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Don't Send Email when somebody only add attachment,or image. How to configure it? Thanks.
Asked by xufenfei:

when some one add attachment ,or image ,I don't want confluence to send mail to notice us.How to reach it ?

Confluence 5.4.2.


Answers:
author: xufenfei
body: Hi, Guiherme Viana,

Thank you for your answer.

Maybe I have not express my means exactly.

AS your methods:

1, Notify Watchers:

yes, this way can reach the purpose, but every time,every one should do this ,it's not convenient. My mean is that when anyone who adds attachment, others will not receive email.by default.

2, User Profile--Setting

i will not receive others notifications any way. it is not fit me.

I need email notification,but I don't need the notifcations when somebody **only** add image/attachment.

3, Manage Add-ons

the Confluence have not nofications functions, This is not what I want.

Anyway,Thanks a lot.


author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey xufenfei,

You can *uncheck* the **Notify Watchers** while editing the page, or you can edit directly on your **User Profile** in the **Settings** tab, or you can disable the notifications plugin in the **Manage Add-ons** page.

Cheers,
How do I change the template a page is using after it has been created.
Asked by Carli Botha:

I created a new page using the blank template and would like to change the template the page uses. Is there a way to do that.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A template only has an effect during page creation. Once the page has been created, the template has no impact on the page. The really are just for setting up some default data on a page when it is created.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
Asked by Thomas Guerard:


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hi there,

Please check the following documentation:

* [Confluence does not start due to Spring Application context has not been set](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+does+not+start+due+to+Spring+Application+context+has+not+been+set)

It is probably a permission issue.

Cheers,


Tags: confluence-administration
How to disable page preview on permission request?
Asked by sameoldmadness:

I've created a page with restricted access.

When someone requests permissions to this page, I revieve an email with a preview of this page.

The page has restricted access for a reason --- it contains sensitive data. It's highliy undesirable to leak that data into email account.

I consider this a security issue.


Answers:
author: Justice McCullum
body: Hi Roman, first of all thanks for the feedback mate. :smile:   
Would you mind creating a feature request ticket so we can have others voting on and discussing this issue? <https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/CreateIssue!default.jspa>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's not a security issue, you have the right to see the page already.

comments: author: sameoldmadness
body: My confluence account, not the gmail one.If I trust Atlassian, that does not mean I trust Google.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you don't trust google for your email, that's fine. You'll need to use an email address you do trust instead. It's not Confluence's fault that you have chosen an email you don't trust.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sorry, I should also have said that if you must do this because you've got insecure email accounts, you will need to hack the core code that builds the email.


author: sameoldmadness
body: No, that is not fine, because the data is already shared with third party. Without my explicit permission, as far as I can see.The trust issue is not the only one, it's also about expectations. I may intentionally use that mailbox for insensitive data only so I could read it in public places.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so it's not fine. So stop using insecure email accounts - if you believed them to be insecure, then you shouldn't have used them in the first place.
How do I change the automatic inactivity log off time?
Asked by Jaymes Alvarez:

A lot of our users are having an issue where after about 5 minutes of inactivity, Confluence logs them off and puts them back at the sign in screen. Its causing a lot of issues with people who still have something they are in the middle of working on and when they come back to their desk, find that their current changes to any docs are gone. I have checked in the user administration area for anything that would suggest an inactive logoff time, however, I cannot find it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

-Jaymes


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: HI,

We were having similar issues and extended our session timeout to 5 hours. I think the default is 60 minutes so not sure why it is logging off your users after only 5 minutes of inactivity.

Below is a link that explains how to change the session timeout. This change has to be done on the server though, not in the confluence admin area.

[How to adjust the session timeout for Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+adjust+the+session+timeout+for+Confluence)


Tags: confluence-administration
Default article in Confluence
Asked by kristofferb:

Hello,

After the latest update to Confluence, we now have a create button that doesn't open the page type prompt, but instead creates a blank page.

Our company is already using a specially created article template, which almost all pages use. It is not very practical for us to have the create button default to 'blank page', as nobody is using 'blank page'. Is it possible to change this behavior, to use a template as default?


Answers:
author: Bobby Taves
body: I know this is an old thread but it appears pretty high in search results for users looking to control this functionality. While I find it very irritating that this is not an option that can be controlled, you **can** work around this limitation fairly easily if you host your own Confluence (v5+) installation. Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a Confluence admin
2. Click the Administration icon in the top right (Gear)
3. Click "General Configuration" in the menu
4. In the left navigation, find "Look and Feel" and click on "Custom HTML"
5. Click the "Edit" button on the right
6. In the first box ("At end of the HEAD"), enter the following:

   ```
   &lt;script&gt;jQuery(document).ready(function() {    jQuery("#quick-create-page-button").bind('click', function(evt){        jQuery("#create-page-button").trigger("click");        evt.preventDefault();    }).attr("title", "Create page from template");});&lt;/script&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;    #create-page-button {visibility: hidden;}    #quick-create-page-button {border-top-right-radius: 3.01px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3.01px;}&lt;/style&gt;
   ```

What this does is hide the "More" button and make the "Create" button act like the "More" button would.


author: Milo Test
body: I don't think there is a way to change the operation of the Create button. There is now a "More" button (the three dots) next to the Create button. You can create a feature ticket to request the ability to assign a default behavior.

For now, you can retrain users to use the "More" button, or use a macro like the Create Page Macro to automatically create a page using a specific template.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I add a new Style?
Asked by ashtoncl01:


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: In addition to Nic's comment, you can follow the documentation below:  

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS>  

I hope this helps.  
Cheers,

WZ


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Change the css
Recommended configuration
Asked by Roger Oshaug:

Hi.

We are 25 users planning to run Confluence as a local installation on a server provided by a Norwegian hosting Company. SQL License is an issue, and I wonder if we can run this installation on Microsoft Sql Server Express edition? I think the Maximum database size for Express is 10 GB and i guess it would take som time before we reach that amount of data. And further on this it should not be difficult to move the database to a full Microsoft SQL Server edition later on. Do you have any recommendations on system requirements for 25 users on configuration like this? Would you recommend or advice against installations like this?


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hi there,

You could take a look on this documentation:

* [Server Hardware Requirements Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Server+Hardware+Requirements+Guide)

Cheers,


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Is there a reason not to use Postgres? As far as I understand, your Express edition will not be covered by a support contract, so Postgres may actually be better quality, open-source and unlimited.

It's also cheaper for your Norvegian provider to host a (Postgres) database because it's on Unix (Linux), rather than a Windows-based database which requires much more powerful hardware and a license of Windows Server. At least, on Unix, deployments can be scripted.

comments: author: Roger Oshaug
body: Would an installation in Microsoft Azure be covered by a support contract, as long as the server version and database version are in compliance with your requirements?


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Hi Roger, this is an ecosystem forum and I don't belong to Atlassian. When mentionning the support coverage, I was talking about Microsoft not supporting the Express edition, since it's a free edition.


author: Roger Oshaug
body: Ok, thank you for the advice.


Tags: confluence-administration
project create permission
Asked by Satyavathi Badugu:

Hi

Want to what permissions should one have to create project in JIra Confluence


Answers:
author: Taha Khanzada
body: HI Satyavanthi,

To create project in JIRA you need **JIRA Administrator** permission in JIRA.
> create project in JIra Confluence - Confluence has **spaces** and to create Spaces in Confluence you need **Confluence Administrator** permission.
automate Unused space deletion from confluence page.
Asked by l:

How to automate Unused space deletion from confluence page.

Could you please provide some ideas here to automate.


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: I am personally making my own solution for that kind of task. Using REST is giving you a lot of options. First of all you need to define what is a "Unused space" and then build a "script" based on this. Few examples - <https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-rest-api/confluence-rest-api-examples>

If you don't want to play around with "scripts" there is always an option to use a plugin for example Archiving Plugin for Confluence - <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving>

It depends do you want to pay for it or spend some time and build your own solution.
How to create a link to watch a space?
Asked by Manuela Raschke:

I would like to add a link on a page, that authomaticly sets the space on watch for the current user. Is that possible?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Sure, here is a link that you can put in the HTML Macro:

```
&lt;a href="#" onclick="jQuery('#watch-content-button').click(); setTimeout(function(){ jQuery('#cw-watch-space').click(); }, 100);"&gt;Watch/Unwatch Space&lt;/a&gt;
```

or, you could make a user macro with the following content:

```
## @noparams&lt;a href="#" onclick="jQuery('#watch-content-button').click(); setTimeout(function(){ jQuery('#cw-watch-space').click(); }, 100);"&gt;Watch/Unwatch Space&lt;/a&gt;
```
how can I modify batch.css on confluence?
Asked by ???:

I using confluence.

I finished modify desktop css on confluence. But I meet a problem for mobile version. I can modify mobile css on confluence.

How can I modify mobile batch.css on confluence? It's CDN file.


Answers:
author: Husain
body: batch.css not found in anonymous mode.... please help {#toc-hId--1385869104}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Domingo,  

You can go to your _\<installation-folder\>/confluence/web-inf/atlassian-bundled-plugins_ and open untar the confluence-mobile.jar that way you should find the css folder.

Cheers,  
WZ

comments: author: ???
body: Hey. Thanks. I found it. But if I change css.file that I meed only desktop version confluence on mobile. Why?? I did add only font in css.


Tags: confluence-administration

css
Reorganizing Spaces into Company Departments
Asked by Elisa Troike:

My company set up Confluence and created a space for each project.

I need to restructure everything into departments to provide a better overview.

What I want to achieve is the following

**Current state:**

Space1: Project A

Space2:Project B

Space3: Project C

**Goal**:

Space Marketing - includes Space1 \& 3

Space Product - includes Space2

***Approach1***: I know I can work with labels to achieve at least a better overview, but I would prefer the possibility to move \& group spaces from scratch, so the spaces list shows departments only.

***Approach2***: I could create the new spaces and manually move all the pages of each current Space into the new once, but this seems lots of work. And what about shared files and similar

**Question**: Is there any better/less complicated way to reorganize the structure? Didn't find any other ideas than Approach1\&2.

Appreciate the help, thanks.


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: Both solutions will work for you. I would prefer and recommend one space for one department and try to move everything into one.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Reorganizing Spaces into Company Departments
Asked by Elisa Troike:

My company set up Confluence and created a space for each project.

I need to restructure everything into departments to provide a better overview.

What I want to achieve is the following

**Current state:**

Space1: Project A

Space2:Project B

Space3: Project C

**Goal**:

Space Marketing - includes Space1 \& 3

Space Product - includes Space2

***Approach1***: I know I can work with labels to achieve at least a better overview, but I would prefer the possibility to move \& group spaces from scratch, so the spaces list shows departments only.

***Approach2***: I could create the new spaces and manually move all the pages of each current Space into the new once, but this seems lots of work. And what about shared files and similar

**Question**: Is there any better/less complicated way to reorganize the structure? Didn't find any other ideas than Approach1\&2.

Appreciate the help, thanks.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I would just bite the bullet and create the Departmental Spaces. Then use Move on the parent pages in the Project Spaces, which will move the entire pagetree.

Finally, you could create another space called **Includes** or whatever, and put all the shared info there.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I install the font in Confluence?
Asked by ???:

Hello.

I used Confluence 5.7.4. It's very useful.

I developed App. service depend on Confluence. It's a news curation service. And I want to upgrade my service. I want to change font in Confluence.

How can I install the font in Confluence?

please, tell me.


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey there,

about styling in mobile, I found the following [Atlassian Answer](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/134459/how-to-modify-the-mobile-css-for-confluence) that can help you :smile:


author: ???
body: Hey, guys.I finished install font on css. But I meet another problem.I can't styling css on mobile. How to styling css on mobile?!?!?


Tags: confluence-administration
disable copy feature
Asked by Marla Landolt:

If we give users a read-only permission to a page then how can we prevent them from Copying the page? Can Copy option be surpressed?


Answers:
author: Junio Fernandes
body: You can customize page layout and add this style:

```
#action-copy-page-link {display:none;}
```

comments: author: Tanya B.
body: This is a great work around, from the UI perspective. You can also implement it at the space level.


author: Junio Fernandes
body: Or able it under user role, like confluence-administrators.


author: Milo Test
body: You could make the text uncopyable; not foolproof, but it would keep the honest people honest.

1. Add a div macro and set the class to *noselect*.

2. Cut all the text on the page and paste it into the body of the div macro
3. Add a CSS Stylesheet macro with the following in the body (you could instead add this to **Look and feel** --\> **CSS**):

   ```
   .noselect {    -webkit-touch-callout: none;    -webkit-user-select: none;    -khtml-user-select: none;    -moz-user-select: none;    -ms-user-select: none;    user-select: none;}
   ```


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you can't suppress it. There's no point - even if you could get rid of copy, a user can still select, copy and paste the content into a new page. The fact that they can read it makes it copy-able (horrible constructed word, I apologise, but I can't think of a better way to say it)
make table columns read-only
Asked by Marla Landolt:


Answers:
author: darrenpegg
body: Maybe have the table on a separate page with a link to it and have the page locked on editing. Not sure columns can be locked. Comala work flows add might help


author: Milo Test
body: Not the cleanest, and not foolproof, but it will keep the honest people honest.

1. Add a div macro to each cell you want copy protected.
2. Set the Class to *noselect*.
3. Cut the text from that cell and paste it into the body of the div macro.
4. Add a CSS Stylesheet macro with the following in the body (you could instead add this to **Look and feel** --\> **CSS** ):  

   ```
   .noselect {    -webkit-touch-callout: none;    -webkit-user-select: none;    -khtml-user-select: none;    -moz-user-select: none;    -ms-user-select: none;    user-select: none;}
   ```

   [](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/25136260/disable-copy-feature)


author: Anne EQS
body: Is it about restricting editing of whole table or - if I get it right - about restricting for one column, while still being able to editing the other?


author: Marla Landolt
body: Hi Darren

Thanks much for the quick reply.

So we must solve this with a plug-in? Although the table maker does look good.

Kind Regards

Marla


author: darrenpegg
body: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.tngtech.confluence.plugins.tableenhancer>


author: darrenpegg
body: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow>
How do I create a Confluence Task Report from a Page and its Child Pages?
Asked by Eldon Wong:

I want to create a Task Report from a specific page and its child pages.  

Example

Say I have the following:

* Space A
  * Page 1
    * Child page 1.1
    * Child page 1.2
    * Child page 1.3
  * Page 2
    * Child page 2.1
    * Child page 2.2

I want to get make a Task Report for all tasks created in Page 1 and it's child pages (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) but NOT Page 2, 2.1, 2.2


Answers:
author: Majken Connor
body: I've actually just done this. Include "Page 1" and remember to remove "Space A" from the Spaces and Pages field.


Tags: task-report-macro
Syntax for searching content by author in Confluence
Asked by Jeff Berndt:

according to <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2328>, confluence users should be able to search content by author. That's great, but I can't find any documentation of the correct search syntax.

If I want to find all the content created by Joe Smith, what do I type in the Search field?


Answers:
author: Taha Khanzada
body: Hi Jeff,

If you are using Confluence 5 then you can use Confluence Search and in BY - Enter author name, space name for searching content by author.

Taha


author: Anne EQS
body: Or you could use the 'Content by User' Macro - documentation see here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-user-macro-182682080.html>


author: Anne EQS
body: It's on the page http://\<yourdomain\>/dosearchsite.action

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Show image title in preview
Asked by Anne EQS:

Is there any option to show the image title in the preview?  
We'd like to use this as a caption so the user knows what the image is about, e.g. in instructions

Thx, Anne


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Very interesting.

The problem is that confluence versions differ a lot. I have an older version that doesn't have any of the functions that you were talking about and I wasn't aware that there is anything like that.

About your question:

If you want to play around with CSS you can try something like:

```
img[title]:before, span[title]:before, a[title]:before {content: " caption: " attr(title);}
```

You probably would have to adapt that in some form but basically that will add the content of the title tag behind images and if I do that with the "All Attachements" macro in preview mode it looks like this:

2015-09-01 12_05_57-Bearbeiten - The Real Test - Steffen Heller - Lightweb.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Show-image-title-in-preview/qaq-p/93567?attachment-id=10951){#link_1188057faa6aed}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/15746/1/2015-09-01%2012_05_57-Bearbeiten%20-%20The%20Real%20Test%20-%20Steffen%20Heller%20-%20Lightweb.png){#display_1188057faa6aed_0}


author: Anne EQS
body: Hi Steffen,

thanks! Will check whether I can adapt this to 5.8.5. and my needs and give feedback here.

Br, Anne


author: Anne EQS
body: ...yes, should have been more clear, there a a lot of previews.

It's about the Title Text which you can add to an Image when implementing it on a page (not to the image itself - see screenshots below). It appears in the saved page when the cursor hovers over the image.

I'd like to use this title text as a caption when viewing the all the attachments of a page in the inline preview for the page. You can use the inline preview as kind of a slideshow but without a caption you loose the context when e.g. klicking through the images of an instruction page.  
Basically I'm looking for a way to have an image caption displayed in the inline preview, wherever I need to add it (except for adding text on the image itself with photoshop or a screenshot tool .. :wink: )  
Bildschirmfoto 2015-08-31 um 17.25.33.png  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Show-image-title-in-preview/qaq-p/93567?attachment-id=8627){#link_118805883bafab}  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Show-image-title-in-preview/qaq-p/93567?attachment-id=8628){#link_118805883bafab_0}  
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author: Steffen Heller
body: I am pretty sure that the answer is "No", but out of curiosity:

What do you mean with "image title in the preview"? The image title tag that shows in edit mode and then disappears when the page is saved?