You can leave a comment on any page or news item in Confluence.
To add a comment, you require 'Create Comments' permission which is assigned by a space administrator from the Space Administration screens. See Space permissions or contact a space administrator for more information.
You can either add a new comment or respond to a previous comment (only available in 'threaded' view).
Use Confluence markup or the Rich Text editor to write the comment.
 | Profile photo appears in comments Your profile picture will appear next to each comment you've added. (This is true if your space uses the Confluence Default theme.) |
To add a new comment,
- Click the 'Add Comment' link near the bottom of the page.
- The comments box opens up. Type in your text.
- Click the 'Preview' tab to see a preview of your comment.
- You can tick the box next to 'Watch this page' to receive email alerts whenever the page is commented or edited.
- Click the 'Post' button to save your comment and display it on the page.
You can also respond to a comment.
This option is only available when the comments are in 'threaded' view.
To respond to a comment,
- Click the 'Reply' link located below the text of a comment.
- This will open up a new comment box. Type in your text.
- You can tick the box next to 'Watch this page' to receive email alerts whenever the page is commented or edited.
- Click 'Post'.
Screenshot : Adding a Comment
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Comments (12)
May 10, 2008
Anonymous says:
Exactly, I noticed the comment pictures only show up if the theme is Default The...Exactly, I noticed the comment pictures only show up if the theme is Default Theme. If I use other themes like Top and Left Navigation, pictures don't show up next to comments any more. Is there any way to enable the comment pictures, without switching back to the default theme, or write a new theme?
Aug 12, 2008
Ming Giet Chong says:
Hi, This is the feature which is available for some of the themes such as Defau...Hi,
This is the feature which is available for some of the themes such as Default Theme and Clickr Theme. If you are keen to have this feature in the future version of Confluence, you can always raise a feature request at http://jira.atlassian.com.
Alternatively, you might want to create your own theme plugin with the following guide:
Regards,
MG
Aug 11, 2008
Rosie Piller says:
Is it possible to set permissions such that comments need to be approved before ...Is it possible to set permissions such that comments need to be approved before they are visible to the world? Or can you set it up so that only administrators and the posters themselves can view the comments?
I'm asking because we're thinking of using a model similar to Confluence for online help, namely, wiki help, complete with the ability for users to get questions answered via the Comment option. But we are not sure we want to open the wiki up to inappropriate comments. What would be ideal is if comments were visible only to the poster and to administrators.
Thanks!
Rosie
Aug 14, 2008
Ming Giet Chong says:
Hi Rosie, I am not aware of any Comment Review plugins available. However, ther...Hi Rosie,
I am not aware of any Comment Review plugins available. However, there is a Mark for Review Plugin that allows users to mark pages for review by moderators:
Alternatively, you may want to raise a feature request at :
Regards,
MG
Oct 31, 2008
Peter Hogenkamp says:
Is it possible to close a thread (News or Page; for News it would be more import...Is it possible to close a thread (News or Page; for News it would be more important), so that comments are no longer possible?
Nov 04, 2008
Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian] says:
Hi Peter, I am afraid that this is not possible yet. However, I would suggest y...Hi Peter,
I am afraid that this is not possible yet. However, I would suggest you to vote for the following requests:
Cheers,
Azwandi
Jan 19, 2009
Anonymous says:
Currently all comments posted on a page display with the oldest comment at the t...Currently all comments posted on a page display with the oldest comment at the top. Is there a way to modify this ordering so that the newest comment is at the top?
Liz
Jan 20, 2009
Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian] says:
Hi Liz, This is not possible in Confluence yet, however, there is an exisitng f...Hi Liz,
This is not possible in Confluence yet, however, there is an exisitng feature request that you can take a look at:
Feel free to add your comments, vote on it and be a watcher to keep yourself updated on that request. Please bear in mind, the following documentation on how we implement new features in our product:
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Jul 07, 2009
Anonymous says:
How does the comments function with respect to page versions? Also, If the page...How does the comments function with respect to page versions?
Also, If the page is updated and a new attachment is included, is there a way to include the attachment in the comment itself? I tried the attachments macro but this macro shows all the attachments to a page.
Dec 01
Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian] says:
Comments would not be versionised, as it would with pages. A new version of page...Comments would not be versionised, as it would with pages. A new version of page will still display the comments made all the way from the beginning.
On the other hand, the {attachments} macro will display the current attachments, regardless the date the comment was made on. However, you might be interested in the following feature request which, I believe, could cater for your requirements:
In case that you would like to do some development, you can probably create a plugin that listens to attachment uploads and create a comment based on the event - theoretically, you can implement the Event Listener Module module type.
Hope that helps!
Feb 18
Anonymous says:
Is it possible to have comment on several places on one page? Like as I have a ...Is it possible to have comment on several places on one page?
Like as I have a header, some text and a comment box.
Continued with another header and text and another comment box. This to comment different parts of one page.
Is there any comment box plugin or macro?
Feb 18
Zed Yap [Atlassian] says:
Hi As far as I know, the feature requested is not available yet. However, I fo...Hi
As far as I know, the feature requested is not available yet. However, I found a similar feature request in JIRA:
Please add your comments to the discussion, vote on it and add yourself as a watcher for future updates. Also, please bear in mind the following document on how we schedule features for inclusion in our products: Implementation of New Features and Improvements.
Hope that helps.
Best rgds,
Zed
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