Confluence Portlet

Project Details

Author(s)

James Kionka

Issue Tracking

Jasig Jira Confluence Portlet and Plugin

License

Apache Software License, Version 2.0

Download Source

Jasig SVN

Current Adopters

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hurdles to further adoption

  • Security must be written to be specific to the adopter's campus
  • Current user interface uses code that has yet to be open sourced (but will likely be so in the future)

Description

Permits a Portal user to access their Confluence account which allows them to view their directories, favourites, and recently updated pages. It also enables no-password login directly to a given page.

Features

  • Builds with Maven using the public Confluence repository
  • JSR-168 portlet
  • Easily configurable to multiple environments
  • Replicates Confluence Dashboard features
  • Permits viewing of all recently updated pages that you may view
  • Shows your spaces that you've marked as a favourite
  • Shows all pages that you've marked as a favourite
  • Permits simple searching
  • User authorization handled by plugin
  • Assumes that the portlet username exists on the wiki (we made this assumption due to our Active Directory configurations)

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