James Dellow Community Champion

If you see the following error while trying to feature pages or blogpost using News Board or News Board Lite apps: Unable to check item state: news-featured There was a problem communicating with the server. Please refresh the page and try again. This error has now been resolved. You do not need to update the app, but you…

You can now filter by category on the main News Board page: To switch between filtering by category to All Unread, you need to filter by All again first, then choose the All Unread option. PS In the previous release, which introduced the new News Board Carousel macro, it also become possible to filter in either this new…

Using Automation in JSM, I am sending an email notification, using the following to include the reporter's name and organisation: From: {{issue.reporter.displayName}} at {{issue.customfield_10002}} However, the second part displays as: ServiceDeskOrganizationBean{id='ID', name='ORGNAME'} How do I make this only display…

Inspired by Atlassian's carousel macro, this new macro allows you to showcase up to 3 of your latest News Board items directly on any page, including your Company Hub. Key features: * Customization: Choose to show a link to the full News Board page or limit the carousel to a specific category. * Flexibility: Use it on any…

Back in 2014, I made a presentation at Atlassian Summit that I hoped would challenge people's assumptions that Confluence Cloud was limited and inflexible as a solution. In it, I talk about core Confluence features (templates, macros, permissions, and space architecture) and also the possibilities of Atlassian Connect.…

Craving a central command center for your News Board's featured content? Look no further! I'm thrilled to unveil brand new editor and admin pages, offering unified views of every piece of featured content, ever. Ready to take the reins of your featured stories? Dive into these powerful new tools and experience the ultimate…

UPDATE: You can now filter by category. The News Board app just got even more user-friendly with its latest update. While the red dot is a helpful visual indicator for highlighting unread featured content, we've taken it a step further. Now, on the News Board page, you have the power to filter unread items, giving you the…

A News Board customer recently asked if I could make a minor enhancement to the way text-only tiles render. They said that when a post or page only had a short title, the tile looked a little empty - they suggested if more of the body text excerpt could be included, it would make the content more engaging. I agreed and…

I recently became aware of an issue affecting users of the News Board Lite app, which blocked the ability to set or unset featured blogposts. An error message titled 'Unable to POST item: news-featured' appears. This was tracked down to a security change by Atlassian made to the API used by the app. The fix is to change…

At the end of last year I introduced a new feature for the News Board app that allowed a featured page or blogpost to be pinned at the top of the news page. Now you can bring even greater attention to your pinned content by turning it into a Confluence-wide pop-up alert: Users can hide the pop up temporarily or be reminded…

News Board has a new layout, which includes a new "Quicklinks" tile. Based on the default 3-column layout, this new layout for the News Board app includes a configurable tile in the top-right. This new feature automatically creates the links based on the first six links found on the selected source page. If you set a…

The News Board app currently comes with three defined layouts (3 column, 2 column, and 3 column without the hero takeover), but has the capacity for new layouts to be added or even custom built layouts created for specific customers. I've just released a new "beta" layout to demonstrate the potential of layouts that…

By default News Board displays the newest pages and blogposts on the News page first (based on publishing date). But if you have ever wanted to keep a particular page or blogpost pinned to the top of the page, that feature is now available. Once pinned, the page or blogpost is flagged on the News page with a yellow…

It has been nearly a year since I released the upgrade to News Board Lite, to match the look and feel of its companion premium app, News Board. However, while releasing a backend security change for News Board Lite to reflect updated technical requirements from Atlassian, I used this as the opportunity to also bring a new…

I've been asked and told in feedback that people would like the option to use News Board as a macro - well, now you can! To achieve different designs, the News Board macro can be used directly on the page or added to a layout. To use the macro, type /News Board. The macro is intended to be simple to use and adapts to the…

Want to create a better-branded experience, promote other initiatives, or perhaps reflect your team's personality better with the News Board app? Try the new image banner feature: Currently, the banner image file needs to be hosted in an accessible URL. Images 980px x 150px in size fit best, as News Board will format the…

Out of the box, Confluence Cloud comes with a handy but sometimes undervalued feature: Labels. Atlassian describes the purpose of labels as this: Labels are key words that you can add to pages and attachments to make them easier to group and find. For example, you could assign the label accounting to all accounts-related…

News Board Lite (previously known as News for Confluence Cloud) offers three fixed category keywords - News, People, and Important. The new premium version, News Board, lets you define your category keywords. If you are a Confluence administrator or have at least 'editor' rights in News Board, you can configure your…

News for Confluence Cloud is changing! A new major release is coming for News for Confluence Cloud, which will become known as News Board Lite. A new paid version, News Board, will also be released in the near future. What's changing in the News Board Lite release? One of the main changes in this major release is a…

Today I'm posting not as a community member, but with my independent consultant hat on in the hope that you might be able to share some insights into how you are using the Atlassian suite of tools to work differently. I'm researching the concept of "collaborative work management". If you haven't heard of it, don't worry.…

I have become aware that there is an issue with the user picker in the configuration screen. Unfortunately the picker currently appears to be returning all user regardless of the search phrase entered. In larger Cloud instances, you may not be able to find the user as too many results will be returned for the picker to…

I'm the developer of the News for Confluence Cloud marketplace app. Atlassian are making changes to Confluence Cloud to make it General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant, which will take effect on 29th April. If you are using the feature to restrict who can feature blog posts on the news page but have not…