Confluence theming

You won't believe that it's Confluence

Increase productivity through engagement using our improved user experience and custom design for Confluence.

Are you getting the most from your Atlassian licence?

If an employee spends 10 minutes a day looking for information in an inefficient intranet, that equates to over 40 hours of lost productivity per employee each year.

Many companies invest in Confluence but fail to see high adoption rates. Why? Because out-of-the-box Confluence lacks a structured, engaging user experience. This leads to:

  • Employees wasting time searching for information.

  • Increased reliance on IT and support teams for navigation help.

  • Low adoption rates, reducing the value of your Confluence investment.

  • Fragmented communication and duplicated work across teams..

  • Branding inconsistencies creating a disjointed internal experience.

  • Employees feeling like the intranet is an “extra tool” rather than an integrated part of their workflow.

Get the most from your investment and create an Confluence space that promotes sharing and collaboration, allowing your employees to focus on what matters.

Get meaningful results from your investment

It’s not just a new coat of paint. Theming your Confluence instance comes with tangible benefits to productivity. It improves navigation and content discovery, increases engagement with your instance, and encourages better documentation, knowledge sharing and collaboration.

It’s a better experience for staff, allowing them to work smarter.

  • Engagement

    Users are more likely to engage with visually appealing content.

  • Productivity

    Fostering better collaboration and smoother workflows

  • Efficiency

    Easier for users to find information quickly.

  • Self-service

    A more intuitive experience drives regular usage.

Benefits

  • 85%

    increase in page visits

  • 90%

    drop in training time

  • 33%

    reduction in support requests

Your confluence, themed your way

Strategy

Confluence is a powerful tool for knowledge sharing, communication and collaboration but it can be challenging to manage the content as you scale. Competing priorities, out-of-date content and users that are unable to find the information they need drain resources and tie-up support teams with endless tickets.

Through our Decision Sprint methodology we can help you to identify the friction points and to unlock the platforms potential, providing an effective platform within your organisation to keep employees engaged, informed and empowered. With our expertise in user experience and with access to the Atlassian powerhouse of The Adaptavist Group you will have world leading experts by your side.

Refined

Refined is the ultimate visual overhaul for your Atlassian stack, Confluence and Jira Service Management (JSM). It provides a robust and comprehensive theming layer, combined with a powerful page builder and content management system it transforms your instances into a full web experience that can seamlessly fit in with your brand. It brings innovative features such as AI search, giving customers faster access to relevant content.

It is the perfect tool for building knowledge bases, corporate intranets or product documentation or combined with Jira Service Management to make fully featured customer support portals.

Company Hub

Company Hub, available on Confluence Cloud Premium, is a central information source for users that is built into the core product, no need for third-party applications or complex solutions. It is perfect for organisations who need to bring content together, closing communication gaps and fostering collaboration across teams with personalised content streams, imagery and custom navigation.

Brew Digital can help you to maximise the potential of your Company Hub, ensuring information is prioritised, relevant, up-to-date and most importantly sustainable.

Theming Packages

  • Scale

    • Simple and accessible website with logos and colours
    • Analysis of Confluence usage
    • Information gathering based on brief
    • Remote training session
    • Quick start guide
    • Roadmapping
    • Project organisation
    • Budget management
    • Reporting

  • Growth

    Includes everything in Scale, plus

    • Customised with fonts, logos, colours, textures and iconography
    • Additional remote training sessions for users
    • In-depth start guide
    • Discovery session to define key objectives
    • Confluence configuration
    • Digital marketing support

  • Enterprise

    Includes everything in Scale and Grow, plus:

    • Deep user analysis
    • Diagnostics, discovery and recommendations
    • Extensive customisation and branding
    • Decision sprints
It was amazing to see how the Decision Sprint process took such a complex problem and filtered it down very quickly into a structure which was actually very straightforward and simple.

Clive Flashman

Chief Digital Officer

Let’s Make Confluence Easier for Everyone

Frequently asked questions

  • What is Confluence?

    Confluence is a powerful team collaboration tool created by Atlassian. It provides a shared workspace where teams can create, organise, and discuss work, turning conversations into actionable plans. We specialise in transforming the standard Confluence interface into a highly engaging and intuitive branded experience.

  • Do I need to install anything?

    If you are opting for Company Hub then all that is required is a Confluence for Cloud Premium subscription. For Refined or other theming platforms you would need to install the corresponding application from the Atlassian Marketplace. We are happy to work together with your existing systems team to support you.

  • How do we provide feedback on the designs?

    Our design process is highly collaborative. Starting with initial discovery workshops, we work closely with you to understand your vision. There are dedicated feedback stages built into the project, where you can review and approve designs before any development work begins, ensuring the final result meets your exact needs.

  • Do you provide training on how to manage my Confluence?

    Yes. We believe in empowering your team. As part of our handover, we provide comprehensive training sessions tailored to your specific setup. We'll walk your administrators and key users through the new features and structure, ensuring they can manage the space confidently from day one.

  • How do you bill for this work?

    We typically bill for theming work on a project basis. After an initial discovery phase where we define the scope and requirements with you, we provide a detailed, transparent quote for the entire project. For ongoing support and enhancements, we can also offer a monthly retainer.

  • How easy is it to add new features to our Confluence instance later?

    Very! We build our confluence theming to support the future which means you can put new pages and layouts live after launch or if using native functionality, such as Company Hub then you can continue installing applications from the Atlassian Marketplace to extend your instance as normal. If you need a staged rollout or want to build in phases we are more than happy to manage the project to support this.

  • What is the timeline for Confluence theming?

    This will depend on the project goals and the scale of your Confluence (or JSM) instance. Migrations to cloud combined with theming will take the longest as we must ensure content has successfully been moved, whereas a fresh instance with new content will be relatively quick to do. This means engagements can run anywhere between a couple of weeks for Company Hub to multiple months for larger, more comprehensive transformations.

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