When you watch a page, you are notified by email whenever the page is modified.

You will receive email notifications for:

  • page edits (unless the "Minor change" checkbox is ticked before saving) or page deletion
  • attachments (including new versions of an existing attachment or deletions of an existing attachment)
  • comments (including new comments, edits of existing comments or deletions of existing comments).

(info) Note: You will not receive notifications when page content changes simply due to the output of a macro.

For example: The output of the {children} macro will change if someone adds a child page. The page when displayed will show the new child page. But the page content itself has not been edited, so no notifications will be sent.

To watch a page, you require 'View' permission for the page.

To start watching a page,

  1. Go to the page.

  2. Click the 'Watch Page' icon located at the top of the screen. This will be replaced with the 'Stop Watching Page' icon .

To stop watching a page,

  1. Go to the page.

  2. Click the 'Stop watching Page' icon located at the top of the screen. This link will be replaced the 'Watch Page' icon .

Here is an example:

Handy Hint

You can manage your watches via the Notifications tab under your user profile settings.

RELATED TOPICS

Watching a Space
Managing Watches
Tracking Updates Overview
Browsing a space
Updating Email Address

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