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Month March 2009

Verdana must die for the good of the planet

If you’re using the Verdana typeface in your printed documents, stop now.
There is no need and it is helping destroy the planet.
Verdana takes up about 19% more horizontal space than Arial. So a switch away from Verdana could reduce your paper costs by up to 19%. For further savings, switch [...]

Confluence Snippet: User Activity Report

Want to know who are the most active users on your Confluence wiki this week?
This wiki markup snippet should help. It tabulates:

Overall activity
Page creations
Page Updates
Page views
Page Popularity

h1. This Week’s Wiki User Activity Charts
 
h2. Overall
 
{topusers:spaces=@all|timespan=1w|period=weekly|events=create,update,view|display=icon,title,count}
 
h2. Breakdown
<code>
|| Page Creation || Page Updates || Page Views || Page Popularity ||
| {topusers:spaces=@all|timespan=1w|period=weekly|events=create|display=icon,title,count} | {topusers:spaces=@all|timespan=1w|period=weekly|events=update|display=icon,title,count} | {topusers:spaces=@all|timespan=1w|period=weekly|events=view|display=icon,title,count} | {popular:spaces=@all|timespan=1w|period=weekly|events=view|display=icon,title,count} |
</code>

Templating Confluence for enhanced usability

I love Confluence. It’s simple. It’s easy to use. It’s hierarchical, so you can build a nice structure.
But…
I hate Confluence. I can’t find anything. Ever. It’s hierarchical, but which branch in the hierarchy is my content located in? Damnit, the Lucene powered search doesn’t seem to be able to find what [...]

Tracking Atlassian Confluence usage with Google Analytics

You’ve chosen Confluence as your Enterprise wiki and got it installed. People are using it. But how many people?
You could have a look at the Global Activity page on Confluence, but this might confuse matters.

You’ll get to see graphs, but what do they really mean? The Global Activity statistics are [...]

Tracking referers to your website from Twitter clients with Google Analytics

If someone using a desktop Twitter client (such as TweetDeck or Twirl) clicks on a link I’ve posted to my blog, the Google Analytics referer information will be blank. It registers as direct traffic to the website.
This is fine when linking to other people’s websites — I’m not worried about them — [...]

How To Track Events in Flash Movies using WebTrends

If your website contains Flash movies that link offsite or to microsites, you may wish to register the offsite link using WebTrends. This article provides an introduction. It assumes a little knowledge of ActionScript, Javascript as well as WebTrends.
This example uses a intermediary javascript function that sits between the Flash movies and the [...]