Do you often include your own graphics and icons in your diagrams? The new version of the diagramming tool draw.io for Confluence allows you to quickly and easily import your own libraries and use your custom Shapes. In this tutorial, we will show you how to work with custom libraries within draw.io.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
How Companies Fail in Choosing Intranet Software
There is only one best intranet software. It’s ours.” It’s the condensed marketing message of most ads not only for intranets. We all know it can’t be true if two people say it. But the main problem is that companies still try to find out who is right and who is lying.
draw.io for Confluence Now With Gliffy Import
draw.io is the most powerful diagramming add-on for Confluence. It …
The Web Within – What Is Actually an Intranet?
An intranet is basically a small but powerful version of …
Atlassian Summit 2016: Important News and Announcements from the Keynote
The Atlassian Summit is the largest annual user conference run by the Australian software developer – more than 3,200 participants are attending this year. The opening keynote Innovation in Team Collaboration by co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and other leaders at Atlassian has just finished.
99 Arguments for HipChat in Corporations
We have collected 99 reasons, that speak for the implementation of HipChat in your team and in your organization – all very compact and nearly all within the length of a tweet of 140 characters.
New version of draw.io for Confluence: Custom Libraries, Universal Search and Visio Import
draw.io is a mature add-on that extends Confluence with powerful diagramming functionality. You can create all types of professional diagrams with draw.io in its intuitive and responsive editor which is directly integrated into Confluence pages: flow charts, network diagrams, organization charts, UML diagrams, mind maps and many more. It is the most feature-rich add-on of its kind.
Diagram Versioning in Confluence: Integrated Revision History with draw.io, Not Supported by Gliffy
One of the advantages of Confluence is that its revision history supports audits: Each version of a page is always visible, comparable with other versions, and an earlier version can be restored, if required. There are many scenarios in which this functionality is useful, or even necessary.
But what happens with diagrams that are embedded in Confluence pages?
draw.io and Gliffy are the two most mature add-ons that support professional diagramming within Confluence. But the difference in how diagram versions are handled is massive: draw.io supports full version control integrated with Confluence’s version history, but Gliffy only has rudimentary version control within the diagram itself (not integrated with the version history in Confluence).
Enterprise News Bundle for Confluence: Support for your Custom Intranet News Strategy
News is an integral part of any intranet. This requirement is generally very important for all corporations who carry out evaluations concerning intranets. Intranets are there to keep employees informed about current issues in a timely manner. But news is not just news. There are many different ways to tackle a news concept, depending on the size of the company, company culture, and capacity within the communications department.
The Happy Intranet (Part II)
To assist with the choice of appointing the right person to ensure the development of a ‘happy’ intranet, I would like to offer a little practice-oriented theory of archetypes of those responsible of an intranet, so you can asses candidates beforehand.