Learn how to access projectdoc properties via REST API with cURL.

Learn how to access projectdoc space properties via REST API with cURL.

Agile documentation is not another buzzword. There is actually a set of rules to follow which will lead to meaningful documentation. Writing helpful documentation is not easy, but it gets a lot easier with the agile mindset - and with the projectdoc Toolbox.

The projectdoc Toolbox makes it easy to search for documents with a given set of constraints in an ancestor context.

It is pretty easy to annotate dynamic lists with the projectdoc Toolbox on Confluence.

Add a document as a child and automatically make supplied properties available in the parent.

Authors occasionally need to have a look at a page as if they where in the role of a reader. The pretend-being-a user space property supports switching roles. With the use of the Web API Extension and the Bookmarklets Extension switching roles is now really easy!

Renders a document graph in a graph language allowing the body to contain arbitrary content (including transclusions).

A name in projectdoc used to identify a document is not considered a hard reference. When changing the name of a particular document, the references to the original name do not automatically change. This is by design. It may also by the cause of annoyance. This tip provides information how to deal with this.

Tables often require a lot of space to be rendered. This tip shows how to reduce the demand of space.

Discard unwanted references in manually compiled lists with the projectdoc Toolbox on Confluence.

Tools from the projectdoc Toolbox to import from and export to other information systems.

A short introduction the the Doctype Maven Plugin to generate Confluence Blueprints for projectdoc Doctypes based on an XML description.

Doctypes define properties and sections for documents. They are essentially Confluence Blueprints that help to create pages in your wiki based on templates.

Introduces to the concept of content to be considered to be empty.

Reusing sections typically includes the transcluded content to match the document structure of the transcluding document. The projectdoc Toolbox does this automatically.

There is no one-size-fits-all for documenting software projects. What we do is giving you an introduction on how to get started with the projectdoc Toolbox and the Software Development Add-on to define your documentation requirements with Confluence.

The Information Systems Extension for the projectdoc Toolbox allows to render a link with the HTML title as label via autoconvert of the pasted URL.

Writing page blueprints includes to configure wizards for easy page creation. If the field identifier contains dots there is a problem with a simple solution.

A short introduction using the impersonator feature of the projectdoc Toolbox. In this example we examine what to do to reuse a layout defined in another document.

If you have lots of projectdoc documents then the in-memory properties cache might not perform optimal.

Getting started with the projectdoc Toolbox is not easy. Some basic concepts are more than just good-to-know and the number of macros and doctypes may be simply overwhelming. This tip gives some advice on how to get started.

Show how to use the Name List Macro to render links to glossary terms.

Listing related pages to a page is quite easy using the projectdoc Toolbox.

Integrate information from different sources into your documentation using Confluence and the projectdoc Toolbox.

Have you ever experienced performance problems with your Confluence on premise (Server) installation? This tip might help you.

The projectdoc Toolbox does not support dynamic values as property values. Use sections to render dynamic values and select the contents of this section instead of property values.

projectdoc documents typically provide a property named 'Parent Property'. This property refers to a logical parent. This tip shows what this is all about.

Extensions augment the projectdoc Toolbox. Features that are not relevant for all users are separated and may be installed on-demand by customers of the Toolbox.

There are basically five ways to render navigation links with additional properties with the projectdoc Toolbox.

A short introduction on compiling projectdoc documents in dynamic lists using constraints.

To access Confluence via its REST API with cURL you typically need to authenticate. Learn how to login with cURL and avoid some common security pitfalls.

It is easy to define the default homepage for a given doctype in a space.

The projectdoc Toolbox makes it easy to search for documents with a given set of constraints in a document tree with a given root.

Show how to import properties from other projectdoc documents into a projectdoc document.

Tools from the projectdoc Toolbox to allow users to browse for information.

The Content Marker Macro identifies content that can be displayed using the Display Table Macro. This is a short tip on how to transclude content from a projectdoc document.

Starting with the projectdoc Toolbox might be intimidating at first. So start small using the basic features and add what is needed, when it is needed.

Shows how to use the Wiki Link Macro based on Remote Controls to alternate between two different views on a single document.

Despite the name of the Topic Doctype, it is not supposed to be used for any topic. Use the Generic Doctype or the Section Doctype for general purposes.

Overview over the most relevant information for software developers to create their documentation on Confluence with the projectdoc Toolbox.

The projectdoc Toolbox provides a lot of macros to create documentation. It also replaces two macros provided by Confluence. The Excerpt Macro and the Page Properties Macro.

An overview over the use cases for which the projectdoc Toolbox provides support.

Provide a standard documentation for users of a plugin for Maven.

Add a document as a child and automatically make supplied properties and sections available in the parent. A short walk-through to use the Aspect Feature in your information architecture.

Property values are inherently considered to be a list of strings. Typically this a good thing since it makes working with list of names very easy. Sometimes it makes things more difficult.

An overview over features employing placeholders to create a modular documentation.

A short introduction on using spaces with the projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence.

projectdoc makes it easy to create a modular documentation and provide multiple views on topics.