source Editor

  

Both Adaptavist and ServiceRocket has a bundle of very nice and usefull free plugins