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 |
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Width
| None - responsive width will be used | Width of the slider in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width. |
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
| blogposts | Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are:
|
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:
|
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
| None | Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntax for more information. Examples:
|
Time Frame
| 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:
|
Sort Order
| creationDate | Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are:
|
Reverse Order
| false | Enable for reverse sort order. |
Max Results
| 5 | Maximum number of news to be displayed in the slider. |
Show Error If No News
| true | Enable to show error message when no news is found. |
News Image
| 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
| summary | Choose which part of the page or blogpost content you want to display as news text:
|
Show Space
| false | Enable to display the name of the space in news entries. |
Show Author
| false | Enable to display the author's name in news entries. |
Show Publication Date
| false | Enable to display the publication date in news entries. |
Show Social Stats
| false | Enable to display the number of comments and likes in news entries. |
Enable Links
| true | Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost. |
Open Links in new Window
| false | Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled. |
Auto Slide
| true | Enable to automatically slide through news. |
Display Time
| 4000 | How long each news entry will be displayed (ms), if auto slide is enabled. |
Show Navigation
| true | Enable to show prev/next navigation. |
Show Bullets
| true | Enable to show navigation bullets. |
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
| #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
| blogposts | Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are:
|
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:
|
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
| None | Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntax for more information. Examples:
|
Time Frame
| 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:
|
Sort Order
| creationDate | Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are:
|
Reverse Order
| false | Enable for reverse sort order. |
Max Results
| 5 | Maximum number of news to be displayed. |
Load More
| true | Enable to show button at the bottom to load more news entries. |
Show Error If No News
| true | Enable to show error message when no news were found. |
Layout
| cards | Choose whether you want to display news in a Pinterest like cards layout or as list. Valid values are:
|
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:
|
News Image
| 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
| summary | Choose which part of the page or blogpost content you want to display as news text:
|
Show Space
| true | Enable to display the name of the space in news entries. |
Show Author
| true | Enable to display the author's name in news entries. |
Show Publication Date
| true | Enable to display the publication date in news entries. |
Show Social Stats
| true | Enable to display the number of comments and likes in news entries. |
Show Engagement Buttons
| true | Enable to display engagement buttons (like, favorite, comment and share) when hovering over news entries. |
Enable Links
| true | Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost. |
Open Links in new Window
| false | Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled. |
Promoted Label
| 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
| 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
| 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
| false | The title of the ticker to display. |
Width
| None - responsive width will be used | Width of the ticker in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width. |
Content Types
| blogposts | Choose whether you want to display news from pages or blogposts or from both. Valid values are:
|
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:
|
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
| None | Search query to further refine your search for news. See Confluence Search Syntaxfor more information. Examples:
|
Time Frame
| 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:
|
Sort Order
| creationDate | Choose the order the news should be sorted by. Valid values are:
|
Reverse Order
| false | Enable for reverse sort order. |
Max Results
| 5 | Maximum number of news to be displayed. |
Show Error If No News
| true | Enable to show error message when no news were found. |
News Text
| title | Choose which part of the page or blogpost you want to display as news text:
|
Prefix Text
| None | Optionally choose whether you want to display the space, author, creation date or last modification date before the news text. Valid values are:
|
Enable Links
| true | Enable to link news entries to their corresponding page or blogpost. |
Open Links in new Window
| false | Enable to open links in a new browser window, if links are enabled. |
Display Time
| 4000 | How long each news entry will be displayed (ms). |
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
| false | The title of the ticker to display. |
Width
| None - responsive width will be used | Width of the ticker in pixels. Leave blank for responsive width. |
Display Time
| 4000 | How long each news entry will be displayed (ms). |
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. |