Panel Info

This macro extracts individual pieces of information from Confluence that can be used in ThemeBuilder skins or on a page.

Usage

Storage Format

<ac:macro ac:name="panel-info">
<ac:parameter ac:name="parameter">value</ac:parameter>
</ac:macro>

Wiki Markup

{panel-info:parameter=value}

Type Parameter Options

Basic Example

Display a welcome message using the current user’s full name.

Add the following code just before the Confluence welcome message:

<h2>Welcome <ac:macro ac:name="panel-info">
<ac:parameter ac:name="type">current.fullname</ac:parameter>
</ac:macro></h2>

Result

Advanced Example

Display today’s date in Day Name - Day Date - Month Name - Year format.

<p>Today is
<ac:macro ac:name="panel-info">
<ac:parameter ac:name="type">today.date</ac:parameter>
<ac:parameter ac:name="dateformat">EEEE dd MMM yyyy</ac:parameter>
</ac:macro>
</p>

Result

(as an image - not live)

Resources

Date and Time Patterns

Date and time formats are specified by date and time pattern strings. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes (') to avoid interpretation. All other characters are not interpreted; they’re simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and 'a' to 'z' are reserved):

For more information, click here.