How Atlassian Does Docswith Scroll Add-ons by
NILS BIER • CUSTOMER ADVOCATE • K15T SOFTWARE • @K15TSOFTWARE • @NILSINGER
Atlassian
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Atlassian - Big Data
13Years of making kickass software
6Offices in 5 different countries
12Products in the arsenal
1400+Employees and growing daily
51,000Customers using the products
107User Groups discussing products over pizza and beer
… and much more
11Tech Writers explaining the products
https://www.atlassian.com/company
Design Align
Modernising and harmonising design across all products.
Products
Products
Aligning design language acrossmarketing, documentation and products
Website
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Documentation
Way back when…
Way back when…
Atlassian Documentation
Atlassian Does Docs in Confluence
Atlassian Documentation written in Confluence
https://confluence.atlassian.com/dashboard.action
External vs. Internal View
External vs. Internal View
Atlassian Uses Scroll Viewport
Scroll Viewport - A theming add-on on steroids
• Disconnect the authoring from the design• Have multiple Viewports per space• URL and permission control over which view is used to display the content • Style with HTML, CSS or JavaScript• Use Confluence as a help center• Display your content beautifully and even responsively styled
What about the picker?
Atlassian Uses Scroll Versions
What is Scroll Versions about?
• Version management• Manage multiple versions in a single space
• Work in parallel with the software development process
• Keep pace with the development team
• Use Confluence as a documentation platform• One system fits all, Confluence as the only platform
• Publish content with a few clicks• Have pages with the same page title within a single space• Manage different product variants on the space level
• They needed a solution that can handle the complexity of the documentation• The tech writers need to be able to work parallel with the development process• Better reuse of content between Cloud and Server documentation sets• Provide a better experience to readers
Why is Atlassian using it?
Spaces
Confluence Cloud
Confluence 5.9 (Latest)
Confluence 5.9
• Each Atlassian product typically has• a single space for Cloud documentation• multiple spaces for Server documentation
• one for the latest version• a single one for each earlier version
Spaces
SpacesConfluence
Cloud confcloud
Confluence Latest doc
Confluence Archive conf59
SpacesConfluence
Cloud confcloud
Confluence Latest doc
Confluence Archive conf59
Spaces
Confluence Master
Confluence Masterdocm
publishes Versions to
Version concept
• A Version is a collection of page edits that can be published at the same time• Versions can reflect the actual versions of your product release cycle• Every version inherits the edits made in previous, dependent versions
• no manual content copy needed, only make actual changes
Confluence Product Timeline (Example)
5.9-OD-15.9 BTF 5.9-OD-2 5.10 BTF
• In Scroll Versions a Doc-Administrator creates a version called 5.9 BTF
• The tech writers can select this version and make page edits associated with that version
Author 5.9 BTF 5.9BTF
5.9OD-1
5.9OD-2
5.10BTF
Confluence Latest doc
Confluence Archive conf59
publishes Versions to
5.9BTF
5.9OD-1
5.9OD-2
5.10BTFRelease 5.9 BTF
Version 5.3
• Now the Doc-Admin creates a 5.9 OD-1 version
• Edit pages for this version
Author 5.9 OD-1 5.9BTF
5.9OD-1
5.9OD-2
5.10BTF
Version 5.3
Release 5.9 OD-1 5.9BTF
5.9OD-1
5.9OD-2
5.10BTF
Confluence Cloud
confcloud
publishes Versions to
Demo time
Version 5.3
Recap
• Versions are built as they are organized in the product development
• Versions are organized in the order that things will ship to customers
• Later versions inherit changes made in earlier versions
Version 5.3
But what if …
• Feature branches are supported• Decide what to name the versions, and how they depend on each other
• Merged as soon as they get included in a major release
Next Iteration …
5.10-OD-45.10-OD-35.9-OD-15.9 BTF 5.9-OD-2 5.10 BTF
How Atlassian Does Docs
Using Scroll Versions:
Technical writers collaborate with developers etc. on docs.
Using Scroll Viewport:Use Atlassian Design for unified visual experience for customers
In Confluence:
Author in different Versions and Variants
Active Installations
powered by Scroll Add-ons
5000+
Thank you!
NILS BIER • CUSTOMER ADVOCATE • K15T SOFTWARE • @K15TSOFTWARE • @NILSINGER
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