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Analytics Plugin for Confluence 1.2 released

Last week I released Analytics Plugin for Confluence 1.2 on the Atlassian Plugin Exchange.
It’s been 6 months since the initial release which was only tested on Confluence 3.0. This time I’ve added a new dashboard section, full support for Confluence 3.1 & 3.2 and a pile of macro parameters as [...]

Hide wiki markup – Confluence user macro

A simple Confluence user macro to hide access to the View Wiki Markup menu link…
{hide-wiki-markup}

One thing I love about Confluence is the way that you can browse other people’s pages and steal their superior layout ideas for your own wiki pages.
It’s dead easy to do. Go to the Tools drop down menu [...]

Meta tags are your friend part 2: Space specific tracking in Confluence with Google Analytics

I’ve previously written a number of posts about Confluence and Google Analytics (GA), including how to set up GA on Confluence and pointers for GA reports you should consider. Lastly, I wrote the Confluence Google Analytics Plugin (CGAP) which provides space specific GA reports from within Confluence.
However, I’ve not been entirely happy because there [...]

Some thoughts on developing my first Confluence plugin

I recently started building Confluence plugins. The first one being my Google Analytics plugin for Confluence. This post outlines my “journey” into Confluence plugin development. It documents a beginner’s pitfalls when developing with the Atlassian Plugin SDK. Hopefully others can learn from, or at least laugh at my mistakes.
Where I was starting [...]

Announcing: Google Analytics plugin for Confluence

I’m pleased to announce the release of my first Confluence plugin — Google Analytics plugin for Confluence.
It lists Google Analytics reports for a particular Confluence space – from within that space. The current version has 10 reports and shows the first 20 results for each report.

Top Content
Depth of Visit
Internal Search
Browser and OS
Browser Version
Screen [...]

4 Useful Tips on Google Analytics Reporting for Confluence

Having installed Google Analytics on Confluence, you need to ensure that you’re not lost in a world of pretty metrics.
Make sure that your new analytics toy produces something solid and actionable. Anything less is just a shiny curiosity that your organisation will soon fail to engage with.
This article presents 4 useful tips [...]

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 [...]