News Teaser for Confluence Server

Looking for the best way to announce or share news and urgent announcements with your Confluence users? The News Teaser add-on for Confluence provides multiple, flexible macros to easily display news from blog posts, pages, or ad-hoc content in a beautiful way.

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Macros Included

News Slider macro
Use the News Slider macro to display news from blogposts and pages with thumbnail and excerpt in a simple and beautiful slider.
News Teaser macro
Use the News Teaser macro to display news entries with thumbnail and excerpt in a Pinterest like cards layout or as simple list.
News Ticker macro
Use the News Ticker macro to show off your latest breaking news from blogposts and pages in a simple news ticker.
News Ticker From List macro
Use the News Ticker From List macro to grab news from a bullet list specified in the macro body and display them in a simple ticker.

Feature Highlights

Automatically display from blog posts or other pages Easily collect news entries from Confluence blogposts or pages and optionally filter them by spaces or labels.
Option to display full or partial content Choose whether you want to display a summary, a short excerpt or the complete content as news text.
Select the image to use as thumbnail Specify which image attached to the corresponding page or blogpost you want to display as thumbnail.
Track and display contents and likes Easily display social stats like the number of comments and likes to see which news are the most engaging.
Link to content sources Link news entries to corresponding pages or blogposts to allow users to read the entire news.
Customize output Fully customizable macros to adapt the output to your needs.
Responsive layout All macros are fully responsive and mobile compatible.
Use with Dashboard plugin Works best in combination with the Custom Dashboards plugin to display newly published posts in a stunning way on your custom dashboard, such that it draws the attention of all your users.

News Slider Macro

Use the News Slider macro to display news from blogposts and pages with thumbnail and excerpt in a simple and beautiful slider.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Width `width`	None - responsive width will be used	Width of the slider in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width.
Height `height`	None - height of the tallest slide will be used	Height of the slider in pixels. Leave blank to automatically use the height of the tallest slide.
Content Types `contentTypes`	blogposts	Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are: pages - Display news from pages. blogposts - Display news from blogposts. pagesAndBlogposts - Display news from pages and blogposts.
Labels `labels`	None	Comma separated list of labels to search news by. Prefix labels with a + sign to indicate must-have labels or use a - sign to exclude news having a certain label. Examples: confluence,jira - Returns all news labeled with confluence OR jira. +confluence,+jira,-bitbucket - Returns all news having labels confluence AND jira, excluding news labeled with bitbucket.
Spaces `spaces`	None - news from all spaces will be displayed	Comma separated list of space keys to restrict searching of news. Use @self for current space. Leave blank for all spaces.
Search Query `searchQuery`	None	Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntax for more information. Examples: confluence OR jira returns all news containing either 'confluence' or 'jira' "atlassian jira" returns all news containing the phrase 'atlassian jira'
Time Frame `time`	None - no time limit for news	Specify how far back in time Confluence should look for news to be displayed. Example: Use 12h to display all news created or updated in the last 12 hours. Leave blank for no time limit. Available units are: m - Minutes h - Hours d - Days w - Weeks
Sort Order `sort`	creationDate	Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are: title - Sort by title of page or blogpost. creationDate - Sort by creation date of page or blogpost. modifiedDate - Sort by last modification date of page or blogpost.
Reverse Order `reverseSort`	false	Enable for reverse sort order.
Max Results `maxResults`	5	Maximum number of news to be displayed in the slider.
Show Error If No News `showErrorIfNone`	true	Enable to show error message when no news is found.
News Image `imageFilenameOrLabel`	None - use the first image (in alphabetical order) the slider can find attached to the page or blogpost	The file name or label of the image you want to display as news image in the slider. The image needs to be attached to the corresponding page or blogpost. Leave blank to use the first image (in alphabetical order) the slider can find attached to the page or blogpost. If no image attachment with the given file name or label exists or the page or blogpost has no image attachments at all, no news image will be displayed. Example: thumbnail.png
News Text `excerptType`	summary	Choose which part of the page or blogpost content you want to display as news text: summary - First 255 characters of text from page or blogpost content. shortExcerpt - First 255 characters of text from inside excerpt macro. longExcerpt - First 500 characters of text from inside excerpt macro. entireExcerpt - Entire rendered content from inside excerpt macro. entireText - Entire text from page or blogpost content. entireContent - Entire rendered page or blogpost content.
Show Space `showSpace`	false	Enable to display the name of the space in news entries.
Show Author `showAuthor`	false	Enable to display the author's name in news entries.
Show Publication Date `showDate`	false	Enable to display the publication date in news entries.
Show Social Stats `showStats`	false	Enable to display the number of comments and likes in news entries.
Enable Links `enableLinks`	true	Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost.
Open Links in new Window `openLinksInNewWindow`	false	Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled.
Auto Slide `autoSlide`	true	Enable to automatically slide through news.
Display Time `delay`	4000	How long each news entry will be displayed (ms), if auto slide is enabled.
Show Navigation `showNavigation`	true	Enable to show prev/next navigation.
Show Bullets `showBullets`	true	Enable to show navigation bullets.
Color `color`	None - topbar color of current space will be used	Color of prev/next navigation. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name. Leave blank to automatically use the topbar color of the current space.
Background Color `backgroundColor`	#f5f5f5	Background color of news entries. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name.

News Teaser Macro

Use the News Teaser macro to show off news entries with thumbnail and excerpt in a Pinterest like cards layout or as simple list.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Content Types `contentTypes`	blogposts	Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are: pages - Display news from pages. blogposts - Display news from blogposts. pagesAndBlogposts - Display news from pages and blogposts.
Labels `labels`	None	Comma separated list of labels to search news by. Prefix labels with a + sign to indicate must-have labels or use a - sign to exclude news having a certain label. Examples: confluence,jira - Returns all news labeled with confluence OR jira. +confluence,+jira,-bitbucket - Returns all news having labels confluence AND jira, excluding news labeled with bitbucket.
Spaces `spaces`	None - news from all spaces will be displayed	Comma separated list of space keys to restrict searching of news. Use @self for current space. Leave blank for all spaces.
Search Query `searchQuery`	None	Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntax for more information. Examples: confluence OR jira returns all news containing either 'confluence' or 'jira' "atlassian jira" returns all news containing the phrase 'atlassian jira'
Time Frame `time`	None - no time limit for news	Specify how far back in time Confluence should look for news to be displayed. Example: Use 12h to display all news created or updated in the last 12 hours. Leave blank for no time limit. Available units are: m - Minutes h - Hours d - Days w - Weeks
Sort Order `sort`	creationDate	Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are: title - Sort by title of page or blogpost. creationDate - Sort by creation date of page or blogpost. modifiedDate - Sort by last modification date of page or blogpost.
Reverse Order `reverseSort`	false	Enable for reverse sort order.
Max Results `maxResults`	5	Maximum number of news to be displayed.
Load More `loadMore`	true	Enable to show button at the bottom to load more news entries.
Show Error If No News `showErrorIfNone`	true	Enable to show error message when no news were found.
Layout `layout`	cards	Choose whether you want to display news in a Pinterest like cards layout or as list. Valid values are: cards - Display news in a Pinterest like cards layout. list - Display news as simple list.
Columns `columns`	responsive	Choose the number of columns to be displayed when using the cards layout. Use responsive to let the macro dynamically choose the number of columns for the best fit. Valid values are: responsive - The number of columns is dynamically detected for the best fit. 1 - Display news in a single column. 2 - Display news in two columns. 3 - Display news in three columns. 4 - Display news in four columns. 5 - Display news in five columns.
News Image `imageFilenameOrLabel`	None - use the first image (in alphabetical order) the macro can find attached to the page or blogpost	The file name or label of the image you want to display as news image. The image needs to be attached to the corresponding page or blogpost. Leave blank to use the first image (in alphabetical order) the macro can find attached to the page or blogpost. If no image attachment with the given file name or label exists or the page or blogpost has no image attachments at all, no news image will be displayed. Example: thumbnail.png
News Text `excerptType`	summary	Choose which part of the page or blogpost content you want to display as news text: summary - First 255 characters of text from page or blogpost content. shortExcerpt - First 255 characters of text from inside excerpt macro. longExcerpt - First 500 characters of text from inside excerpt macro. entireExcerpt - Entire rendered content from inside excerpt macro. entireText - Entire text from page or blogpost content. entireContent - Entire rendered page or blogpost content.
Show Space `showSpace`	true	Enable to display the name of the space in news entries.
Show Author `showAuthor`	true	Enable to display the author's name in news entries.
Show Publication Date `showDate`	true	Enable to display the publication date in news entries.
Show Social Stats `showStats`	true	Enable to display the number of comments and likes in news entries.
Show Engagement Buttons `showButtons`	true	Enable to display engagement buttons (like, favorite, comment and share) when hovering over news entries.
Enable Links `enableLinks`	true	Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost.
Open Links in new Window `openLinksInNewWindow`	false	Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled.
Promoted Label `promotedLabel`	None	Label which indicates whether a news should be displayed as promoted news with a ribbon containing the label name. Leave blank for no promoted news.
Promoted Color `promotedColor`	None - topbar color of current space will be used	Color of the ribbon of promoted news. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name. Leave blank to automatically use the topbar color of the current space.
Promoted News First `promotedToTop`	false	Enable to display promoted news before regular news.

News Ticker Macro

Use the News Ticker macro to grab your latest breaking news from blogposts and pages and display them in a simple ticker.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Title `title`	false	The title of the ticker to display.
Width `width`	None - responsive width will be used	Width of the ticker in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width.
Content Types `contentTypes`	blogposts	Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are: pages - Display news from pages. blogposts - Display news from blogposts. pagesAndBlogposts - Display news from pages and blogposts.
Labels `labels`	None	Comma separated list of labels to search news by. Prefix labels with a + sign to indicate must-have labels or use a - sign to exclude news having a certain label. Examples: confluence,jira - Returns all news labeled with confluence OR jira. +confluence,+jira,-bitbucket - Returns all news having labels confluence AND jira, excluding news labeled with bitbucket.
Spaces `spaces`	None - news from all spaces will be displayed	Comma separated list of space keys to restrict searching of news. Use @self for current space. Leave blank for all spaces.
Search Query `searchQuery`	None	Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntaxfor more information. Examples: confluence OR jira returns all news containing either 'confluence' or 'jira' "atlassian jira" returns all news containing the phrase 'atlassian jira'
Time Frame `time`	None - no time limit for news	Specify how far back in time Confluence should look for news to be displayed. Example: Use 12h to display all news created or updated in the last 12 hours. Leave blank for no time limit. Available units are: m - Minutes h - Hours d - Days w - Weeks
Sort Order `sort`	creationDate	Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are: title - Sort by title of page or blogpost. creationDate - Sort by creation date of page or blogpost. modifiedDate - Sort by last modification date of page or blogpost.
Reverse Order `reverseSort`	false	Enable for reverse sort order.
Max Results `maxResults`	5	Maximum number of news to be displayed.
Show Error If No News `showErrorIfNone`	true	Enable to show error message when no news were found.
News Text `excerptType`	title	Choose which part of the page or blogpost you want to display as news text: title - Title of page or blogpost. excerpt - Content from inside excerpt macro.
Prefix Text `prefix`	None	Optionally choose whether you want to display the space, author, creation date or last modification date before the news text. Valid values are: space - Space of page or blogpost. author - Author of page or blogpost. creationDate - Creation date of page or blogpost. modifiedDate - Last modification date of page or blogpost.
Enable Links `enableLinks`	true	Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost.
Open Links in new Window `openLinksInNewWindow`	false	Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled.
Display Time `delay`	4000	How long each news entry will be displayed (ms).
Color `color`	None - topbar color of current space will be used	Color of the ticker. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name. Leave blank to automatically use the topbar color of the current space.

News Ticker From List Macro

Use the News Ticker From List macro to grab news from a bullet list specified in the macro body and display them in a simple ticker.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
Title `title`	false	The title of the ticker to display.
Width `width`	None - responsive width will be used	Width of the ticker in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width.
Display Time `delay`	4000	How long each news entry will be displayed (ms).
Color `color`	None - topbar color of current space will be used	Color of the ticker. Use hexadecimal notation or HTML color name. Leave blank to automatically use the topbar color of the current space.