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titleA single Template or a Blueprint?

First the template author has to find out, where the new template should be created. There are basically two options:

  • Define a new template with the Confluence server
  • Add the new template to a project of Blueprints

It is usually the job of the documentation architect to define the process of creating a new template. So template authors may have to consult their colleague for advice on how to start.

We find it easier to define a project of Blueprints to add page and space blueprints for a specific set of projects. This way we have a project stored in our source control and release changes from time to time.

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We plan to release our free doctype add-ons as open source projects on an open source repository. We hope that this will make it easier for teams to start their own projects.

In the meantime, please refer to the documentation provided by the Confluence team to get started with Confluence Blueprints:

Also have a look at Context Provider for information on useful context provider classes provided by projectdoc.

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titleThe Template

The template is an XML file. It is part of a page blueprint as defined by Confluence. What is specific to projectdoc is the basic structure it mandates. While Confluence puts no restriction on how your template looks like, projectdoc demands that the template author lists the properties and sections that are provided by a document type.

So this is the first task to accomplish: What are the document type's properties and sections?

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