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5 Reasons to Build a Help Center on Confluence

Discover the top 5 reasons why you should create a help center for your users, using the documentation you already have in Confluence.

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Build a Help Center on Confluence Cloud with Scroll Viewport

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We Created a Help Center in Confluence and You Can Too

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Customize Scroll Versions and Translations using the Java API

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Recent Posts

Introducing Rock the Docs: Your Team's Guide to Documentation in Confluence

We're sharing a new guide for creating great documentation in Confluence using proven technical writing methods.

4 Resolutions to Improve Your Tech Writing in 2019

Ready to amplify your documentation experience? Here's some inspiration as you make your technical writing New Year's resolutions.

K15t at World's Biggest Techcomm Conference

Check out the big changes in the technical writing industry and discover brand new solutions for better teamwork

The Future of TechComm is Now

The way we work is changing in almost every profession. But what does the future hold for the techcomm community? Read about the challenges the industry is facing and how a new focus on collaboration will change technical documentation for good.

Scroll Versions 3.11: Content Reuse Across Spaces

Scroll Versions 3.11 introduces content reuse across versioned or translated spaces. Learn about the new Include Library and how to benefit from the updated Include+ macro.

Content Reuse Strategy in Confluence: Write Better Docs in Less Time

Content reuse helps technical writers create high quality documentation faster and facilitates updates and translation of content. Learn why you need a content reuse strategy and how to get started using tools that Confluence offers out of the box.

Enhance Your User Help Experience with Context-Sensitive Help in Confluence

Context-sensitive help offers users the help content they need, when and where they need it – and Confluence is the perfect platform for managing it.

How Metrics Help Us Measure Help Center Effectiveness

The term 'data driven' is thrown into just about every best practice process one hears about these days. Thankfully it's more than just meaningless buzz – but what does it mean when applied to a self service portal such as a help center website? How does one decide what self service analytics to look at, and what conclusions to draw?

Highlights from Tekom/TCWorld 2017

Tekom/TCWorld, the world's largest technical communication conference, wrapped up last week. Our resident tech writer Tom highlights a few points of interest.

4 Insights Gained at Write the Docs Prague 2017

Write the Docs Prague 2017 is a three-day conference where some of the brightest minds in techcomm get together and discuss the field's hottest topics. I picked up a bunch of handy tips at the event – here are some personal highlights.

Teach Your Old Docs New Tricks: Align TechComm and Content Marketing

In this post, I'll share five techniques our teams here at K15t have adopted to align the efforts of tech writers and marketers in support of one another. Together they constitute a light and fast approach to making changes that aren't big, difficult, or complicated. They're about teaching your old docs new tricks.

Insights from DocMuc - a TechComm Conference

Tuesday's technical documentation conference in Munich featured many interesting topics – such as digitalization, connectivity, and creative writing – but two technologies really took center stage: virtual and augmented reality. Will they change the techcomm industry?

XLIFF - Standard File Format for Translations

Nowadays, translators use software to make their daily work easier and it's quickly becoming obvious that a standardized file format is needed. XLIFF is an odds-on favorite for making translation files universally practical.

Content Optimization Tools - Part of a Great Writing Process

Writing high-quality content (no matter what type) is extremely difficult, but using automated content optimization can definitely help you tackle this challenge. I'd even go so far as to claim that optimization tools are part of a great writing process. Why? Read on to find out.

The Millennial Future of TechComm

No one knows what the future of technical writing looks like. You can however get a pretty good idea if you have a look at the characteristics and philosophies of the people who are newly entering the profession. As a teacher of technical writers, I get to see generation Y in action all the time and perhaps my observations about their ideas and reactions to different editorial systems are an indicator of what is to come.

Insights from Tekom OpenLab 2017

Tekom OpenLab 2017 – a one-day 'unconference' where techcomm enthusiasts meet to discuss the industry's hottest topics. And because sharing is caring, I'm excited to share some pointers I picked up in this short summary.

Techcomm and Content Marketing: Mine the Gap

The gap between technical communicators and content marketers can be a daunting one, but the benefits realized by building the bridge makes it well worth the effort.

3 Use Cases for Image Maps in Confluence

Giving images in a collaboration platform new life with interactivity can help all kinds of teams work better together – and we have three examples that prove it right here in our own office using Confluence and the Scroll ImageMap add-on.

Technical Communication & Content Marketing: Mind the Gap

Techcomm and content teams often have a dysfunctional relationship even though they have the potential to be more effective at achieving their goals by understanding and working together. In the first part of this four-part blog series I will explore the reasons for the gap between techcomm and content marketing teams.

Switching from DITA to Confluence and Scroll Versions

Matt Reiner, content strategist at NimbleUser, explains why he championed the transition from writing technical documentation in DITA to writing with Confluence and Scroll Versions in this guest blog post.

Technical writers' requirements for editorial systems survey

In Nov 2016, we asked our TC World Conference booth visitors how they think technical editorial departments and bordering departments work together. Who works together with whom and what is especially important to those involved?

Scroll Versions 3.3 Adds Advanced Comala Workflows Integration

Scroll Versions 3.3 for Confluence is live now on the Atlassian Marketplace. This major release of the popular version and variant management add-on features advanced Comala Workflows integration – letting you leverage powerful workflows to achieve great results even in complex versioned content projects.

Announcing a new documentation solution at tekom/tcworld 2016

K15t Software will have a big presence at tekom/tcworld once again – and this time we're announcing a groundbreaking new solution that lets teams doc better together. We'd love to meet you at our booth if you're headed to the show.

Controlled Documents Versioning in Confluence with Scroll Versions

Managing controlled documents such as software specifications, plans, or collaboratively-edited contracts isn’t easy at the best of times. And it’s harder yet if multiple stakeholders from different organizations are involved: project managers, engineers, QA, legal etc. Thankfully, there is a better way. . .

Confluence 5.7: Inline Comments vs. Page Comments

The inline comments functionality allows users to review Confluence pages line by line and add comments on selected words, phrases, or entire paragraphs. Once you've added your feedback, you can resolve comments simply by clicking 'Resolve'.

Why Confluence's Page History Feature Doesn't Help When Managing Versioned Documentation

Confluence for Content Management 101 - Useful Resources, Videos, and Further Reading

Seven Reasons to Use Confluence for Technical Documentation

Customizing the Confluence Sidebar and Page Navigation with Scroll Versions

Six Reasons Why I Use Jira In My Role as a Technical Writer

Duplicate Page Titles in Confluence for Everyone