Atlassian Confluence is a powerful knowledge management tool where you create, organize and discuss work with your team. But, it has one little problem: it isn't very pretty. The Default Theme that comes with out-of-the-box Confluence is highly functional, but not very aesthetic. And it matters! Research shows that visually consistent and well-branded sites are more engaging for users–and that translates directly to more consistent use and more productivity. Sites that aren't comfortable and inviting don't get contributed to or used as consistently.
So, along comes the Brikit Theme Press app. You assign Theme Press as your Confluence theme, and then you can manage multiple themes through the app. You can customize and modify themes to match your organization or departmental needs. Theme Press sits right on top of your Confluence and manages the display of each page as it's built, based on your pre-determined design decisions, creating consistent and visually appealing pages. It does this by generating the necessary CSS and HTML and inserting it into your page code as the page is generated and displayed. You make the design decisions in the Theme Press interface and the app does the hard work behind the scenes.
Once you're using Theme Press to manage your themes, a multitude of options are opened up. External websites are more consistently branded and controlled. Internal websites become friendlier and more engaging to users.
- Create different layouts to display your content most effectively
- Instead of content being managed in one, single block, you have access to multiple columns and blocks, as necessary
- Manage color palettes to match your visual identity
- Pre-approved palettes can be provided to users to allow flexibility but assure consistency and proper usage
- Make custom font choices to match your needs
- Change out logos to control your brand
- Customize menus to provide effective navigation
- A variety of different menu types are available
- Use expandability to make pages more accessible but still rich with content
- Use expanding blocks or spinning blocks to hide/reveal content
- Theme Press macros can aggregate and display site content in a variety of ways and control access
- Live content displays
- Included content from other pages to assure consistency
- Restrict content by user or group
