Hi all,

I ask that the team hold off on editing or adding to the wiki starting from 8pm EDT and through to tomorrow afternoon while make a final database dump and migrate over to the upgraded Confluence instance. The existing Confluence instance will still be available during this time but any changes made will not be reflected in the new instance. I will send a follow up email when the update is complete and access is restored.

Thanks,

• Jesse

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Thanks, Jesse. Is it relatively easy to put a note on the wiki to remind us
about this?  I'm concerned I'll just go to a page without thinking (not that
I'm planning to but …)
Chris

On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote:

Hi all,

I ask that the team hold off on editing or adding to the wiki starting from
8pm EDT and through to tomorrow afternoon while make a final database dump
and migrate over to the upgraded Confluence instance. The existing
Confluence instance will still be available during this time but any changes
made will not be reflected in the new instance. I will send a follow up
email when the update is complete and access is restored.

Thanks,

• Jesse

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Thanks, Jesse. Is it relatively easy to put a note on the wiki to remind
us about this?  I'm concerned I'll just go to a page without thinking (not
that I'm planning to but ...)
Chris

On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote:

Hi all,

I ask that the team hold off on editing or adding to the wiki starting
from 8pm EDT and through to tomorrow afternoon while make a final database
dump and migrate over to the upgraded Confluence instance. The existing
Confluence instance will still be available during this time but any
changes made will not be reflected in the new instance. I will send a
follow up email when the update is complete and access is restored.

Thanks,

• Jesse

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http://lists.collectionspace.org/mailman/listinfo/work_lists.collectionspace.org

Hi all,

I ask that the team hold off on editing or adding to the wiki starting
from 8pm EDT and through to tomorrow afternoon while make a final database
dump and migrate over to the upgraded Confluence instance. The existing
Confluence instance will still be available during this time but any
changes made will not be reflected in the new instance. I will send a
follow up email when the update is complete and access is restored.

Thanks,

• Jesse

Hi all,

The migration and upgrade to the new Confluence instance is complete. The new wiki (and Jira) instances are now hosted on a separate dedicated server, which should keep them more stable than they have been lately. If you don't see the new wiki at the usual URL then please wait a few minutes for the DNS changes to propagate. The old wiki instance will still remain in place for the near future and can be accessed at http://oldwiki.collectionspace.org

There were a number of large changes from the original Confluence instance, 3.5 from 2011, to the most recent version that is now installed, 5.4. Biggest visible change is the move away from typical 'wiki' editing over to use of a rich text editor much like editing text in a CMS like WordPress. I think it's very useful although, and if you're like me, you might find it peculiar the first few times you try to implement macros. Macros are still available yet their set up has changed slightly so that it is interactive in filling out the various attributes. Please see the handy links I've provided below.

On the topic of macros, there have been additional changes in how the new Confluence interprets the older wiki-style macro definitions. Not all existing macro declarations were converted over to the new wiki style, yet will still render exactly as before. These macro declarations, such as {multi-excerpt-include...}, are still present and editable but are surrounded by a block labeled "Wiki Markup". (It's important to note that when creating a new 'multi-excerpt-include' macro declaration it'll be editable in the new style.)

Please let me know if there are any broken links, missing plugins or other concerns. Undoubtedly, with a wiki this size and with dozens of plugins there may be some things I didn't catch initially.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Quick+Reference+Guide+for+the+Confluence+Editor
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Macros

• Jesse

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Jesse Martinez mjesse@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,

I ask that the team hold off on editing or adding to the wiki starting from 8pm EDT and through to tomorrow afternoon while make a final database dump and migrate over to the upgraded Confluence instance. The existing Confluence instance will still be available during this time but any changes made will not be reflected in the new instance. I will send a follow up email when the update is complete and access is restored.

Thanks,

• Jesse

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On the topic of macros, there have been additional changes in how the new Confluence interprets the older wiki-style macro definitions. Not all existing macro declarations were converted over to the new wiki style, yet will still render exactly as before. These macro declarations, such as {multi-excerpt-include...}, are still present and editable but are surrounded by a block labeled "Wiki Markup". (It's important to note that when creating a new 'multi-excerpt-include' macro declaration it'll be editable in the new style.)