Adding a additional Confluence Space Template

[Henry Auffahrt]

Hello everyone,

for every new customer, we are creating an own confluence space in our confluence cloud instance for all the project information and documentation.

When creating a new confluence space, we see this screen:

My question is: Is it somehow easy, possible to add our own space template here? That would be very useful for all our project managers if they onboard a new customer.

On my own research, I read about the possibility to use blueprints with confluence connect. But creating our own app with confluence connect on the forge platform for this use case seams a bit overengineered.

Any suggestions for solving this problem the easy way?

[Brant Schroeder]

@Henry Auffahrt 

Templates are really easy to setup.  Here is some information to get you started.

• https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-a-template/ 
• https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/pre-format-your-content-with-templates/ 
• https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/templates 

[Henry Auffahrt]

Hello Brant, please read my question carefully. I'm asking for Confluence Space Template, not for regular Confluence Templates.

Or is it with the links you provided also possible to create Space Templates?

[Brant Schroeder]

@Henry Auffahrt Sorry I should have read that more carefully.  You are correct on creating a space template the route you listed is correct.  I know of some individuals that created a space the way they wanted it and then exported it, manipulated the XML and would reimport it.  This would basically copy the space and they used it as their template.  I think it would be just as much work to learn how to use blueprints.  You can also use an app from marketplace to create a space that you could copy.  https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=copy%20space 

[Henry Auffahrt]

Hi @Brant Schroeder thanks a lot for clarifying... I think the app could be a good solution for us. I like to give some Apps, that solve the problem in minutes, a try... If we really need this feature very often, we could have a look into the use of blueprints.

[Brant Schroeder]

@Henry Auffahrt if this answered your question can you please accept the answer to help others?

[Sam Lucas]

Hi @Henry Auffahrt ! I am a new PM for Confluence working on improving our Template experience! I am very curious about your need for custom Space Templates! If you're interested and available, I'd really appreciate learning more about your specific use case and needs! Please book a quick zoom call with me to help us understand how we can enhance your experience! thx.

[Henry Auffahrt]

Hi @Sam Lucas thanks for reaching out. I booked a zoom call with you. Looking Forward!

[Henry Auffahrt]

Hey @Sam Lucas ,
are there any news about own Confluence Space Template? We did not use any app because we would rather not have it that complicated. 

It should be out of the box possible to create our own Confluence Space Templates.

Thanks a lot.

Henry