How can I embed and backup public SlideShare presentations into Confluence?

[Muhammad Faisal]

I'm working on a team knowledge base using Confluence, and we often embed SlideShare presentations for training and documentation purposes.

The problem is, some of the embedded SlideShare links get removed or the slides go offline over time, breaking our internal resources.

I was wondering if anyone here has figured out a reliable method to:

• Save or backup these SlideShare presentations securely

• Embed them in a way that won't break if the original SlideShare page disappears

I recently came across a free tool called SlideShare Downloader Tool which allows downloading the presentation PDF for archiving. Has anyone used something like this in Confluence? Any better approaches or add-ons for preserving SlideShare content?

[Kristian Klima · Accepted solution]

Hi @Muhammad Faisal 

You wrote "The problem is, some of the embedded SlideShare links get removed or the slides go offline over time, breaking our internal resources."

I think the concern here is that you are attaching physical immutable PDF files which will, eventually, become outdated. Or worse, you will end up attaching multiple PDF versions of that presentation.

A broken link at least tells you that something happened to the source.

So I'd iframe the actual slides and rather fix the link than deal with multiple outdated copies of multiple files...

[Tom Holland 222 · Accepted solution]

To embed a public SlideShare presentation in Confluence, you can copy the embed code from SlideShare and paste it into the Confluence page using the HTML macro. For backup, it's best to download the presentation from SlideShare (if the option is available) and upload the file directly to Confluence as an attachment for safe storage.

[Muhammad Faisal]

thanks

[Muhammad Faisal]

We faced the same issue. Now we simply download SlideShare presentations and upload the PDFs to Confluence. This way, the content stays accessible even if the original link goes down.