An ongoing list of useful things you can do in Confluence!
CONTENTS
Deep Linking to Slack
Slack allows for linking to its application and even specific parts within the app via a specially formatted link. Their full documentation of this feature is here: Deep Linking
Linking to the NER Workspace
The general format:
slack://open?team={TEAM_ID}
Plugging in our workspace/team ID:
slack://open?team=T7MHAQ5TL
Our team ID will always be T7MHAQ5TL
Linking to a Channel
The general format:
slack://channel?team={TEAM_ID}&id={CHANNEL_ID}
Using #electrical as an example:
slack://channel?team=T7MHAQ5TL&id={CHANNEL_ID}
Finding a channel ID
Desktop App
Click the channel name for more details
Scroll to the bottom for the ID
In-Browser
Just look at the URL!
Your team ID starts with a T and your channel ID starts with a C
Mobile App
Long press the channel and copy link
The channel ID can be found as described above
Linking to a Person’s DMs
The general format:
slack://user?team={TEAM_ID}&id={USER_ID}
Using Matt as an example:
slack://user?team=T7MHAQ5TL&id=UNCFTKUAV
User IDs always start with a U
Finding a user ID
Desktop-App & Browser
Open Profile of the user
Click the button with 3 dots
Copy member ID
Mobile App
Cry
Using Iframes
Confluence has awesome widgets to integrate nearly anything cleanly into a Confluence page (you can find these via inline / commands or the + at the top of the editing window). Sometimes these cannot handle everything however.
Iframes are a common tool used in web development to insert a window from one website into a “mini-browser” view of another. These can be used in Confluence to open just about any website when cleaner integrations don’t work.
This is a lot closer to editing the page in raw HTML/CSS, so do note it will look uglier and should be avoided when possible
One example of needing to use Iframes is for Google Calendar previews! Check out Calendars
Embedding Files From Google Drive
To embed a google doc or presentation into Confluence, the first step is to publish the document to the web. This is done by navigating to File → Share → Publish to the web.
Once you publish to the web, it will create a link at which you can view the document as a webpage. This window also includes settings to change who has access and to stop publishing the document.
CAUTION! Do not use the link in the picture above for the Widget URL! The widget will only connect properly if you use the normal sharing link for the google document.
Now that your file is published, go to the Confluence page you’d like to embed the doc in. Click the “+” icon, and insert a Widget Connector:
Once the widget connector is inserted, select it and click the “edit” button to change the URL of the embedded content. Enter the normal sharing URL for the google doc.
That’s it! You should get a window that shows a view of the document, and is updated automatically as the doc is edited.