We'll start by creating a space template with a page layout for creating tasks. The purpose of this template is so we will have a general layout which can easily be changed and updated in the future.
By the end of this section your template should look something like this:
Source code
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<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="8682f0fe-90b2-4406-96ad-f849f4a25c7a" ac:name="table-data" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="name">Task</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<table class="wrapped">
<colgroup>
<col/>
<col/>
<col/>
<col/>
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Assignee</th>
<th>Task Description </th>
<th>Due Date</th>
<th>Status</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="37b316c1-36ac-46ae-bfdd-6211c2e83c03" ac:name="list-data" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="name">User</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="6ff904b4-3dc8-46df-81ef-e6e095a7fdd6" ac:name="user-options" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="groups">confluence-users</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>
<br/>
</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
<p>
<br/>
</p>
<p>
<br/>
</p>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="46a515cf-41d7-4384-95c0-0ff023f7da4c" ac:name="text-data" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="name">Description</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>
<br/>
</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="2b385301-b82c-4c73-8bd6-096d41f8fe29" ac:name="date-data" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="name">Due Date</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="required">true</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
</ac:structured-macro>
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="content-wrapper">
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="fd8c68e7-0a7d-4ee9-97f5-96eb50aeb7f8" ac:name="list-data" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="name">Status</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="atlassian-macro-output-type">INLINE</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="95bfdfd3-b219-424e-8fa2-399fe3dc1db1" ac:name="list-option" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="value">Open</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="8b22e370-438f-483e-8f3e-2e169b022bcc" ac:name="status" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="colour">Grey</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="title">Open</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name=""/>
</ac:structured-macro>
</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="e75098ec-2b43-4c91-9943-f09ccf8bab8c" ac:name="list-option" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="value">In Progress</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="81e8d31d-e819-4981-8b03-ada692bb9571" ac:name="status" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="colour">Yellow</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="title">IN PROGRESS</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name=""/>
</ac:structured-macro>
</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="f01c84a9-906a-41b9-9f17-0288242c8f99" ac:name="list-option" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="value">Done</ac:parameter>
<ac:rich-text-body>
<p>
<ac:structured-macro ac:macro-id="e1468055-1a21-4b10-8881-e80c3058d37d" ac:name="status" ac:schema-version="1">
<ac:parameter ac:name="colour">Green</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="title">Done</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name=""/>
</ac:structured-macro>
</p>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</ac:rich-text-body>
</ac:structured-macro>
Steps
- Go to Space tools > Content Tools > Templates.
- Click Create New Template.
- Set the title of the Template to the "Task".
- Add a Table Data macro and set its Name parameter to "Task".
Within the Table Data macro, add a 4x2 table.
In the first row enter "Assignee" ,"Task Description", "Due Date" and "Status" respectively for each cell.
In the "Assignee" column, add a List Data macro in the second row, set its Name parameter to "User".
Add a User Options macro within the List Data macro.Â
- In the "Task Description" column, add a Text Data macro in the second row.
Set its Name parameter to "Description". - In the "Due Date" column, add a Date Data macro in the second row.
Set its Name parameter to "Due Date". - In the "Status" column, add a List Data macro in the second row.
Set its Name parameter to "Status". - Within the "Status" List Data macro, add three List Option macros.
- For the first List Option macro set the Value parameters to "Open".
- (Optional) To make the List Option stylish you can add a Status macro and set its Name to "Open" and choose your desired color (Grey is used in this example).
- For the second List Option macro set the Value parameters to "In Progress".
- (Optional) To make the List Option stylish you can add a Status macro and set its Name top "In Progress" and choose your desired color (Yellow is used in this example).
- For the third List Option macro set the Value parameters to "Done".
- (Optional) To make the List Option stylish you can add a Status macro and set its Name as "Done" and choose your desired color (Green is used in this example).
- Save the page.
Macro structure
