youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How to add a drop down list in wiki page
Asked by Nipuna:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764897)*

I want to add a drop down list menu in my wiki page. How do I add it?

Thank you,

Nipuna


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You can use [HTML Macro for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview) to add HTML and JavaScript. Also, tryout Gliffy, draw.io and Lucidchart to see they give you what you need. There are many more choices for Confluence Server.

comments: author: Nipuna
body: Hi Milo,

Thank you for your quick answer. I already have a page and want to use wiki markup to Add drop down list for Dev Point Person:

2016-01-22_10h27_48.png

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-add-a-drop-down-list-in-wiki-page/qaq-p/193558?attachment-id=2467){#link_11876c35f51ff6}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32613/1/2016-01-22_09h57_37.png){#display_11876c35f51ff6_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-add-a-drop-down-list-in-wiki-page/qaq-p/193558?attachment-id=2468){#link_11876c35f51ff6_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/32613/2/2016-01-22_10h27_48.png){#display_11876c35f51ff6_2}


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Milo has already given you an option for that, and a couple of suggestions.

I'd also take a look at Scaffolding or Adaptavist's Forms (Yes, yes, I know, I work for them, this is almost an advert. But it is an option that fits this. If you have a lot of field work to do)


author: Nipuna
body: Thanks Nic, In past with Confluence 4.1, we use to work with wiki mark up language to add drop down list and I am looking for some help around that. As we don't extensively use drop downs.

Thanks!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: So which add-on is providing that?


Tags: confluence-cloud

documentation

link
Where is the tomcat install directory?
Asked by Dirk P?rschke:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Configuring a PostgreSQL Datasource in Apache Tomcat](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=218272013)*

Hi everybody,

I stopped Tomcat via /opt/atlassian/confluence/bin/shutdown.sh as mentioned in step 1 - but where is the Tomcat-Installation directory mentioned in step 2.2? I followed the guide (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-setup-guide-135691.html>) but there is no Tomcat mentioned.

The documentation (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-postgresql-datasource-in-apache-tomcat-218272013.html>) is disturbing: I already installed "JIRA Software" on my server and just want to add Confluence too to that machine. I created a new PostgreSQL user for confluence, created a new database for that user too and now I'm stuck because I don't know what the documentation wants me to do exactly ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")

As far as I understand confluence includes tomcat, right? Why do I need to add jars in the filesystem and do some additional stuff? Compared to the installation of "JIRA Software" it seems to be more complicated to me :-/

Thanks in advance for your help.

Kind regards,

Dirk


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \>I already installed "JIRA Software" on my server and just want to add Confluence too to that machine.

It wants you to install JIRA and Confluence **totally independently**. Different installation directories. Both systems include and run Tomcat as the application server, but you should not even think about trying to run both of them in the same Tomcat.

As for the installations, yes, the JIRA install is (currently) a bit more polished at the moment and includes a few more of the dependencies. You used to have to install all sorts of things into a Tomcat if you wanted anything other than Atlassian's standalone system, but that is improving in both JIRA and Confluence. Not quite there yet, but improving.


Tags: confluence-administration

database

documentation

jira-service-desk

postgres

tomcat
broken attachment links in Confluence
Asked by Paul Dickens:

Hello

We are running 5.6.6 and have losted access to attachments although the pages exist. Please can you advise the correct jsp file.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+resolve+missing+attachments+in+Confluence>

Thank you

Paul


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sorry, what .jsp file?

If you've lost access to attachments, you need to check that the files exist on the disk, are read/writable for the confluence users, that the attachments are referenced correctly and then read the log file to see what the errors are.  

What error message are you getting when you try to access the attachments?


Tags: confluence-administration
Labels cage not showing for users
Asked by Shimrit Janes:

We have Labels Cage enabled for a particular space, where only a small number of people are able to create blog posts - other users are able to read and comment, but not create.

We've created a dictionary, so that the post creators are able to label their posts from a pre-defined list of labels, as well as create new ad hoc ones.

In permissions, we've made sure that they have labels cage 'ticked' for them as individuals.

However, when they create posts, they don't see the labels cage dictionary drop down - it is appearing for me, but not for them.

I can't see any reason why the drop down wouldn't be appearing for them?


Answers:
author: Daniel Bajrak
body: Hi,

You can create issue in InTENSO Service Desk <https://intenso.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/8>

Are there any errors in java-script console for this users?

Best Regards

comments: author: Shimrit Janes
body: Cheers for this, Daniel. Not sure if there are any errors showing - will look into this, and also raise the ticket in InTENSO.


Tags: addon-com.intenso.confluence.labelscage.labels-cage
Upload an add-on
Asked by Alejandro Taylor:

Hello,

I recently opened a confluence trial account to create some documentation and too proof the concept of using it to my manager, one of the things I want to do is to be able to add a doxygen or javadoc add-on to be able to upload API documentation. The documentation page (link below) says to go to manage add-ons and select upload but in my instance I do not see am option to upload a file ( see image). I need to be able to try this out to convinve my manager that confluence is the way to go to centralize our documentation. Can you please tell me how can I get access to the upload add-on?

Thanks

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Installing+add-ons>

no-upload-option.PNG

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Upload-an-add-on/qaq-p/428269?attachment-id=10660){#link_1191293e5c8055}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/72606/1/no-upload-option.PNG){#display_1191293e5c8055_0}


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I'm going to assume that that you don't have system admin privileges. Also, it appears that you are using Confluence Cloud, so be aware that it is rather restricted as to the addons available.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
upload with image preview
Asked by Corinna F?hring:

Hello how can I attach pdf s in Confluence but i want to see the content draft as looking on the page..not just the pdf file and a biger file copy in the background......as a grey quadrat


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Not sure what you mean, but if you use the Attachments macro, PDFs are previewable within the page.


author: Milo Test
body: I haven't tried it, but I just came across this free macro. See it does what you need and report back:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xpandit.plugins.linkpreview-confluence/server/overview>


author: Corinna F?hring
body: Hello thanks ! Yes that works fine for pds f I can see them clearly now. But what about Excel ? i have an Excel but I can tsee it good. If I use the excel macro i see al green only


Tags: confluence-administration
How to publish an excel document (downloadable from a table), with version control
Asked by vishnu narain saxena:

Hi ..

We need to create a lot of different excel templates which users would be using (by downloading on their local machines). As the Confluence would only hold template of excel documents (which could be modified / replaced with their newer versions). I need a VBA macro for my excel template wherein as soon as excel document is opened VBA macro should connect to confluence \& check if the current document is the latest version or not, If not then there should be a prompt to download the latest version of document.

I searched google \& all related material but can not locate similar macro (which does not use rest API).

Thanks

Vishnu


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: I really can't think of a way to do this. Your best bet is to add the users as watchers to the page so they are notified when you attach a new version of the spreadsheet.
HI Team, we have a case where people do not log in, they do not see the "user group", it tells the people they must login, in order for them to view them.
Asked by Eric Kung:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [User Profile Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=590259380)*

HI Team, we have a case where people do not log in, they do not see the "user group", it tells the people they must login, in order for them to view them.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean "does not see the 'user group'"?

A user has to be in a group to be able to use it in some cases, and anonymous users can't be in groups because the system can't know who they are (hence the need to log in). But I'm not sure what "seeing the user group" is.


Tags: user-macro
Can I apply time limit to the survey questions in REDCap?
Asked by Ken Hsu:

Hi, I want to create an online memory test of images, which involves showing one image on the screen for 2 seconds, then proceed to a new page with a question about the image, then the participant gives a response; then repeat the steps...

Is this achievable by REDCap? If so, what would be the steps? If not, would you recommend another online survey program that can achieve this?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what this has to do with Confluence?

comments: author: Ken Hsu
body: I was directed to here by this webpage:

<https://www.icts.uiowa.edu/confluence/display/REDCapDocs/REDCap>

Is my question irrelevant to this forum?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, I'm afraid you've followed a link to help with Confluence rather than REDCap.   

Confluence is the system REDCap is using for it's documentation and this forum is for Confluence users (and other Atlassian apps)
I would like this adjusted on my hosting cPanel account: allow_url_fopen=1 in your php.ini file.
Asked by Anthony Agbro:

I would like this adjusted on my hosting cPanel account: allow_url_fopen=1 in your php.ini file.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You're in completely the wrong place. We're a forum of end-users of Atlassian software.

Nothing to do with whomever your hosts are, or cpanel
Naming of administrative default groups
Asked by David Tonhofer:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Groups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139478)*

The article mentions group "confluence-administrators" but this group seems to be named "administrators-confluence", although "confluence-users" is still "confluence-users"?


Answers:
author: Nicolas Bourdages
body: Maybe an admin changed the name of this group on your instance? It's confluence-administrators for me, always have been.

comments: author: David Tonhofer
body: But one cannot change the names of groups. A problem open since 2003... It is also unlikely that someone deleted "confluence-administrators" and recreated it as "administrators-confluence" (I would probably have heard of that). Maybe this is specific to Atlassian Cloud?


Tags: group
Confluence support for data encryption & other security factors
Asked by Karunesh Sarad:

We need some more details on Confluence:

? Does confluence support data encryption at infrastructure (database \& storage side), so that infrastructure admins can't see the data?

? Can we restrict the spaces based on a specific LDAP attributes, for example, few spaces are restricted for Non-US users which can be derived from an LDAP attribute?

? What should be the data backup strategy if we deploy Confluence in single server mode?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Infrastructure encryption works fine, as long as Confluence can get a standard database connection for read/write out of the database server.

The permissions are permissive rather than restrictive. If you have Non-US users, you will need to put them into an LDAP group that identifies them as Non-US, and then **not** use that group in the restricted space's permissions.

For backups, start with a read through <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/site-backup-and-restore-163578.html>  

And for training, have a look at <https://www.atlassian.com/university> (free) and <https://www.atlassian.com/purchase/training> to start with, although some of the Atlassian Experts and Partners also do training (I should point out that I work for one of these partners, so feel free to consider that third one as a bit of an advert for Adaptavist Training!). I don't know what you mean by "GE" seats though.


Tags: confluence-administration
Margin or padding in <li>?
Asked by MarcelE:

```
How it is possible to change the distance between the list items?
Margin or padding is not working. Any ideas? 
```

Bildschirmfoto 2016-01-21 um 15.58.22.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Margin-or-padding-in-lt-li-gt/qaq-p/390900?attachment-id=310){#link_11876df4c04c40}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/66127/1/Bildschirmfoto%202016-01-21%20um%2015.58.22.png){#display_11876df4c04c40_0}


Answers:
author: MarcelE
body: ```
ul li {	line-height: 50%;}
```

That was also my thoughts but it had no effect and I don't want to add \<divs\> around the list.

comments: author: Milo Test
body: That totally worked for me, as did just ul (without the li).


author: Milo Test
body: Just add a CSS macro:

```
li {line-height: 200%;}
```

You could also put each list in a div macro and have the CSS change the line spacing of each div individually by targeting the class of each div.

```
.tight {line-height: 70%;}
```


Tags: confluence-administration
Images used on multiple pages
Asked by Brian Harris:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Displaying Images](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658736836)*

When I add an image from another page, and then edit the page to view the image, how can I find out which page the image was originally attached to (ie where it came from)?


Answers:
author: Gabi Cooper
body: Do you know if there is a way to retrieve a list of the multiple pages referencing the same image?


author: Steffen Heller
body: You can go to Tools \> Info and check "Outgoing links".  
There is the name of the page where the included image came from.

comments: author: Brian Harris
body: Ah, OK. Thanks. I would *never* have worked out that's what that was telling me.

So it doesn't say which specific image was copied from where, it just lists the topics that images on this page come from?


author: Steffen Heller
body: Yes, that is what it does.

But don't get me wrong. I am not saying my answer is the right one. My feeling is more like that you have discovered something that wasn't thought about before.

Let's wait and see if anybody knows something better.
When will this feature be avaliable in the Atlassian OnDemand service
Asked by Michael Kimber:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Integrate questions with your spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=407724495)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Which feature?

comments: author: Michael Kimber
body: The "Question list macro" in Confluence OnDemand


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not sure. Have you raised it with Atlassian?


Tags: confluence-cloud

integration

questions-for-confluence

space
log files getting filled up with GET /rest/lockpoint/1.0/attachment/
Asked by Roger Owers:

our log seems to be hit by these attempts to get a file or lock a file via lockpoint on a very regular cycle, from disparate ips, looks like a bug in confluence, so for the last ?? the logs show an attempt to lock teh same fiel exactly every 15 seconds, some are 6 seconds, some 5...weird..any ideas?


Answers:
author: SherryX
body: Hi @Roger Owers

Do you have the plugin Lockpoint installed in confluence?

We're evaluating the plugin and would like to know if you have the performance issue because of the plugin?

Thanks


Tags: confluence-administration
message for first login account
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear all,

Would it be possible to show some message which the account is first login confluence, such as message,note..etc? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Hello Hsu,  

When a brand new account is logged into Confluence, the first page that appears is kinda of a "Welcome" page, which will ask you to upload a profile picture and also to choose a favorite space. This page just appears one time to you.  

Actually, the URL that I'm talking about is the \<confluence-url\>/welcome.action.
importing child page from another confluence
Asked by Tae Sup Lee:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Restoring a Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=428803752)*

Does confluence allow export and import child pages?

I get space key error as Atlassian mentioned in the document. Is it possible to overwrite or import child page with same space?

instance A instance B

Space : AAA Space : AAA(copied)

child page : BBB ------\> import possible?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You cannot migrate and overwrite, you must first delete (or rename) the existing page or space before migrating.
How do I find folders that have no file attachment and delete them in bulk?
Asked by NAW:

Hi, we created a lot of folders that are/won't be used moving forward, how can I find folders with no attachments and delete them? it might be hard to do them manually. Please let us know.

I am trying to avoid buying/installing an add-on since it takes a long time to get approved.


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: What do you mean "folders"? Do you mean pages with the Attachments macro and no attachments? Then you can use a macro listing user macro to list the pages with that macro and go through them manually and delete the page or the macro.

There might be an SQL method to achieve some level of bulk action, but that is outside my wheelhouse.
Confluence, some spaces have floating footer. How can I change that?
Asked by Nari Man:

In some of my spaces the footer floating at the bottom of the screen and taking a lot of space. Other spaces do not have this issue.

Does anyone know how to change this? I want the footer not to be floating and occupying the screen.

Conf version 5.9.2

thanks


Answers:
author: Malcolm Cook
body: probably the space developer added a common footer to some of your spaces

look at the "space layout" - you should see a footer area - it probably has some macro call which is generating this common content


Tags: confluence-administration
I'm trying to import a 'space' exported from a different site.
Asked by Gary Pick:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764748)*

When importing in 'General Configuration' I receive the error "A space with key NEW already exists." Not sure what to do.


Answers:
author: J. Caldwell
body: Basically, there is already a space with the key "NEW" that exists. Either you've already imported the space, or it was already there.

If you've already imported it, it should be good. If you haven't, you'll need to change the space key either by moving the existing space to a new one and deleting the one key'ed NEW (potentially messy), or you'll need to rename the space key by editing the export you have.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+copy+or+rename+a+space+in+Confluence>


author: Gary Pick
body: Thanks. I just deleted the existing 'space' with the NEW key. I just put it there as a placeholder with no data.

I want to keep the other Confluence instance with the current development company but just want to back up the instance to my local computer regularly to ensure that, in case the development company goes away, I have a current and up-to-date instance. Is there a way to update an SPACE or, with the existing space KEY issue, is there a conflict so it is basically a one-time import but no updating?


Tags: confluence-cloud

import

space
I want to move a page and it's children to a new Space but I want the top page to be the main space page
Asked by Susan Hauth _Jira Queen_:

I created a page and it's children under a Space (call Space A). But I really wanted that main page to be main space page in new Space B. So how do I migrate the page and it's children to Space B making that page the main space. Every time I do it they end up orphaned or I can't edit Space B anymore, just gives me pages and stuff.

I have full admin and I'm on Atlassian Cloud


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Once you move the parent page, select **Space Tools** -\> **Overview** , click **Edit Space Details** and change the **Home page** field to the name of the parent page you just moved.

comments: author: Susan Hauth _Jira Queen_
body: Thanks!!! A little trick I did not know.


author: Milo Test
body: That's what we're here for.


author: Chell Mendiola
body: Right on. Exactly what I needed!


author: TomC
body: Hi @Susan Hauth,

In case you need the 'move' part of your question answered...

\<\<So how do I migrate the page and it's children to Space B making that page the main space.\>\>

1.) Move the initial main page (in Space A) to under the Home page (or really anywhere you wish) in Space B. All its children will come with it.

2.) Perform the steps @Milo Grika shared.

Ah, you just accepted his answer...I'll still send this because maybe '1.)' will help someone else.


Tags: cloud