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We’re here to help you make your migration as smooth as possible.

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Sites

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(lightbulb) You can add any space to as many Refined sites as you like.

Navigation menu

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Categories

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Categories are called Refined Pages (category with landing page) and menu folders (category without landing page).

Site and
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You edit these pages with the intuitive what-you-see-is-what-you-get Page Builder. Available modules differ slightly from Server/DC: see a comparison.

Blog site

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You can create a blog site by adding a space with only blog posts to a Refined site and using the News module to show the blogs on landing pages.

Announcement Banners

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Themes

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Advanced Themes

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You can still add custom CSS to alter your theme (but note that we don’t support issues caused by custom CSS).

Confluence formatting and macros

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Sometimes you may want to embed Confluence pages so they look as in native Confluence. For example when they include some of the few formatting or macros that Refined doesn’t (fully) support.

Note that this feature is in beta and limitations apply.

Space Layouts

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Each space can have You have the option to connect a fully customizable landing page to a space.

Space settings let you tailor the look and functionalities of pages within the space.

Third party apps

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Some apps or macros provided by third party Marketplace vendors might work on native Confluence, but not on Refined sites. Read more in step 3 of the preparation guide below.

Refined macros

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Refined for Confluence Cloud doesn’t include any Refined macros. Possible solutions for this depend on your specific setup and require the app Refined Toolkit for Confluence Cloud. See step 4 of the detailed migration preparation guide below.

User Dashboards

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User Categories

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Custom domains on sites

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(lightbulb) Give each site a custom URL for quick access and easy recall.

Jira Service Management content on sites

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(lightbulb) Combine the power of Confluence and Jira, by installing Refined for Jira Service Management Cloud.

Promoted search results

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(lightbulb) Offer users a better search experience than in Confluence: suggest pages based on their search query.

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