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The blog posts macro allows you to display blogs on a Confluence Cloud page. Selecting a title takes you to the blog post.
To add the blog posts macro:
When editing, select from the toolbar
Find the macro by name and select it
Configure it as needed
You can also type / on the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar. Continue typing the name of the macro to filter the list.
To edit the blog posts macro:
Select the macro placeholder.
Select the Edit icon to open the configuration panel.
Configure the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.
You can also select the centered , medium-width , and full-width icons to adjust the width of some macros. Select the trashcan iconto remove the macro.
Parameters are options that you can set to control what and how content from the macro appears on the page.
If the parameter name used in Confluence Cloud storage format is different than the label used when inserting macros using the browser or the slash command, it will be listed below in brackets (example).
Parameter | Required | Default | Description |
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Content Type to Display (content) | No | titles | Available values:
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Time Frame | No | no limit | Specify how far back in time Confluence should look for the blogs to be displayed.
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Restrict to these Labels | No | None | Filter the results by label. The macro will display only the blogs which are tagged with the label(s) you specify here.
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Restrict to these Authors | No | None | Filter the results by author. The macro will display only the blogs which are written by the author(s) you specify here. |
Restrict to these Spaces | No | @self, i.e. the space which contains the page on which the macro is coded | This parameter allows you to filter content by space. The macro will display only the pages which belong to the space(s) you specify here.
Special values:
When specifying a personal space, remember to use the tilde (~) sign in front of the username, such as ~jbloggs or ~jbloggs@example.com. |
Maximum Number of Blog Posts | No | 15 | Specify the maximum number of results to be displayed. Note that the results are sorted first, and then the maximum parameter is applied. |
Sort By | No | creation | Specify how the results should be sorted. If this parameter is not specified, the sort order defaults to descending order (newest first) based on the creation date.
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Reverse Sort | No | false | Select to change the sort from descending to ascending order (oldest first). Use this parameter in conjunction with the Sort By parameter. This parameter is ignored if the Sort By parameter is not specified. In storage format, a value of true changes the sort order. |
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