What is a space?
Spaces are Confluence's way of organizing content into meaningful categories. You can think of each Space as an individual collaboration site for you and your team. In some cases, you might want individual spaces for certain projects or committees within a team, and in other cases you might need just one large space for your entire team, department, or even your school. There are many ways to organize content in Confluence, so you will want to make sure you understand these concepts as we work with you to create spaces to fit your specific needs.
Spaces come in two main varieties:- Site spaces – These spaces are found in the Space Directory and are the areas where you create content and collaborate with others. They are sometimes called global spaces. Site Spaces are created by the Academic Services team and can be administered by a group of users specified by the person requesting the Space.
- Personal spaces – Every Confluence user can set up a personal space which they can keep private or make public so others can view and edit. Personal spaces are listed in the People Directory and found under your personal profile. To create a Personal Space, you can click the Personal Settings icon in the top right of your screen and select "Create Personal Space". Once you've created your Personal Space, you can access it by clicking the Personal Settings icon and selecting "Personal Space".
How do I use a space?
Some examples of how spaces are used:
- Team spaces – Give each team (QA, HR, Engineering, Support, ...) their own space so they can focus and make their information easier for everyone to find.
- Project spaces – Put all the information related to your project in one place. This allows everyone to work together in Confluence instead of emailing back and forth.
- Personal space – Store everything you're working on individually, keep your to-do lists, and polish any content before you move it into another shared space.
Stay up to date with spaces
Watch a space to stay up-to-date with any changes.
- Add important spaces to your dashboard so that they're easy to find again.
Administer spaces
If you have admin permissions for a space you can:
- Change the colors, logo, sidebar and homepage of that space.
- Control who can view and edit your space.
- Make your space public to share it with people who don't have access to Confluence.
Space Permissions
Some things we should make clear about space admin permissions:
- The person who creates a space automatically has admin permissions for that space.
- Space admins can grant admin permissions to others.
- Space admins don't have to be Confluence admins and can have special permissions for a single space. For example, you are the admin for your personal space, no matter what kind of access you have anywhere else.