| Name | Watch List Plugin |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.6 |
| Languages | English, German |
| Product Versions | tested with 2.6.2, 2.7.3 and 2.8.1 |
| Author(s) | Cornelius Müller (cmu(at)spreadshirt(dot)net) - working for sprd.net AG, Germany, Leipzig |
| Homepage | http://www.spreadshirt.net, http://www.lafraise.com |
| Price | free |
| License | BSD |
| JavaDocs | watchlistplugin-1.0.6-javadoc.zip |
| IssueTracking | no public tracking yet |
| Download JAR | watchlistplugin-1.0.6.jar |
| Download Source | watchlistplugin-1.0.6-src.zip |
Description/Features
See a list of the current watchers of a page, add and remove them.
Usage
The plugin adds a new "Watch List"-Tab.
There are three panels on the watch list site:
- On the top one you see if you are currently watching the page, and you can quickly switch your notification status.
- The left panel shows a list of the current watchers.
- The right panel allows you to add new watchers.
You can remove current watchers by checking the boxes right of them and pushing the "Remove"-Button. The top checkbox can be used to select/deselect all watchers at once.
To add new watchers you can write their user names into the input field and press the "Add"-Button. Multiple users can be added at once (comma separated).
If you don't know the user names you can search for existing users via the magnifiying glass. The selected users will then be inserted into the text field.
Version History
1.0.6 Added Watch List menu item to new tools menu of Confluence 2.8.
1.0.5 Fixed bug if Confluences server base URL isn't root
1.0.4 Fixed two bugs: NullPointerException if used anonymously and "Find Users" don't work in IE
1.0.3 Fixed bug when a deleted user is on the watch list. Cleaned up some code.
1.0.1 Case is ignored when sorting list of current watchers.
1.0.0 Stable version
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Comments (20)
May 07
Neil Arrowsmith says:
This sounds really useful for my company. Two questions: # Any idea if it will w...This sounds really useful for my company. Two questions:
May 08
Cornelius Müller says:
It is also useful for my company ;) 1. I don't know if I used any features not ...It is also useful for my company
1. I don't know if I used any features not availably until 2.6. Just try it.
2. I also thought of something like this. But who should have these rights? Only admins? Just the creator of a page? This wouldn't be enough. Because everyone should be able to point someone else to a certain page by putting him an the watch list.
So I don't plan to implement security, but feel free to do it yourself. May the source be with you
Jun 19
Neil Arrowsmith says:
I've tested it on 2.5.1 and it seems to work perfectly. Thanks again for the plu...I've tested it on 2.5.1 and it seems to work perfectly. Thanks again for the plugin.
Would be great if you could consider adding security in the future though (my coding is extremely rusty). For one thing there's the issue of letting anyone add or remove watchers, which in my situation wouldn't go down well (for instance, I don't want some joker to be able to add the CEO to the watch list). There's also the extra clutter of another tab on the screen. For power users this is fine, but we use Confluence primarily as an intranet and I want to keep the look and feel as simple as possible.
May 15
Chris Paquin says:
Very interesting and useful functionality. Can it be extended to Space watchers ...Very interesting and useful functionality. Can it be extended to Space watchers as well? In my environment, I can see Project Managers wanting to sign people up automatically (we're still breaking out of email heck...)
BTW, I'd probably vote to have this functionality limited to space admins, but that's just me
Thanks!
Jul 25
Kristyn Oliveti says:
Add my vote for extending it to Space Watchers. We (the admins of our instance) ...Add my vote for extending it to Space Watchers. We (the admins of our instance) have been looking for a way to add people to the watch list for a particular space for a while now.
May 23
Jeff Schnitter says:
Great plugin! We use both JIRA and Confluence and we have some users who have be...Great plugin! We use both JIRA and Confluence and we have some users who have been frustrated because they could manage watchers in JIRA, but couldn't in Confluence. Your plugin solves that problem for us.
I realize that you haven't tested against 2.8. It works in 2.8 with the Confluence classic theme and the left navigation theme, but not with the default theme or the Clickr theme. If you could get it working with the default theme in 2.8 I'd love to use this plugin.
Jul 18
Jeff Schnitter says:
Cornelius, Any chance you could get this working with the default theme in Conf...Cornelius,
Any chance you could get this working with the default theme in Confluence 2.8? I'd really, really like to start using this plugin but don't want to change my theme in order to do so.
Thanks!
Jul 21
Cornelius Müller says:
Ok, i've changed the plugin. Now (version 1.0.6) it is shown in the toolsmenu of...Ok, i've changed the plugin. Now (version 1.0.6) it is shown in the tools-menu of the default theme.
That the plugin content isn't shown with the Clickr theme is a bug on the Clickr side. I've opened an issue: http://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/CLKR-16
Jul 22
Jeff Schnitter says:
Awesome! Works like a charm. Thanks for creating this plugin and thanks for the ...Awesome! Works like a charm. Thanks for creating this plugin and thanks for the update.
Jul 15
Neil Arrowsmith says:
Found an error that occurs when an anonymous user clicks on the watch list tab s...Found an error that occurs when an anonymous user clicks on the watch list tab - see below. We are using plugin version 1.0.3 on Confluence 2.5.1.
Jul 15
Cornelius Müller says:
Fixed in plugin version 1.0.4.Fixed in plugin version 1.0.4.
Jul 15
Neil Arrowsmith says:
Excellent. Thank you.Excellent. Thank you.
Jul 17
Ryan Fioravanti says:
I think there is a problem with this plugin picking up the base URL of your serv...I think there is a problem with this plugin picking up the base URL of your server. I have a server where my root URL is www.something.com/confluence
When I click the add button to add a watcher, it redirects to the following URL http://www.something.com/pages/addwatchers.action , whereas it should go to http://www.something.com/confluence/pages/addwatchers.action\\
Is this just a configuration issue that I don't know about? I checked the confluence global settings and we do have the base URL set up correctly
Thanks
Jul 18
Cornelius Müller says:
Oh yes, this is a problem with the plugin. Thanks for reporting. Fixed in plugin...Oh - yes, this is a problem with the plugin. Thanks for reporting.
Fixed in plugin version 1.0.5.
Jul 20
Doods Perea says:
Great plugin. Are there plans to make this work with the Adaptavist Theme ...Great plugin. Are there plans to make this work with the Adaptavist Theme Builder plugin?
Thanks
Jul 21
Cornelius Müller says:
I don't have experience with the Theme Builder plugin, but maybe this helps:I don't have experience with the Theme Builder plugin, but maybe this helps:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Web+UI+Plugins
under "My Web UI link isn't appearing when I use the Adaptavist Theme Builder plugin - why?"
(The definition of the web-item is:
So maybe the location is system.page and the key watchlisttab.)
Jul 21
Christian Spröte says:
It works with ThemeBuilder already. You can use webuilinks to access the watch l...It works with ThemeBuilder already. You can use webui-links to access the watch list via ThemeBuilder:
{compound-menuitem:webui|icon=application_form_magnify|caption=Open Watch List|key=watchlistmenuitem|location=system.content.action/secondary}Aug 04
Chris Paquin says:
Does this plugin have any Java 5 dependencies? Here's what we get when we try to...Does this plugin have any Java 5 dependencies? Here's what we get when we try to install it in Confluence 2.7.2/Weblogic 8.1/JRE 1.4.2_05:
Watch List Actions
*Error:*There was a problem loading the module descriptor: Watch List Actions.
net/sprd/confluence/plugin/watchlistplugin/actions/ConfigureWatchListActions (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
Thanks!
Sep 03
Cornelius Müller says:
Yes, the plugin code uses some features of Java 5 (like generics or foreachloops...Yes, the plugin code uses some features of Java 5 (like generics or for-each-loops).
Aug 07
James Hines says:
Adding my vote to extend this plugin to view the subscribers of a space. T...Adding my vote to extend this plugin to view the subscribers of a space. Thanks.