Wiki.nci.nih.gov is being upgrade to Confluence version 4.2.8 on Saturday August 18th, 2012.
The upgrade will begin at 6am and the wiki will be unavailable until Sunday August 19th at 6am.

_During this time, the wiki failover site

http://wiki-failover.nci.nih.gov

will be available in read-only mode so you can view existing content. Changes to this instance will be disabled and NO changes made to this instance will appear in the production instance once the upgrade is complete._

This is a significant version upgrade and will have an effect on how pages are displayed and edited. For Information regarding the changes to Confluence in version 4.2.8 refer to:

• Frequently Asked Questions on the Atlassian site
• Quick Reference to Confluence 4 on the Atlassian site

The Calendar plugin has been deprecated for Confluence 4.2.8 and has been replaced with Team Calendars. Refer to Creating a New Team Calendar.

Issues may appear with the Composition Plugin, specifically the Deck of Cards Macro. Refer to Deck of Cards fix after Confluence 4.2.8 Upgrade.

Once the upgrade is complete, please look over your most often used pages and spaces and, if you have an issue, create a ticket by sending email to Application Support. They will answer or forward your question.

You must include alt text for every image you post on the wiki. The following syntax for alt text is used in Confluence 3.5:

!image.jpg|alt="image"!, where image.jpg is attached to the page and the alt text describes the image.

You must include a link to a disclaimer for every link you post to a site external to the US Government. The following markup for the link to the disclaimer, preceded by a space, is used in Confluence 3.5:

{multi-excerpt-include:wikicontent:Exit Disclaimer to Include|name=ExitDisclaimer|nopanel=true}

Updated instructions for these requirements will be posted for Confluence 4.2.