Atlassian announced an upgrade to their enterprise wiki software last week. Confluence, already the most popular commercial wiki in the marketplace, is now version 2.3.1. A few of the enhancements since the 2.x iteration include:

1. WYSIWYG editing
2. 30 second autosave when drafting
3. Labels (or tags) for easy sorting of pages
4. RSS Feed Builder

After login you start in the main workspace.

On the right side of the workspace is four navigation choices. From here you can browse the contents of the wiki, add a page to the wiki, add a news item, or invite another person to join your space by email invitation.

The Dashboard view (shown above) lists your different workspaces on the left and the files for that particular space on the right. A cursory glance at the dashboard shows you the most recently updated content.

Working with attachments is as simple as browsing your computer and selecting a file you would like to upload. It’s just as easy to download or move the files to another page or workspace.

I also like the Space Activity screen which displays interesting stats like most popular content, most active content and most active contributors.

Confluence is currently offering free personal wikis that allow full privileges for two users. One important caveat: you need to host the free version on your own server.

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