--- a/contrib/lisp/ox-confluence.el	2017-02-28 19:52:25.707036600 +0100
+++ b/contrib/lisp/ox-confluence.el	2017-02-28 19:52:42.225721900 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 ;; Define the backend itself
 (org-export-define-derived-backend 'confluence 'ascii
+  :filters-alist '((:filter-final-output . org-confluence-fix-timestamps))
   :translate-alist '((bold . org-confluence-bold)
 		     (code . org-confluence-code)
 		     (example-block . org-confluence-example-block)
@@ -84,14 +85,23 @@
 (defun org-confluence-item (item contents info)
   (let* ((plain-list (org-export-get-parent item))
          (type (org-element-property :type plain-list))
-         (bullet (if (eq type 'ordered) ?\# ?\-)))
-    (concat (make-string (1+ (org-confluence--li-depth item)) bullet)
-            " "
-    (if (eq type 'descriptive)
- (concat "*"
- (org-export-data (org-element-property :tag item) info)
- "* - "))
-            (org-trim contents))))
+	 (depth (1+ (org-confluence--li-depth item)))
+	 (checkbox-possibly (cl-case (org-element-property :checkbox item)
+			      (on "*{{(X)}}* ") 
+			      (off "*{{( )}}* ")
+			      (trans "*{{(-)}}* "))))
+    (cl-case plain-list
+      (descriptive
+       (concat (make-string depth ?-) " " checkbox-possibly
+               (org-export-data (org-element-property :tag item) info) ": "
+               (org-trim contents)))
+      (ordered
+       (concat (make-string depth ?#) " " checkbox-possibly
+               (org-trim contents)))
+      (t
+       (concat (make-string depth ?-)
+               " " checkbox-possibly
+               (org-trim contents))))))
 
 (defun org-confluence-fixed-width (fixed-width contents info)
   (org-confluence--block
@@ -106,12 +116,18 @@
   (format "\{\{%s\}\}" (org-element-property :value code)))
 
 (defun org-confluence-headline (headline contents info)
-  (let ((low-level-rank (org-export-low-level-p headline info))
-        (text (org-export-data (org-element-property :title headline)
-                               info))
-        (level (org-export-get-relative-level headline info)))
-    ;; Else: Standard headline.
-    (format "h%s. %s\n%s" level text
+  (let* ((low-level-rank (org-export-low-level-p headline info))
+	 (text (org-export-data (org-element-property :title headline)
+				info))
+	 (todo (org-export-data (org-element-property :todo-keyword headline)
+				info))
+	 (level (org-export-get-relative-level headline info))
+	 (todo-text (if (or (not org-export-with-todo-keywords)
+			    (string= todo ""))
+			""
+		      (format "*{{%s}}* " todo))))
+    
+    (format "h%s. %s%s\n%s" level todo-text text
             (if (org-string-nw-p contents) contents
               ""))))
 
@@ -167,7 +183,7 @@
     (concat
      (when (org-export-table-row-starts-header-p table-row info)
        "|")
-     contents "|")))
+     " " contents " |")))
 
 (defun org-confluence-template (contents info)
   (let ((depth (plist-get info :with-toc)))
@@ -199,6 +215,23 @@
       (setq item (org-export-get-parent item)))
     depth))
 
+;; Define output filter
+(defun org-confluence-fix-timestamps (text back-end info)
+  "Mask brackets of timestamps in final output, so that
+  confluence does not misinterpret them as links."
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert text)
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (while (search-forward-regexp org-ts-regexp-both nil t))
+    (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
+    (when (string= (char-to-string (following-char)) "[")
+      (delete-char 1)
+      (insert "(")
+      (goto-char (match-end 0))
+      (delete-char -1)
+      (insert ")"))
+    (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max))))
+
 ;; main interactive entrypoint
 (defun org-confluence-export-as-confluence
   (&optional async subtreep visible-only body-only ext-plist)