How to create engaging pages with Confluence Cards
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Create engaging pages with the Confluence Cards macro
Zoriana Bogutska
25th March, 2024
Zoriana Bogutska
25th March, 2024
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How to use cards in Confluence Cloud
1: Built-in Cards macro
2: Advanced Cards macro
Ways to use Confluence Cards
Ready to transform your workspace, boost navigation, and enhance team engagement with Confluence cards? Our guide will show you how.
Reading long, text-heavy Confluence pages can sometimes feel overwhelming. Enter the Confluence Cards macro - a quick and easy feature to help you create the best Confluence pages.
Cards help you create more visually appealing, engaging Confluence content. In this post, we'll explore how the Cards macro can make Confluence pages more user-friendly and easy to navigate.
Various types of Confluence cards created with the Advanced Cards macro
How to add Cards in Confluence Cloud
There are two different ways to create cards depending on your needs.
Option 1: Confluence’s built-in card macro (beta)
1. Click the Edit icon (the pencil) in your chosen Confluence page.
2. Start typing the /cards shortcut on the page, then click Cards [Beta] to add it to the page.
3. In the sidebar, configure the following:
- The card size, alignment, and type (text-based or visual)
- The title, description, image, and link (if applicable) for each card
Option 2: Advanced Cards Macro
The Advanced Cards macro (included in Content Formatting Macros for Confluence Cloud) lets you create visually appealing, card-based layouts on a Confluence page. Advanced Cards offers more customisation options than Cards. You can:
- Change card colour
- Have more than three cards in a row
- Upload your own images
- Choose more flexible layouts
To use Advanced Cards:
2. Head to your chosen Confluence page, then click the Edit icon (the pencil) in the top-right of the page.
3. Click where you want to display your cards and type “/cards”. Select the Cards macro.
4. Use the Cards macro editor to customise your cards however you want.
- To customise the overall card options (e.g. the layout of the cards), select the “All cards” tab.
- To customise a specific card (e.g. its colour scheme), click the “Selected card” tab.
- To add a card to the row, click the “Add card” button in the left-hand preview.
To delete a card from the row: Hover over a card in the left-hand preview and click the trash can icon.
5. Click the “Save" button on the Cards macro editor. You should see a macro placeholder on your page.
6. Click the “Publish” button on the top-right of your page to see your brand new Cards macro!
Ways to use Confluence Cards
Now that you've seen what Cards have to offer, what are some ways to give the most value to your users?
Let's explore some examples, using the Advanced Cards macro to illustrate.
Let's explore some examples, using the Advanced Cards macro to illustrate.
Create profiles to highlight members of the team
A Confluence team page is a great place to showcase who your team members are and what they do. With the Cards macro, you can create visual profile cards to help users identify individuals on the team and how to get in contact at a glance.
Create a visually appealing set of navigation links
While there are different ways to add navigation links and buttons to a Confluence page, they're often scattered and have limited context. This can negatively impact user engagement. With the Cards macro, you can display multiple links in one central place and even show a preview of the page you’re linking to.
Love the Cards used in these examples?
Copy the Advanced Card macro used in our templates to get your pages set up quicker:
Copy the Advanced Card macro used in our templates to get your pages set up quicker:
Make your Confluence knowledge base more user-friendly and engaging
A Confluence knowledge base is a central information hub that helps users quickly find the answers they need.
However, creating a great knowledge base is no simple task. Good structuring and navigation help users to easily visualise and digest information at a glance. The Cards macro is a great way to draw attention to the most content on a page and highlight text in Confluence.
And there you have it - all the features, benefits and uses of the Card Macro to help you create better and more engaging Confluence content!
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Written by
Zoriana Bogutska
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Zoriana has over 12 years of experience in marketing, with 6 of them in product marketing management. As a Senior Product Marketing Manager, Zoriana aims to ensure Kolekti's apps excel by understanding customer needs, solving their problems, and making Kolekti truly the best solution.
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