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Confluence has a Selenium Build!

Last week, Matt Ryall and I have been trying to get a Selenium build up to test Confluence's Javascript features, especially the new drop down menus and page ordering tree. It wasn't easy, but I personally think it is definitely worth having these tests. Below is a summary of the steps and problems we encountered in setting up the build. 1. Writing a Selenium Test A few weeks back, I did a Selenium spike to see how easy it was to write a test that logged into Confluence and opened a add drop down

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Fedex V – Page Ordering for Confluence

Description Currently in Confluence there is no way for the user to order pages within it's tree (ordered by title by default). The ability to order pages would be a useful feature for html/pdf exports. CONF-1031 is a very highly voted for feature with 99 votes and also something I wanted so I could correctly produce my thesis report. Implementation The thing I found most difficult about this feature was to encapsulate it into an appropriate and user friendly UI. I concluded that a 'drag-and-drop'

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