How can I create a glossary in Confluence?

Three suggested ways to have a glossary in Confluence:

1. The simplest way to create a glossary in Confluence is just create a single page with each entry in its own sections. For an example of this see the Confluence Glossary.

2. Another approach would be to create each entry as a child page of the glossary and to use the children macro to produce a summary. If the excerpt macro is used for each entry then the following produces very nice results:

{children:excerpt=true|style=h4}

See the Community Glossary for a working example.

3. For a more polished look, try using the open source Index Glossary Plugin.

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  1. Jan 26, 2006

    Jason Dillon says:

    I created a glossary a few months back using {children}, came out rather nice: ...

    I created a glossary a few months back using {children}, came out rather nice:

    Each of the term-definition pages is really simple, but the addition of the {scrollbar} macro made it really easy to navigate.

    1. Jan 26, 2006

      Jason Dillon says:

      I also created a {term} user-macro: <a href="$req.contextPath/display/GLOSS...

      I also created a {term} user-macro:

      <a href="$req.contextPath/display/GLOSSARY/$param0" title="$param0">$param0</a>

      which made it really easy to refer to that term in other spaces; for example:

      For merchant information see {term:MIF}

      If I had more time I was going to make an AJAX tooltip-hover for the link too

      1. Jan 26, 2006

        Guy Fraser says:

        Hi Jason, Adaptavist are working on a glossary macro (well, we're actually poli...

        Hi Jason,

        Adaptavist are working on a glossary macro (well, we're actually polishing the one we've got already) as part of the Codegeist

        You can see some evidence of the work we've done so far on our website - those green links come from the glossary.

        Hopefully it should be out in the next few weeks.

        1. Jul 16, 2008

          Michael Jositz says:

          How about the adaptavist glossary macro? Can't find it, how is it called?

          How about the adaptavist glossary macro? Can't find it, how is it called?

  2. Jul 16, 2008

    Michael Jositz says:

    Hey Jason, do you have any detailed instructions how to build such a nice glossr...

    Hey Jason, do you have any detailed instructions how to build such a nice glossray? Thanks in advance!