Confluence hyperlink on JIRA

[srinivasp]

Is there any built in feature for JIRA 4.4.4 to render a hyperlink to Confluence on dashboard or on Navigation bar?

If not what is the best way for achieving that?

[Andrew Frayling · Accepted solution]

Hi Srinivas,

If it's just a static hyperlink you could use a Text Gadget - http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA044/Adding+the+Text+Gadget or have an announcement banner - http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA044/Configuring+an+Announcement+Banner

Or you could create a simple plugin to display the link in the Navigation - https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Plugin+Tutorial+-+Adding+your+own+Menu+Items+to+JIRA

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

[srinivasp]

Thanks Andrew!

[srinivasp]

I followed the steps to configure a plugin for the menu items but the items are getting on home page even before login. How can i make the menu items available only on authentication?

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Srinivas,

I've not tested this, but try adding:

<condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.UserLoggedInCondition" />

to your web-section so it's something like:

<web-section key="my_links_section" name="My Links Main Section" location="my_links_link" weight="10">
<condition class="com.atlassian.jira.plugin.webfragment.conditions.UserLoggedInCondition" />
</web-section>

Andrew.

[srinivasp]

Its working.. Thanks!

[srinivasp]

Is there a way to dynamically add the url's with a "configure" button along with the existing disable button in the manage plugins section?

[srinivasp]

Any update please??

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Srinivas,

The documentation on adding a Configuration UI to a plugin is available at https://developer.atlassian.com/display/PLUGINFRAMEWORK/Adding+a+Configuration+UI+for+your+Plugin , but it's not something that I've looked at in great detail.

I'm not sure if you can have have dynamic values for <web-items> in atlassian-plugin.xml that are populated by values from a configuration UI, maybe someone with more plugin development experience can help? Might be worth creating a new question with your specific requirement of adding new menu items via a plugin config UI?

Andrew.

[srinivasp]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your suggestion and the information provided is much appreciated.

-Srinivas