Discussion forum in Confluence
Asked by Prasad:

We are thinking to use discussion forum in confluence. Do you use discussion forum / discussion board in Confluence?

Is it good idea to have discussion forum in Confluence? What template should be used for discussion - Page/ Blog / Decision or any other ?

Please tell me your recommendations.

Thank you.  
Prasad


Answers:
author: JohnG
body: Just type {panel} and it will automatically show up  

Otherwise,  
- click the "+" icon   
- click "more macros"   
- search for "panel"


author: Mitch McKinnon
body: Cloud Confluence doesn't have or support the old panel macro.

"{panel}" is said to not be supported.


author: Lukasz Wiatrak
body: I'm the author of one of these applications - [Community Questions for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221163/community-questions-for-confluence) (formerly known as Q\&A Community). I'm happy to answer any questions regarding the usage of Q\&A-style apps as a discussion forum.


author: Lidisy Hern?ndez
body: Hello, can't someone help me... I don't know which macro I can use on the confluence cloud to obtain the old macro 'Panel'?


author: Keeley Sorokti
body: I'm researching this right now and found a bunch of Q\&A plugins in the Atlassian Marketplace, but haven't tried any of them out:

* [Forum for Confluence by Converton (99 installs)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220389/forum-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Discussion by Spectrum Groupe (163 installs)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212012/discussion?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Smart Questions and Answers by Purde Software (271 installs)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217690/smart-questions-and-answers?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Questions \& Answers by EliteSoft](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217080/questions-answers?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Q\&A Community for Confluence by Lukasz Wiatrak Apps (64 installs)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221163/q-a-community-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Community Forums for Confluence by Adaptavist (708 installs)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211273/community-forums-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

I also found this product from Atlassian: [Questions for Confluence.](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/questions)

Has anyone tried any of these? How are you finding them?

I also found this related discussion comparing Stack Overflow for Teams with Questions for Confluence: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions-for-Confluence/Which-is-better-Stack-Overflow-for-Teams-or-Questions-for/td-p/1187605>

comments: author: Fletcher Simer
body: Hi Keeley,

Did you try any of the apps you listed above? If so, which one did you end up going with to create a discussion forum for your customers?

We are looking to implement a customer discussion board for our Jira Service Management customers, basically something similar to this Atlassian Community. We are also trying to implement an Idea Lab where they can submit ideas and other members of our customer community can vote on them so we can build a product roadmap based off highly requested features from the community.

It sounds like you had been looking to implement something similar. Did any of the apps above help you achieve that functionality?


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