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You want

Problem

  • the articles to share the same format, layout, look, and feel by using templates

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It's hard to streamline this across tens or hundreds of pages

  • apply structure and layout changes in the template to all articles at once

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You can't apply further changes to a template to all the previous pages that have already used it (those pages will only display what was on the old template)

  • an easy way for users to contribute and edit content, and guided by predefined sections. In this case, you would have Problems, Troubleshooting Steps, Solution Solutions, and so on

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Confluence doesn't enforce standards in page structure, and everyone is free to adopt their own

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Creating and maintaining similar pages is hard - and even harder with tens (or hundreds) of pages, even harder.

Solution

Scaffolding made this easy with two key functionalities.

Create versatile forms

Make templates dynamic

By using the Field Group macro, you can define a page structure. This structure guides the end users on what and where to contribute content.

By You can turn a static template into a dynamic template by using the Live Template macro that , which calls on pages or templates equipped with the Field Group macro, you can turn a static template into a dynamic template.

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Each Live Template macro is referencing to references the same template , which contains containing a Field Group macro.

By having the above structure, you You can create tens or hundreds of pages using the same template by having the above structure.

Each of the pages can be edited in a form structure, making it easy for end users to contribute content based on what's been defined.

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The structure you defined, in turn, becomes a form that to which end users can easily add content to

Ready to start?

Follow the Quick start guide to create your first solution.

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