This page tells you how to link to a news item. You can also read about including blog posts on your page.

You need to edit in 'Wiki Markup' mode to create a link to a news item.

 To link to a news item,

(info) You need to know the title of the news item as well as the date on which it was created.

  1. Convert the date into the format: year/month/day.

  2. You can now create a link to the news item, like this:

    What you need to type

    What you will get 

    [/2007/06/25/Sample News\]

    Sample News


    Where:

    '/2007/06/25' is the date the news item was published.
    'Sample News' is the title of the news item.

Examples of Use

You have three options:

1. Directly providing the URL (absolute path)
[http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/2007/06/25/Sample+News]

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/2007/06/25/Sample+News

2. Including the alias as well
[my blog|http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/2007/06/25/Sample+News]

my blog

3. Using the relative path (on the same server)

Note: You must provide the entire path to the news item.

[my blog|DOC:2007/06/25/Sample News]

my blog

You can also link to a whole day's news items, just by leaving out the news item's title at the end of the link.
[my blog|DOC:2007/06/25]

my blog

Linking to a news item that has not been created yet will not result in a link. News items are very tightly bound to the time at which they were created, soit makes no sense to link to them before they exist.

 To link to a list of news items within a given space,

(info) You need to know the key of the space.

What you need to type

What you will get

[news|http://myConfluenceURL/pages/viewrecentblogposts.action?key=ABC]

news

Where:
'myConfluenceURL' is the URL address of your Confluence system, e.g. 'confluence.mycompany.com'.
'ABC' is the key of the relevant space..

If you'd rather show a dynamic list of news items on your page, instead of a link to the news items, try the Blog Posts macro.

RELATED TOPICS

Working with News Overview
Working with Links Overview
Blog Posts Macro

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