Does Confluence Support Mermaid? 3 Ways to Add Diagrams
Confluence Cloud doesn't draw Mermaid on its own. Three ways to get Mermaid diagrams on a page: a Mermaid macro, a Markdown macro, or importing .md files.
Writing
Notes on building Forge apps, and on getting more out of Confluence and Jira.
Time in Status in Jira: How to Measure It
How long do your Jira issues sit in each status? What Jira Cloud shows out of the box, how to read the numbers, and how to report it for a whole project.
Confluence to Markdown: 4 Ways to Export, Compared
Confluence Cloud has no Markdown export. Compare copy-paste, the REST API with Pandoc, and Markdown exporter apps for pages, page trees and spaces.
How to Embed an iframe in Confluence Cloud
Three ways to embed an iframe in Confluence Cloud, with YouTube, Google Sheets and dashboard examples, and why an embed sometimes shows up blank.
Script Toolkit for Jira is live on the Marketplace
Script Toolkit for Jira lets admins extend Jira Cloud with JavaScript: panels, gadgets, web triggers, scheduled jobs, scripted fields and workflow rules. Free.
Confluence Markup: Wiki Markup vs Markdown in Cloud
What Confluence markup is, a wiki markup cheat sheet next to Markdown, what still works in Confluence Cloud, and how to keep Markdown editable.
Issue History+ for Jira is live on the Marketplace
Issue History+ for Jira searches every change to every issue, shows time in status and flags stuck work. It's free on the Atlassian Marketplace.
PDF Exporter adds scheduled exports and a REST API
PDF Exporter for Confluence now exports large page trees in the background, runs weekly or monthly scheduled exports, and has a REST API for pipelines.
LaTeX Inline Math: $...$, \(...\) and Display Math
How to write inline math in LaTeX with $...$ or \(...\), when to switch to display math, and how inline equations work in Markdown and Confluence.
Confluence Inline Code & Code Blocks (Complete Guide)
How to add inline code and code blocks in Confluence Cloud: shortcuts, Markdown backticks, languages, line numbers, wrapping and fixes for common problems.
5 Ways to Use HTML in Confluence Cloud (With Examples)
Confluence Cloud has no built-in HTML macro. Five practical ways teams still use HTML, CSS and JavaScript in Cloud pages, with copy-paste examples.
