Capable Sites

When a Confluence space is published as a website, its diagrams are published with it: rendered properly, sized by the same display settings, and with links inside diagrams still working.

That last part is the reason to publish rather than export. A PDF flattens a clickable diagram; a site does not.


#When this matters

  • Public documentation built from Confluence content.

  • Customer-facing knowledge bases with architecture or process diagrams.

  • Any site where readers will never have Confluence accounts.


#The detail

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What happens

Rendering

Diagrams are published as part of the page, not as flat screenshots.

Links

Clickable areas inside a diagram keep working on the published site.

Display settings

Space display mode, sizing and dark mode carry over.

Readers

Site visitors are anonymous, so stored previews are what they see.


#A few things that catch people out

  • Site readers are anonymous readers. Everything on that page applies here too.

  • Dark mode on a published site follows the site theme, which is why space dark mode settings matter.

  • Diagrams that link to Confluence pages will link to the published equivalents. See Guides.



It works better next to the rest of Capable.