Research Seminar pages exist for each Wisconsin School of Business academic department. Links to these pages can be found from each academic department's public facing webpage.  

This guide will walk you through how to create and edit Research Seminar pages within the WSB Confluence site. 


In this Guide:


Access Tip

While anyone on the UW network or VPN can view the Research Seminar pages, you will need editing permission in order to create new pages or update existing ones. You can request editing permission by emailing webteam@wsb.wisc.edu .




Step One: How to Find Your Research Seminar Pages

To access your Research Seminar pages within Confluence:

  1. Go to the department page you want to edit under academic departments.
  2. Scroll down to the faculty and research section. 
  3. Click on “View seminar details.” 
  4. This will bring you to the corresponding department page.


Quick Link

You can also visit the main WSB Research Seminars homepage here, then click on your department's name on the left-hand side of the page. You may want to bookmark this page for easy reference.


Step Two: Log In to Confluence

Now that you have navigated to the correct page, you'll need to login (if you haven't already).

  1. In the upper right-hand corner of the top red bar, click the "Log In" link
  2. You will then see the University of Wisconsin-Madison NetID login page.  (Note, if you are already logged into to a system that uses NetID, your browser may skip the login page)
  3. Login with your NetID and password.
  4. Now your research seminar page will have the option to "Create" on the top red bar, as well as the option to "edit" on the right corner of each page.

Pictured below: the create button.


Pictured below: the edit button.


Help

If you do not see the "create" or "edit" links as show below, that means your account does not have editing permission for this page. Double check to make sure you are on the right page specific to your department. If you still don't have access, email webteam@wsb.wisc.edu with the link to the page you are trying to edit.



Step Three: Edit an Existing Page

See also: Confluence > Pages and Blogs

To edit an already existing page:

  1. Go to the page you want to update.
  2. Click Edit, which should be in the top right corner.
  3. If the Edit button does not exist, you do not have permission to edit the page. Contact webteam@wsb.wisc.edu for access if needed.
  4. After making the changes, in the very bottom left corner, click:
    1. update to publish changes live
    2. or close to save a draft of your changes
  5. You can now view your changes.


Step Four: Create a New Page

See also: Confluence > Pages and Blogs

Each semester or academic year, you'll likely need to create a new page. 

  1. Make sure you are on your academic department's top page.  
  2. Click on the “Create” button at the top red bar. 
    Note: Clicking the “Create” button will automatically create a subpage below the page you are currently on, so make sure you are on the main department page.

  3. Name the page by typing into the “Page title” section, the top line. The page should be named by Semester Year: Department Name. Note: always keep the department name in the heading.

  4. You can now add paragraphs, tables, and links to your new page.


Step Five:  Create a New Table on a Page

See also: Confluence > Tables

  1. Click the "Insert Table" button 
  2. Choose the size of your table, based on the number of rows and columns (You can always add and remove rows after creating a table). 
    1. Hover your mouse to the right until you have the number of vertical rows you need.
    2. Hover your mouse down until you have the number of horizontal columns you need.
    3. You should see the number of rows and columns you're creating (such as 4x6).
    4. Click to create

  3. Once the table is inserted, text can be entered in each cell. 

  4. You can add or remove columns and rows from the table using the editing toolbar's second row of buttons.

    1. The standard columns for tables are: Date, Time, Room, Speaker, Affiliation, Synopsis, Paper

Pictured below: insert table button.
Screenshot showing the insert table button

Pictured: setting the size of the table.
Screenshot showing the insert table option for columns and rows

Pictured below: the editing tool bar's table options:
The editing tool bar's table options

Pictured below: the standard table columns:
Screen shot of the standard columns


See also: Confluence > Files, Accessibility compliance: PDF files without images

To add a link:

  1. Before linking a PDF
    • Make sure the file is named appropriately so users know what it contains.

                      Document naming standards:

      • wisconsin-unit/department-description
        Simple file no specific year or revision associated with the file. Used when a single file is updated yearly.

      • wisconsin-yyyy-mm-dd-unit/department-description or wisconsin-yyyy-semester-unit/department-description
        A file that is featured in an archive and has multiple items featured. You can add the level of specificity that works best for your archive.

                      Example PDF:

      • Original filename: mkt_237_415_syllabus.pdf

      • Random original file name is updated to proper naming conventions: wisconsin-syllabus-415-marketing-communications

  2. Highlight the text in Confluence you wish to link. 
  3. Click the insert link button on the editing toolbar.
  4. A box will pop-up with multiple options:
  5. To link to a file, click "Files" and then "Browse" to browse to the file on your computer that you wish to attach and link to.
  6. To link to a page within confluence, (for example another year's list of seminars), use the "Recently Viewed" or "Search" option, and find the page.
  7. To link to an external web page, such as https://business.wisc.edu click "Web Link" and then paste the link into the "Address" field.


Pictured below: The insert link button on the editing toolbar.

The insert link button on the editing toolbar

Pictured below: the link pop-up box options:

the link pop-up box options

Attached Files

Files that are linked become "attached" to the page you edited.

You can manage attachments of a page by clicking the "..." on a page's upper right corner (next to "Edit", "Save for Later" "Watch" and "Share".



Step Seven: Add Jump Links (Optional) 

If you’d like to add a link that jumps down to a section on the same page, follow the steps below. (These types links  of links are called "Anchor links" and also sometimes referred to as"Jump Links", or "In-Page" links).

  1. Click on the line where you want the link to jump to. Do not highlight any text. You just need to make sure your cursor is where the link should "jump" to.

  2. Click the Insert more content button in the toolbar, the plus sign, and select “Other macros”.

  3. From the list of macros, select the “Anchor”.

  4. In the Anchor Name field, type in the name of the anchor link you want. Anchor links are often the name of the header they are linking to, or some other key word associated with the section it links to. Then click Insert.

  5. Once inserted, you should see a box that appears on the line you selected. This box only appears when editing a page, and is invisible on the live page.

  6. Once you’ve added the Anchor, select the text that you want to link to the Anchor. Select the Insert Link button in the toolbar.

  7. Select the Advanced tab and under link, type “#” followed by the name of the Anchor you want it to link to. Select Insert.


Pictured below: How to see the "Other Macros" option on the editing toolbar.

Pictured below: The "Anchor" macro.

Pictured below: What an anchor link looks like to an editor. This isn't visible on the page when outside of editing mode.

What an anchor link looks like to an editor. This isn't visible on the page when outside of editing mode.

Pictured below: What it looks like when linking to an anchor link.

What it looks like when linking to an anchor link


Step Eight: Add Photos with Text (Optional)

See also: Image Editing – Quick Guide

If you'd like to add photos and text, such as details of a speaker and their topic, you would do the following:

  1. Re-size your photo before uploading it into confluence (See also: Image Editing – Quick Guide)
    1. Standard image size for head-shot 150 x 188 pixels
  2. Click the "Insert files and images" button on the editing toolbar.
  3. Click "Upload files"
  4. Find the image you wish to use (Please resize with an image editor before adding to allow your page to load faster).
  5. Click "insert" and you will now see your image on the page. You can move this image around as needed.
    1. To align your photo select your photo and use the left, center, and right align options. 

      Screen shot of the left center and right align options

  6. Click on the image to see options to add a border. 
  7. Add alt text to images - after you have your image on the page, click on the image, then click "properties" and add text describing the image (WebAIM > Alternative Text).


Adjust Order of Pages on Left-hand List

To update the order in which your pages display on the left hand side, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the page which you need to move
  2. Click the "..." menu in the upper left
  3. Choose "View in Hierarchy"
  4. A list that matches the left side order will appear.
  5. You can now drag and drop items in the order that you need them
  6. As soon as you drag and drop, it auto saves the change.
  7. If you need any help with ordering or order adjustments, you may also reach out to webteam@wsb.wisc.edu and we can help.


Turn "Watching" Notifications/Emails Off or On

By default, any pages you have editing access to turns on "watching" for your account. This means you'll get email alerts any time those pages are edited by anyone.

To turn off the "Watching" feature:

  1. Go to the page where you have editing access.
  2. In the upper corner of the page (on the white background), you'll see an eye icon and the word "Watching" 
    1. If it says "Watching" that means you are currently receiving notifications about this page. 
    2. Click on the word watching and then uncheck the "Watch page" option
    3. You will now see the message "You are not watching this page"

To turn on the "Watching" feature:

  1. Go to the page where you have editing access.
  2. In the upper corner of the page (on the white background), you'll see an eye icon and the word "Watch" 
    1. If it says "Watch" that means you are not currently receiving notifications about this page. 
    2. Click on the word Watch and then check the "Watch page" option
    3. You will now see the message "You are watching this page"


Toggle Watching

You can quick toggle watching by pressing the "W" key on any page.



How-to See Recently Worked on Pages

  1. Click on your Avatar in the top right hand corner
  2. Go go "Recently Worked on"

    Screen shot of the avatar and recently worked on link


How-to Share Links to Research Seminar Pages

If you want to share a link to a Research Seminar page:

  1. Login to Confluence
  2. Find the page you want to share
  3. Click  the "Share" icon
  4. Copy the URL with the unique id
  5. Use that URL in all your external (outside of confluence) communications and materials

    Screen shot of the share icon and copying the shareable link


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