Using Links to Create Pages from Live Templates

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Scenario

You might want to guide users in creating content in Confluence by providing a one-click link to create a page with a structured layout:

When used with Scaffolding Forms & Templates for the Confluence Server and Data Center, automatically creates a page based on a Live Template.
Automatically suggest a page title
Automatically categorize a page under a parent page
Automatically add labels to the page

If you don't have Scaffolding, check out Using Links to Create Pages from Confluence Templates.

Result

Recipe

Apps	Linking for Confluence Server, Scaffolding Forms & Templates for Confluence Server and Data Center

Apps	Linking for Confluence Server, Scaffolding Forms & Templates for Confluence Server and Data Center
Platform	Server and Data Center
Level	Easy
Estimated time	10 minutes
Macros	Add Page
Suppliers	N/A

Storage format

You can copy and paste this code into the Confluence Source Editor:

<h3>Create a Knowledge Base article</h3>
<hr/>
<p>
  <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="dbe57d0b-27a5-404c-99d5-c8c875f10c37" ac:name="add-page" ac:schema-version="1">
    <ac:parameter ac:name="parent">How To</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="prefix">How-to </ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="linkText">Create a new 'How-to' article</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="source">How-to article live template</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="live">true</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="labels">how</ac:parameter>
  </ac:structured-macro>
</p>
<p>
  <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="5f0501a3-5d0a-4661-ab5b-82399335467e" ac:name="add-page" ac:schema-version="1">
    <ac:parameter ac:name="parent">Issues and Solutions</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="linkText">Create a new 'Issues and Solutions' article</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="source">KB article live template</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="live">true</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="labels">issues-solutions</ac:parameter>
  </ac:structured-macro>
</p>
<p>
  <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="b2f9529e-a171-4d0e-b955-c48cbe17a9cc" ac:name="add-page" ac:schema-version="1">
    <ac:parameter ac:name="parent">Systems</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="linkText">Create a new 'FAQ' article</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="source">FAQ article live template</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="live">true</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="labels">faq</ac:parameter>
  </ac:structured-macro>
</p>
<p>
  <ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="9deb358a-9f9e-4dc9-b1b0-851bd247ff2f" ac:name="add-page" ac:schema-version="1">
    <ac:parameter ac:name="parent">Systems</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="linkText">Create a new 'Systems' article</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="source">Systems article live template</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="live">true</ac:parameter>
    <ac:parameter ac:name="labels">systems</ac:parameter>
  </ac:structured-macro>
</p>

Macro structure

You can recreate the example in the editor view:

Steps

Create an Add Page macro.
For the parameter Create Link Text, enter the link title, e.g., "Create a new 'How-to' article". Users will see this text when viewing the link on the page.
To decide what will happen when a user clicks on the link, specify the source parameters:
1. Source parameter determines the name of the Live Template to use. E.g., "How-to article live template".
2. Source type is set to "template" since it is based on a Live Template.
3. Check the Live Template parameter so that the page to be created will always be updated when the Live Template is updated.
Expand the Configure page title prefix/postfix and use the Prefix and Postfix parameters. In this example, we add "How-to " as a Prefix, so all page titles will start with "How to (do something)".
To ensure organized space, use the Parent parameter, which tells Linking where to create the page.
We specify "how" for the Labels parameter to automatically add labels to the pages.