Tool for protoyping not code, but hypertext / page structure?

Question

Hey folks,

Haven't posted here since...well, it's been a while.

I've been involved in a few reorganizations of one Confluence workspace, but on the horizon is my boss wanting me to merge at least 2, and maybe 3. Gulp!

What I've done for the single-space reorgs is basically replicate the existing structure in my personal workspace. With modifications, obviously. And if everything below a given page won't change in the new version, just saying "and child pages / and descendant pages," and not replicating the whole substructure.

And even with the Word-doc-headings-to-page-structure import thing, I can't see proposing a merging of 2 or 3 spaces in this way.

So. I've been Googling. There are all kinds of prototyping tools out there, but for apps! For code!

I don't need that. I just need to be able to map out a new page structure, show it my boss, ask others to review it, that kind of thing.

Suggestions?

Thank you,
Pat O'Connell
Technical Writer
MindGeek Montreal

Bill Bailey · Answer

What I mean is you can install a second instance of Confluence (on a different server), then within your Atlassian account, you can get dev license for that server. That way you can test updates, new plugins, etc., without impacting your live server.

Patrick O_Connell · Answer

Hey, @Bill Bailey,

I have not been aware of dev versions. Perhaps one thing I should have mentioned is that we're theoretically upgrading to 7.4.x soon, but currently on 6.9.0. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Unless, by that, you mean staging versions? This is about our 4th start at trying to upgrade, and I've been the tester each time. The new version is always put on a staging server.

- Pat O'Connell

Bill Bailey · Answer

I would "prototype" in a dev version of Confluence. You can have any number of dev servers based on your commercial license. I often do something similar, prototyping what something would look like in dev instance of Confluence -- makes it easy for people to review.