Description

This will create a link on your page which, when clicked, is equivalent to clicking "Create Page" on the Page Operations bar.

Notes about migration

Notes for migration are provided at server documentation here. More details at our FAQ page. 

Parameters

Name

Required

Default Value

Description

Create link Text

  • (/)

Text display for the link.

Source Type

  • (X)

Template/blueprint (Cloud)

The type of page source that is being used.  

Source

  • (X)

The name of the template or page that is the source of the new page body content. 

Live Template

  • (X)

false

If set to true, the template will be "live". It uses a Scaffolding Forms & Templates's Live Template macro to import and execute the current value of the template every time the page is viewed.

Requires Scaffolding Forms & Templates to be installed. 

Parent

  • (X)

Current page

The target parent for the new page. Defaults to the current page.

NOTE

The special values @self, @parent, and @home are no longer supported in Cloud. Existing macros with these special values will continue to work, unless the Parent field is updated to another page.

Page Title

  • (X)

The title of the new page.

Name

  • (X)

The name of the new page.

Prefix

  • (X)

The prefix to apply before the page name. May contain these functions:

  • $spaceKey to use the targeted page's Confluence space key as prefix.

  • $spaceName to use the targeted page's Confluence space name as prefix.

  • $date(<date-format>) to output the current time and date e.g. $date(YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm a). Supported date-formats are as follows:

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Format

Output

Description

YY

18

Two-digit year

YYYY

2018

Four-digit year

M

1-12

The month, beginning at 1

MM

01-12

The month, 2-digits

MMM

Jan-Dec

The abbreviated month name

MMMM

January-December

The full month name

D

1-31

The day of the month

DD

01-31

The day of the month, 2-digits

d

0-6

The day of the week, with Sunday as 0

dd

Su-Sa

The min name of the day of the week

ddd

Sun-Sat

The short name of the day of the week

dddd

Sunday-Saturday

The name of the day of the week

H

0-23

The hour

HH

00-23

The hour, 2-digits

h

1-12

The hour, 12-hour clock

hh

01-12

The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits

m

0-59

The minute

mm

00-59

The minute, 2-digits

s

0-59

The second

ss

00-59

The second, 2-digits

SSS

000-999

The millisecond, 3-digits

Z

+5:00

The offset from UTC

ZZ

+0500

The offset from UTC, 2-digits

A

AM PM


a

am pm


  • $id(<format>,<startAt>) to assign incremental IDs e.g. $id(000,1)

Postfix

  • (X)

The postfix to apply before the page name. May contain these functions:

  • $spaceKey to use the targeted page's Confluence space key as prefix.

  • $spaceName to use the targeted page's Confluence space name as prefix.

  • $date(<date-format>) to output the current time and date e.g. $date(YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm a). Supported date-formats are as follows:

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Format

Output

Description

YY

18

Two-digit year

YYYY

2018

Four-digit year

M

1-12

The month, beginning at 1

MM

01-12

The month, 2-digits

MMM

Jan-Dec

The abbreviated month name

MMMM

January-December

The full month name

D

1-31

The day of the month

DD

01-31

The day of the month, 2-digits

d

0-6

The day of the week, with Sunday as 0

dd

Su-Sa

The min name of the day of the week

ddd

Sun-Sat

The short name of the day of the week

dddd

Sunday-Saturday

The name of the day of the week

H

0-23

The hour

HH

00-23

The hour, 2-digits

h

1-12

The hour, 12-hour clock

hh

01-12

The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits

m

0-59

The minute

mm

00-59

The minute, 2-digits

s

0-59

The second

ss

00-59

The second, 2-digits

SSS

000-999

The millisecond, 3-digits

Z

+5:00

The offset from UTC

ZZ

+0500

The offset from UTC, 2-digits

A

AM PM


a

am pm


  • $id(<format>,<startAt>) to assign incremental IDs e.g. $id(000,1)

Labels

  • (X)

The list of labels to attach to the new page.

Editor View

  • Not applicable.

Macro Edit View

Notes

  • Not applicable.

Tutorial Examples