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What Are Shortcut Links?
Shortcut links are defined by the Confluence administrator. They are a quick way to create links to resources that are frequently referenced from Confluence. Administrators can maintain shortcuts from the "Shortcut Links" link in the administrative console.
For example, here are the shortcuts currently defined on http://confluence.atlassian.com:
For the examples I give below to work, these shortcuts must be configured on your Confluence server. If they aren't, ask your server administrator to add them.
How To Use Shortcut Links
Easy. You just specify in the link what should go on the end of the shortcut URL, followed by an at-sign and the name of the shortcut. Shortcut names are case-insensitive. So, for example:
Shortcut |
Example |
Resulting URL |
Demonstration |
|---|---|---|---|
JIRA issue |
[CONF-1000@JIRA] |
http://jira.atlassian.com/secure/QuickSearch.jspa?searchString=CONF-1000 | |
JIRA search |
[CONF open bugs@JIRA] |
http://jira.atlassian.com/secure/QuickSearch.jspa?searchString=CONF+open+bugs | |
Google Search |
[Atlassian Confluence@Google] |
http://www.google.com/search?q=Atlassian+Confluence |
Shortcut links can have titles just like any other link:
Shortcut |
Example |
Resulting URL |
Demonstration |
|---|---|---|---|
Internet Movie Database |
[Fight Club|tt0137523@IMDB] |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?tt0137523 | |
Google Cache |
[Cached Homepage|www.atlassian.com@cache] |
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.atlassian.com |
Limitations
Currently, you can only have shortcuts append things to the end of URLs. We're planning on removing this limitation in future versions of Confluence.
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