How to Use Confluence WebDAV

WebDav allows you to use Confluence like a file server. You can browse the page tree like folders on a hard drive and download / upload files which becomes attachments.

WebDav for Mac users

Macintosh users running OS X 10.4 or higher do not need a WebDAV client. Simply use the "Finder" to connect to Confluence.

Open finder
In the menu bar Click Go > Connect to Server
Enter the WebDav address for your instance of Confluence such as:
Login with your Confluence id and password
You will have a new "webdav" drive in Finder which you can drag and drop files to and from.

Please Note: You will need to configure your Mac OS X user account so that .DS_Store files are not created when interacting with a remote file server using the Finder, follow the steps below:

This will affect the user's interactions with SMB/CIFS, AFP, NFS, and WebDAV servers.

Open Terminal.
Execute this command:
Either restart the computer or log out and back in to the user account.

more: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301711

For WebDav on Windows XP

Double-click on the My Network Places icon on your Desktop or from your Start button.
Click on "Add a Network Place" from the Network Tasks menu on the left side of the window and click Next.
Select the "Choose Another Network Location" option and click Next.
In the Internet or Network Address field, paste the Confluence URL above.
Login with your Confluence id and password
An Explorer window will appear for you new connection to Confluence and a shortcut is now in My Network Places.

The attached Flash swf file provides a screencast illustrating how to use the WebDAV feature in Atlassian Confluence. It's a little bit dated, but still pretty useful.

BulkUploadAttachmentswithWebDav.swf

Some tips

Plan Ahead
There are 2 side effects of using Confluence this way. First, you begin to see how disorganized parts of your wiki have become (contact us for information on how we can implement an information architecture strategy to manage your growing wiki) and second, it becomes very easy to upload a LOT of content fast. This is great, but takes careful planning on your part.

Make Backups
Webdav makes it easy to do a lot of damage really quickly to your beutiful wiki. Be careful.