View published pages
After you’ve published a page, details about the content are presented at the top and in the Details panel. Learn about these features, including how to manage avatar visibility for live docs and published pages.
Your Confluence administrator determines what information is presented at the top. This means your content may look a little different.
Content information can include:
Breadcrumbs: Path that shows the location of the content; it starts with space name followed by the location in the content tree
Content actions: The most frequently used actions are represented by selectable icons with additional actions available in the More actions () menu.
More actions can include the ability to move or copy, convert a page to a blog, archive, delete, export, or use Presenter mode. You can also view comments, version history, attachments, and advanced details.
Avatar visibility: The avatars of people who are viewing, have created, edited, and published the page. More about this below.
Last update: Shows the time the page was first published or updated; if it was published more than 24 hours ago, the date is shown.
Read time: The estimated time it takes to read a page. Read time is based on average reading speed of 265 WPM + 12 sec for the first image + 11 sec for second image and so on until the tenth image. Ten or more images each add 3 seconds to the read time.
Read time calculations include any content in expand macros.
Analytics (Premium): Get insights on how your site, spaces, and pages are performing and how active users are.
Avatar visibility on published pages
We are in the process of rolling this feature out to all customers by April 17, 2025.
Real-time avatar visibility improves collaboration on published pages by showing who’s viewing, in addition to already showing who’s editing at any given time.
Depending on how admins set public settings, anonymous users may also see who is on the page.
Turn avatar visibility on or off
By default, avatar visibility is turned on at the site level.
Some teams may choose to turn this feature off due to the sensitive nature of content they may have on their Confluence site. You can turn this feature off for the entire site or individual spaces, but not for specific pages.
To turn avatar visibility off:
Site-level admins can visit Settings > General configuration > Avatars on published pages
Space-level admins can visit Space settings > General > Avatars and status > Avatars on published pages.
These settings only control visibility of viewers on published pages. The visibility of co-editors' avatars is a Confluence feature that cannot be turned off.
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