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Uploading attachments in confluence form
Asked by John Treanor:

Hi. I am creating a form comprised of drop downs, text fields, radio buttons and File attachments etc. The user populates the form, and towards the end of the form, the user has to upload documents. When the user uploads the documents, all the data they entered in the form is lost. IS there a way to upload attachments without losing the form data?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: John,

Is this form created in a Confluence page? What exactly are you using to create the form? Is there an add-on, or are you directly inserting HTML? What do you have the form doing with the attachments exactly?

Please also confirm your Confluence version.

Thank you!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: John Treanor
body: Hi Shannon. Thanks for getting back to me. The Confluence version is Confluence 5.9.6

I am using the Insert forms macro, and within that macro, I am placing all the other Form field types, text, drop down, radio button etc.


author: Shannon S
body: John,

I suspect that macro may be from a 3rd party plugin. Do the instructions on the below page look like the macro you're using?

[Adding a form to a page](https://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/F4C/Adding+a+Form+to+a+Page)

If so, it's an Adaptavist plugin and I'd like to include them on this question so they can assist us.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: John Treanor
body: Yes, they are the instructions. I have also noticed that if I add the Attachment Macro within the Form Macro it has additional options available compared to when the Attachment Macro is added outside the Form. In the screen shot provided, the upper Attachment Macro is within the Forms Macro. The lower Attachment Macro is a copy of the upper Attachment Macro that I placed outside of the Forms Macro![Screen Shot 2017-11-16 at 9.34.45 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9543iD5716D6BFF90DF20/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-11-16 at 9.34.45 AM.png")


author: Shannon S
body: John,

Thank you for confirming that you are indeed using the Adaptavist Forms for Confluence add-on.

I'm including a tag on the question now so that your question will be able to be answered by those familiar with this 3rd-party add-on, since it's not a built-in Confluence feature.

Thank you for your understanding!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: John Treanor
body: Thank You Shannon.


Tags: adaptavist

addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.formmailng

atlassian-marketplace

attachment

forms
WebDAV Launcher and Firefox 57 Quantum
Asked by ?lafur Gu?mundsson:

Does Atlassian plan to update the WebDAV Launcher Firefox add-on for Quantum (Firefox 57)?

<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webdav-launcher/>

I have no problems using the "Edit in Office" features in Chromium based browsers. Would be lovely to be able to use Firefox also. The add-on doesn't work since Firefox 57.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi ?lafur,

Thank you for reaching out. I was able to find a feature request for this, and I have reformatted it a bit for better ease of others finding it:

* [CONFSERVER-52299](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-52299)

You can watch this ticket and any changes or progress made on this will be updated there. Please also feel free to leave a comment on the case with your feedback.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: ?lafur Gu?mundsson
body: Thanks Shannon. I will vote for this issue and watch it.

Regards,  
Oli


author: Shannon S
body: Thanks, Oli!

Take care and kind regards,

Shannon
Online Store
Asked by Mohammad Ali:

Does Atlassian have an online shopping plugin that can embedded inside Confluence?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Mohammad,

There appears to be no add-on for this in our [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com) from any of our 3rd party developers.

Since Confluence is designed as a Wiki tool, I would recommend looking into software that is specific for this purpose, and include that in your Confluence as a link. You could even [include this site in an iFrame](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-put-an-iframe-into-confluence-598837531.html) if you have Confluence Server.

I hope this helps!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Insert Date on PDF Export
Asked by Karen Ferland:

I would like to be able to insert the current date when exporting to PDF. From what I have read, it appears that I have to write a user macro to do this. Is this correct? If so, does anyone have a user macro that I could copy? My goal is to just have the current date printed on the title page.


Answers:
author: Julia B -Doc Queen
body: Please vote for this issue to be resolved. It should have already been fixed.

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-55765](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/psUSCNkpJ2sN2GlXI4jVJE?domain=jira.atlassian.com).


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: It's easy to do. Here's what I did on our Confluence:

My macro is called "currentdate:

```
## Macro title: Current Date
## Macro has a body: N
## Body processing: Selected body processing option
## Output: Selected output option
##
## Developed by: Dave Theodore
## Date created: 06/10/2015
## Installed by: Dave Theodore

## @noparams
$action.dateFormatter.format($content.currentDate) 
```

Keep in mind that this literally displays the current date. It will show today's date when you render the page today, but it will show tomorrow's date tomorrow. Obviously, the PDF will display the date that it was exported.

comments: author: Karen Ferland
body: Thank you.


author: Karen Ferland
body: One more question, how do I call the macro? Is there a particular format I have to use within the PDF Stylesheet? In your example of Current Date above, how do you call it?


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: In my case, the macro is called "currentdate." If I want to use it on a page, I simply type:

```
{currentdate}
```

Alternatively, you can find it in the macro browser.


author: Karen Ferland
body: I am not being clear. I want to know how to use a macro within the PDF Layout section. Here's what I have.

\<div class="fsTitlePage"\>  
\<img src="/download/attachments/14812547/image2017-11-13_14-35-54.png" /\>  
\<div class="fsTitle"\>Edit Information: Addendum (Draft)\<br\>\<h1\>  
Date:\</h1\>\</br\>\</div\>  
\</div\>

My question is how to call the macro so that it populates the Date field that I have.


author: Tobbe Wilson
body: Did anyone find out how to use this macro??


author: Marko Isola
body: Hi,

Macro works on page and gets exported yes, good.

But it can't be used inside PDF export header/footer/titlePage HTML as far as I know. Which is what I'm looking for, and understand that op is looking for too. At least haven't found a workaround. It gets displayed {currentdate} as text.

I also tried to embed javascript inside HTML with no success eiter. PDF export skips that part and displays nothing.


author: Karen Thomas
body: Same issue... looking for solution to add "system date" to the PDF exports.
How to disable only Confluence users when using JIRA directory?
Asked by Karl Dandenell:

We have an instance of Confluence that authenticates its users through remote JIRA directory.

Due to limited license pool, we want to disable inactive Confluence users. However, when we disable those users in Confluence, they are ALSO disabled on JIRA (which they still need to access).

Is there a simple way to allow certain users access to just the JIRA system?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: One simple way to allow access to Jira and not Confluence is to remove the users from the groups that have the "can use" Global Permission in Confluence. Please see this guide for more details of where to find the Global Permissions and how they work: [Updating global permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html#GlobalPermissionsOverview-Updatingglobalpermissions)


Tags: jira
How to include a button on the default Welcome message template
Asked by Anoop K Baby:

Can anybody suggest a way to include a button on the default welcome message template. I tried to include using html include, but it breaking the welcome page.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: Editing the template works the same as editing a page. You can add a button one of two ways:

1. Add an image and hyperlink it
2. Add a button through an add-on like the [Lozenge Macro](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros/server/overview?_ga=2.45287268.1927310936.1510598449-2139828892.1496244810&_gac=1.154199882.1507908065.CjwKCAjwyIHPBRAIEiwAHPS-GAbCWnA649IZjERauw5RXcZ45iWMgzRgCFLW0x_DKKwPeYmBicwpiBoCf7UQAvD_BwE) that is part of the Content Formatting Add-on.

comments: author: Anoop K Baby
body: Is it possible to include any of these buttons - <https://docs.atlassian.com/aui/latest/docs/buttons.html> , somehow in welcome page template.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: AUI is Atlassians framework for creating products. If you were to build your own marco you could use this.
How can I create a new Page and add folders with files from my desktop
Asked by bchristie100@gmail.com:

I want to add multiple files when the folder is created


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence does not have a folder approach to file attachments. You attach files to a page and that's it.

If you want to do uploads via a folder, you could explore the WebDav functions, but you are still going to need to think about how you want to do the folder nesting (my instinct is 1 page per folder, but I don't know your requirement details)


Tags: directory

upload
See page referrals
Asked by Benji:

Is it possible to see which pages are referring to a certain page?

Would be nice to know how important a certain page is within the knowlegde network.

Also in case you want to restructure or redesign a page or remove certain information from a page it is relevant to understand who apparently are using that specific page.


Answers:
author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Hi Benjamin,

Your question is about Confluence, correct?

You can click the three dots in the top right corner and choose "Page information" to see a list of incoming links.

If you're using the Server version, it looks like there's also a free plugin you can use to put this list in the page itself:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.wimpi.confluence.incoming/server/overview>

Hope this helps!

comments: author: Benji
body: Hi Susan,

Thanks for the fast response. I am indeed talking about the cloud version of confluence.

I tried the option of page information as I would expect that information there, but didn't see the incoming links. After your remark I checked again and noticed he only gives the information if there are any ;) I was stupid to start with a page which didn't have it.

Thanks for your help!
Is there XSLT available to migrate a 5.1 export to import into 6.4?
Asked by Arthur Bramhall:

We have an old 5.1 Confluence (no longer managed, not upgradable) that we have to export data from to insert into a new 6.4 Confluence (different manager). We tried a straight export-\>import but things must have changed enough that this doesn't work.

Is there an XSLT available to modify the 5.1 export so that 6.4 can ingest?

For clarification:

We don't control the Confluence installation. The people hosting the 5.1 version are shutting it down (not upgrading) and the host we're moving to is running 6.4.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Arthur,

I do not know of a utility that will convert an XML back-up from Confluence 5.1 so that a Confluence 6.4 instance can import it. There have been many database changes between the versions, that's why the import won't work.

When you say you have to export data from the Confluence 5.1 to the Confluence 6.4 instance, do you mean spaces, pages or an entire instance? A complete XML backup of the instance will overwrite the destination instance, so I suspect you will need to make space by space XML back-ups and import those one at a time.

The workaround is to spin up a temporary Confluence 5.1 and upgrade it, then export the spaces. I understand you mentioned the old instance is not upgradable but perhaps a test instance would be upgradable. Please see the workaround details at: [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf64/restoring-a-space-936511534.html#RestoringaSpace-workaround)

I look forward to any follow up questions.

Thanks,

Ann


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Building an XSLT to do that is going to be 1,000 times more complex than upgrading a 5.1 install via the recommended and supported routes.

What makes you say it is "not upgradable"? I have to seriously question that because today, my colleague and I took a 5.1 installation to 6.4, three times (errors down to hardware and add-ons), so I know it's completely possible.

comments: author: Arthur Bramhall
body: We don't control the Confluence installation. The people hosting the 5.1 version are shutting it down (not upgrading) and the host we're moving to is running 6.4.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, then you should grab a backup of the 5.1, migrate it on to a temporary development server, upgrade it to 6.4, then hand your new hosts an import. (Or, better, get them to do the upgrade, but I'm guessing that's not an option)


Tags: export

import

migration

update

xml

xslt
Why is the preview not working? It shows the PDF as a link not an image
Asked by Casandra Davis:

On the production side we can only see the file link. When we go to edit the attachment it shows that preview is checked and in the viewer on the right it shows that it will preview the image. What am I missing?

![prod.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9373i780B37FCEAD7FDA9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "prod.png")![macro.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9374i12765EBADD242EB0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "macro.png")


Answers:
author: Patrick Vanhoof
body: Same issue here, the option 'Show previews' on or off does not make any difference.


Tags: attachment

macro

pdf

wiki
How can I restore a deleted Confluence space that is hosted on the cloud by Atlassian
Asked by David Gibbard:

We have Confluence hosted as a cloud with Atlasssian. I assume as part of hosting, Atlasssian either backs up space/instances in real-time or nightly batch.

How can I restore one space that was deleted?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi David,

Unless you have made a backup of the particular space that was deleted, it is not possible to restore it using the Atlassian Backups.

Per our [Data storage FAQ](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/data-storage-faq-873871367.html):
> *Point-in-time backups for your instance are taken every 24 hours for the purpose of disaster recovery. Backups are stored at a location separate from the data center. **Use of backup data to roll back changes to application data is not supported**.*

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
License Question on Setting up a new Atlassian Environment to replace our existing one.
Asked by Bender Bending Rodriguez:

We currently have an Atlassian environment with JIRA, Confluence, etc.

I am setting up a new environment to replace my existing one.

In this new environment: Can I use my current license for these apps, such as Confluence and essentially have the licenses double up for a brief time before I kill the old environment?

What issues would I run into?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: The short answer is yes, you can use your current licenses for your new environment.

comments: author: Bender Bending Rodriguez
body: Thank you.
Is it possible to to connect Outlook to Confluence 5.10.8?
Asked by Christina Papke:

Hi,

we are using confluence as a knowledge wiki and would like to add reminders for updating the wiki to outlook.

Is that possible?

thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Michael Bunke
body: Hi there,

please vote for this feature-request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-60812>


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Christina,

There is no feature like this, but I would suggest [creating tasks in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf510/add-assign-and-view-tasks-829077315.html) to remind users, and then you can even set up something like [Task Reminder for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.task-reminder/server/overview) to email them when they don't have completed tasks.

Note that you won't be able to automate this using Confluence tasks, so you'll want to make sure to add the task manually with the desired date and user mention in order for it to work with the add-on.

I hope this helps!

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Michael Bunke
body: Hi there,

please vote for this feature-request: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-60812>
Can i reorder spaces in Atlassian documentation?
Asked by jira.user:

I would like to change the order that appear my spaces, like take the one that appear on the last position and put than on the first position. If can i do, how?


Answers:
author: Palak Patel
body: Hi jira.user,

You cannot change order of spaces but you can change order of pages within space.


author: MoroSystems Support
body: Hi jira.user,

Yes, you can change the order a page, manual is [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html). Do you need Space admin permission.

Best Regards

Pavel

MoroSystems Support


Tags: documentation
Default first page in mockup on Balsamiq Wireframes for Confluence Server
Asked by Mark Brewster:

Hi everyone

I created my first mockup within Balsamiq Wireframes for Confluence Server, it's still currently in draft. However, I placed a page of the mockup before what was originally the first page and that's what shows in the preview.

I'd like the 'new' first page, which is ordered first, to show first, when published. Am I making sense?

Hope someone can help, thank you!


Answers:
author: Brendan Saricks
body: Hey Mark,

This is a great question, and it totally makes sense.

To change your starting wireframe, edit your Confluence page, click on the macro, click "Config" on the little pop-over that appears, and select the wireframe you'd like from the "Starting Wireframe" drop-down.

It's kind of a hard thing to describe over text, so here is a gif of that process:

![xztpYmJYL1.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9417i06048A2580B295C0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "xztpYmJYL1.gif")

Let me know if that helps, Mark, or if you have any further questions. Of course, you can always [reach out to us via email](mailto:support@balsamiq.com) if that is easier for you.

Happy Wireframing!

comments: author: Mark Brewster
body: This is clear and has worked for me perfectly, thank you for the help!
How to create a custom look for the Home Page
Asked by Wendy Jiang:

I would like to modify a Confluence Site home page as follows:

1. Changing the content in the right hand side of the screen

2. Keep the original Sidebar in the left hand side of the screen

In the Atlassian official instruction, it said we could easily change the site home page by pointing it to a space top page.

Just that doing this will change the sidebar to the space sidebar as well, which is not what I was seeking for.

I also tried to change the default home page 'dashboard' directly, but Confluence only allows me to customize part of it.

Is there any easier way to achieve my goal?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Wendy Jiang](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1123054)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-site-home-page-138140.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/set-up-a-space-home-page-829076213.html>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/set-up-your-space-homepage/>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/configure-the-site-homepage/>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-147534.html>

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/customize-your-space/>

Cheers


Tags: confluence-server

server
How I get data in dropdown list from table of page Confluence
Asked by se smir:

I wanrt create pattern where choice item from table


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Not sure I understood you correctly, but you can try [Table Filter](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Dropdown+Filters) macro dropdown filters.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You are going to need to explain that more clearly.


Tags: source

table
When i click create page i only see the option to create a Blog Post, no other options appear.
Asked by Preem Anand:

When i click create page i only see the option to create a Blog Post, no other options such as create a Blank Page.

On other spaces within my company's Confluence i see all options when i click Create Page.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You only have "create blog" permissions in that space. Talk to the space admins about getting page permissions.

comments: author: Preem Anand
body: great thanks


Tags: blog
Confluence Create button
Asked by MrPy:

I want the default Create button to be able to create a new blog post when the user has the Blog marked in the page tree. And when Blog is not marked it should create a default page.

![image2012-12-12+11_24_59.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9342i443408D9FC48CBFF/image-dimensions/205x385?v=v2 "image2012-12-12+11_24_59.png")![image2012-12-12+11_24_59.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9343i7F64532CE71FFD68/image-dimensions/503x55?v=v2 "image2012-12-12+11_24_59.png")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You will need to amend the core code that provides the menu.

comments: author: MrPy
body: I know that I can change the "Create" button to either make a default page or new blog post. But I want the button to be smart and be able to figure out that when im in the blog tree it should make a new blog post.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm pretty sure you could do that, but you will need to do it in the core menu code.
Who can add users in Confluence ?
Asked by Iuliana Burgi Jurj:

Hello,

My guess is that only Administrators can add users to Confluence, but it is worth checking it.

I tried adding, but I type the name of the user, I can only manage to add those who exist already, not new ones.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It depends on your user directory.

If it's the internal one, yes, Admins can add users, but you can set it up for people to sign up themselves.


Tags: user-management
has something changed in epi info? because iam getting- could not connect to selected data source
Asked by Kath Jhar:

![Inline image](https://apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjJ-e3OWFuOJ9CKQtRiKhvV_3k6Q_qS3fyYL6NWiqO79yN4JObrAXde6EHHNa0HwcxruGl2LEeEb8L4Fd0GBJs5fOA/messages/@.id==AGZB9goAACunWgpIsg5QENSYPN4/content/parts/@.id==2/thumbnail?appId=YahooMailNeo&downloadWhenThumbnailFails=false&pid=2)


Answers:
author: Maria Teresa Canete
body: I got the same message.

I was trying to make a form out of a table in EXEL.

My workaround: I saved the EXEL table into an earlier format. That is, instead of FILE.xlsx (EXEL workbook), I saved it as FILE.xls (EXEL 97-2003 Workbook).

FInally got the program to read the file.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: You cannot link images from Yahoo Mail, we can't see it.