In our series of screencasts to introduce our new projectdoc plugin for Confluence, we added another screencast. This time we show the concept of autolists.
Autolists allow to update the list of relevant documents at the instance of a reader viewing the document. The document showing the list is referred to as the collecting document. The list in the existing document gets updated automatically without any actions required by the author of a new document. This technique helps to keep changes locally to one document, the new document that is created. The author adds properties to the new document so that it will be matched and displayed in the autolists of existing documents.
Having changes locally makes it easier for teams to collaborate on document work. This is especially important for agile teams, where all team member are helping to create and maintain the project documentation.
The screencasts for novice users give you a gentle start into the concepts of the plugin, if you are new to projectdoc.
projectdoc is a plugin for Confluence to help agile teams to create and maintain their project documentation. It will be available soon on Atlassian Marketplace.
In our series of screencasts to introduce our new projectdoc plugin for Confluence, we show today how to use subdocuments and transclusion within your Confluence wiki.
Transclusion is a technique to include parts of a document into another at the time of viewing. This supports content reuse and helps to create and maintain consistent documentation in agile projects. These are the goals of modular documentation design and single sourcing.
The screencast shows how to use transclusion to give your readers the experience of reading one document without the need to click through the individual sections. As we have shown in previous screencast, displaying references in tables is powerful for an overview. But may have limits in presenting a topic concisely, where readers want to access the information on a topic in one go.
If you have missed our introduction to subdocuments, please consider to watch them first. The screencasts for novice users give you a gentle start into the concepts of the plugin, if you are new to projectdoc.
projectdoc is a plugin for Confluence to help agile teams to create and maintain their project documentation. It will be available soon on Atlassian Marketplace.
