youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
is there a way to alert users to critical content posted since their last visit?
Asked by Brian Anderson:

Hi all,

I'm looking for an effective way to present some sort of Alert in our users' Confluence page that will notify them of certain posts that were created/edited since their last login. The idea is to have various pages that we've created (Known Issues, Important Announcements, etc) feed this alert, which will appear until the article that was created or edited is viewed. Ideally, we'd then be able to read a report of some sort of who at least navigated to the page so we can have some basic sense of how aware our staff might be of the change.

We currently Notify Watchers, but we can't rely upon each of our engineers to read the generated email.

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Hi Brian,

Have you tried the Viewtracker add-on? I haven't tried this because it's not available for Cloud, but it seems like it would solve your problem of knowing who viewed the page.

It doesn't provide a way to put alerts in Confluence itself. Then again, if you did that, you might run into the same challenge as you do with Notify Watchers - you still can't guarrantee that everyone will click on the alert.

comments: author: Brian Anderson
body: Hi Susan,

Thanks for the suggestion! I haven't tried or heard of Viewtraciker, but unfortunately we're also on Cloud.

I almost see this as an expansion of the Notifications feed, but:

a) the admin would be able to dictate what appears in the feed

b) the admin can see when and who has clicked on what, so they can devise another communication strategy if necessary for certain topics

c) it would be a gadget that can be added to a page.


author: Susan Ostreicher
body: Some other thoughts... If you're using Cloud, Analytics for Confluence Cloud will show who's viewed a page. It's simple and easy to use, but expensive for what it is.

To create a feed, you could use the Recently Updated macro and use labels to control which pages appear there. For example, you could add an "alert" label to specific pages, and then set the macro parameters to include only that label. But this wouldn't meet your original requirement of having the page disappear from the list after the user clicks on it.

Good luck!


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Importing Confluence backup from an older version
Asked by DAI:

Hi,

we are about to migrate Confluence to another server. The two servers have different versions (see below). Should we expect some difficulties with importing a Confluence backup which was exported from an older version? Should we update Confluence on the old server first? What would be your migration strategy in this case?

Confluence version old server: 5.8.14

Confluence version new server: 6.1.2

Thank you very much!

Greetings


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

do you want to export single spaces and import them to the newer version or do you want to move the whole installation to a new hardware server and keep all the settings from the old server and overwrite therefore all the settings in the new one?

comments: author: Thomas Schlegel
body: If you want to move the whole server and overwrite all the settings from the newer one, look at this page:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html>

If you just want to export and import spaces, you can check, if it is possible to import the older space. This is described here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-space-152036.html>


author: DAI
body: Hi Thomas, thank you for replying.

Which settings do you mean, exactly? Can you give an example?

we set up a completely new installation (with a new license) on new hardware and now want to move all our content to this new installation.

Thank you


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Ok, then I would try exporting and importing spaces, have a look at the second page, I linked to.

Since both versions are quite close, there's a good chance that you can import your spaces into the new server.

Good Luck!
confluence space blueprint nested pages
Asked by Andre Rueckbeil:

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to write a custom confluence space blueprint with multiple nested child pages. The final page structure within the space should look like this:

- Page A  
- Page B  
- Page C

- Page D  
- Page E  
- Page F  
- Page G  
- Page H  

...and so on.

To create the space blueprint plugin I followed these tutorials:  
[Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-blueprints/space-blueprints/write-a-simple-confluence-space-blueprint "Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint") and [Space Blueprint Module](https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-plugin-module-types/space-blueprint-module "Space Blueprint Module") and I'm successfully able to create my custom space with child pages.

The problem is that the corresponding pages are created on the same level and I've found no way to nest them.

I've tried the following in my atlassian-plugin.xml:

```
<content-template ref="hierarchy-child-a-content-template">    <content-template ref="hierarchy-child-b-content-template"/>    <content-template ref="hierarchy-child-c-content-template"/></content-template>
```

Page B and C should be nested under Page A (at least as far as I understand) . Instead they're all created on the same level like:  

- Page A  
- Page B  
- Page C

Does anyone know how to do it correctly?

**Update:** It's working now! I don't know why. I actually changed nothing in my atlassian-plugin.xml. Seems a change somewhere else did the trick, but it's impossible to track down what the solution/problem was.


Answers:
author: conorjmcq
body: Hi Andre,

I'm also trying to create a custom blueprint similar to yours. My problem is that I can never produce any pages other than the 'Homepage'. Could you share your source code or perhaps give any tips ?


Tags: child-page

multiple
Rename upload before they appear as attachments
Asked by Tuelle:

Hi,

I want to add a timestamp to the filename of uploaded attachments so that each new upload is a new attachment and not a new version if the filename already exists. I managed to implement a servlet filter that performs the required action for drag and drop upload, but I don't know how to handle uploads through the upload panel?

Is it possible to change the name in the multipart request during upload?

Or can I hook in some handler that renames every new upload before it apears as an attachment?

Or can I write a custom upload handle?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Tuelle](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/553046) ,

you need to intercept upload action (you need to extend AttachFileAction in a plugin) and perform rename on execute method.

Hope this helps,

Fabio


Tags: attachment

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Why is the system assigning the new user email address as their full name now?
Asked by Chelsea Lovelace:

I noticed that when creating a new user in Confluence Clould, there is no longer a field allowing you to enter the user's full name-just their email address \& groups. If you try to go in and edit the user after creation, it won't allow you to change their full name- it's automatically generated as their email address.

email: cannot be changed

username: can be changed, but will log the user out

full name: cannot be changed, it automatically populated with their email address

This is super annoying... is anyone else noticing this issue? Can this please be put back to the way it was before??

Thanks.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It sounds like your instance was migrated to [Atlassian Accounts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/atlassian-account-for-administrators-873871203.html). According to [Atlassian login issues](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/atlassian-login-issues-833991866.html): "You can no longer use usernames to log in to Atlassian account enabled instances."

It is unlikely that the migration will be reversed, as it was done to provide more functionality. Here are details on what changed for administrators:[Administer Atlassian accounts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/administer-atlassian-accounts-873871209.html)

comments: author: David TenHouten
body: I guess this answers the question of why this happened but doesnt solve the problem or provide a workaround.

when I'm adding/creating users I dont want to have the full name be the email and have that be locked.

1. how can I change users that were created with this problem already

2. how can I create them correctly in the first place.

the links you provided show the field as editable but in fact they are greyed out.

any help is apreciated!


Tags: user-management

confluence-cloud
Does the group permission for a confluence space overwrite the individual permission or do they comb
Asked by Tony Pakium:

I am a Confluence Admin and have a space whereby an individual has been assigned access as a member of a group with minimal permissions and as an individual with more permissions.

It seems the group permissionis overiding the individual permissions - is that the way it is supposed to be? I thought it was the other way round?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Tony,

personal and group permissions are combined and the user gets all of both worlds.
How to sort pages based on number of clicks on the page
Asked by Amit Poddar:

Hi,

I want all pages to be displayed based on number of clicks on the page. Can any one please let me know how to do this.

Thanks in advance

Amit


Answers:
author: Amit Poddar
body: Thanks Thomas, will try this out


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Amit,

there is a free plugin called [Tracking](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.tracking/server/overview) we use for that purpose. It counts all hits for every page (except the ones from the last editor). We use that and it works well. You can create a table with pages sorted by the page count.

But the plugin is counting only from the moment on, it was installed.
Hiding Comments in Confluence
Asked by Nick Dring:

Hi

I have a space that I need to open up to a group of people. In the space there are exisitng pages with comments. I don't want this new group of people to be able to see these comments or any other future comments. Is this possible?


Answers:
author: John Corwith
body: have you checked out <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Hiding-Comments-in-Confluence/qaq-p/17590>?


Tags: comment
How can I create a custom additional button near the content menu
Asked by jjgalea:

I would like to create an additional button to link into a confluence page.

Is there a way I can create this?

see screenshot.

Cheers,  
Jason![button.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/2420i10E81BDA02C328D1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "button.PNG")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You will need to write an add-on that implements a "web ui module" - these can insert themseleves into menus and other places. See <https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/confluence-plugin-guide/confluence-plugin-module-types/web-ui-modules>


Tags: html
Integrate 3D view (json webGL or VRML .wrl) into Confluence
Asked by Dan:

I have created a 3d file with Blend4web ( see [Homepage)](Homepage "https://www.blend4web.com/en/"), a Blender script which creates a JSON file or the JSON in a single HTML.

In the above mentioned homapge, you can play with the 3D Logo on the top left.

I would like to incorporate this model in a Altlassian Confluence page we use for sales information. the salepeople and/or dedicated customers can then view the product in 3D, zoom in, etc..

When I try to copy the html file into the HTML macro, it hangs during processing after pressing the "SAVE" button.

How could I integrate the JSON file or HTML code?

--

Are there other possibilites within Confluence to show an interactive 3D file? WebGL, VRML file, or other files from CAD programs?

Thank you and kind regards,

Dan


Answers:
author: Paul Fleer
body: I realise this is an old post, but I managed to embed WebGL files into Confluence using an HTML IFrame, using this guide - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-put-an-iframe-into-confluence-598837531.html>

comments: author: jleaders
body: To be clear, what was the URL of the iframe?


Tags: embed

image
Confluence page viewer
Asked by Sue:

Hi, I want to share a page with a non-confluence user but I only want them to see 1 particular page on the intire space and ohter pages. I have already enabled the anonymouse access option to "can use"but when I test buy sharing a page with a non user, I see all the pages and spaces. How can I achieve this.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: You can't share a page with a single user who is not allowed to see the rest of the space.

What you can do is:

* give the user the permission to view the space
* put the single page, the user should see directly under the home page of the space
* create another page (e.g. "secret") directly under the space's home page
* move all other pages under the "secret" page
* add a page restriction for the secret page. Allow all users **except** the one to see the page "secret"

But anyway, I wouldn't do that. It is a hell of administration.

There is also a plugin called "Multi Excerpts". With this plugin, you can override space permission by embedding excerpts from one page to another page in another space by overriding the original space permissions. But be careful with that, this could result in a big security problem if you enable this functionality.
Export a page with versioned content
Asked by Thomas:

Is it possible to export a page or a bundle of pages with all the versioned content (not only meta data like editor and date of the version)?

Thank you in advance

Thomas


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: XML exports include all versions. To export a single page and it's versions, go to Space Tools\>Content Tools\>Export, choose XML, Next, and then Custom export to choose just one page.


Tags: export

ms-word

pdf
How can I change my URL
Asked by Rodd:

Hi all,

I would like to change the URL on some of my pages. Can you please let me know how to do this?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: To change the "friendly" url of a page, change the title of the page, or move it to another space

That will not affect the pages "real" url (the one with the id) or the short url (that's based on the real one)

However, I suspect you're asking for something more than that relocation within Confluence. Could you explain more? Although I think Thomas has probably answered it.

comments: author: Rodd
body: Nic,

I'd actually like to change the URL of some of my child pages. The main URL and a few others reflect their titles but for some reason some pages do not.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The answer to "change the url of some of my pages" remains the same - rename them and the friendly url will change.

My best guess without any more information is that you're referring to pages who's url is not friendly. These are pages which are using their "real" url for some reason. Probably that you've used punctuation in their titles that stops them from being rendered as friendly urls.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Rodd,

you can't set the URL of a Confluence page manually. Also I don't know of any plugin that is able to do that.
Slow Page Loading
Asked by Bruce Kaye:

I have a main page that takes 4-20 seconds to load. Other pages do load relatively quickly but a few pages are really slow.

We have minimized any graphics on the page and reduced the number of attached pages.

As other pages do load well it seems to be a page issue. What areas night we want to look at?


Answers:
author: Doug Swartz
body: Are there any macros that appear on the pages that are slow compared to the pages that are fast? Especially look for macros that access resources external to Confluence, such as databases or Jira.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: 1. Copy the page. Is it still slow?
2. View the storage format visually. Is there any bad XML/HTML described in the document?


Tags: page
Can you use anchors in a confluence roadmap planner macro?
Asked by Bryan Collick:

It doesn't even look like I can put a URL in the bar's information... just other confluence pages.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: As you mentioned, the *Link page*field on the bar on the Roadmap Planner only allows you to link to other Confluence pages. Please let me know more about your use case so I can look for a solution. What would you like to link to in the Roadmap Planner?

comments: author: Bryan Collick
body: Hi Ann, thanks for replying and apologies for the delay.

There were two use cases here that I was hoping to provide a solution for:

* As a team member, I'd like to view external documentation pertaining to a bar in the roadmap planner macro (for example: that portion of work is being shipped out to an external contractor without confluence access), so that I can know status of items being tracked elsewhere.
* As a project planner, I'd like to associate a bar in the roadmap planner macro to an anchor point on a confluence page, so that I can reduce the number of pages pertaining to a project.

Let me know if that makes sense.


author: Bronwyn Mahieu
body: I would also like to link to an anchor on a page. For instance I have a roadmap outlining a Program and brief details of each Project within that Program are further down the wiki. I'd like the roadmap to link to each of those Project sections.


author: Eric
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040)Any chance this is still being worked on? Instead of linking a bar to just a page, I (we) would like to be able to link to a specific place in that page, such as a heading. In Confluence, you generally accomplish this by inserting the Anchor macro. Is there a way to get the Roadmap Planner to respect Anchor macros?


author: Jenny Liu
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040) any update on this? As others have stated, more flexibility in what kind of links we can link to from a bar in the Roadmap Planner would be extremely useful. Such as:

1. Jira issue
2. An anchor in the same page
3. An anchor in a different page
4. External URL


author: MadelineBarr
body: If you have the Confluence Server, it looks like they won't do it. There doesn't appear enough people voted: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-36937>

On Confluence Cloud, it looks like they are still gathering interest, but again, not many people voting: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-36937>


author: William Fowlkes Fowlkes (CW)
body: +1. Really we should be able linke to an anchor on the page.


author: Daniel Chapman
body: I am in the same situation as everyone else. I want to link to an Anchor. I guess you would have to use a Macro inside of another Macro...


author: Haller_ Mike
body: [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040) Any movement on this? Would be really helpful to be able to use anchors in the Roadmap Planner.


Tags: advanced-roadmaps

anchor
Why does an answer with a link to a plugin provider's page get flagged as "inappropriate"?
Asked by Doug Swartz:

I was posting an anwer on this page: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Documentation-for-quot-Page-Attachments-Report-quot-macro/qaq-p/91812>?. I kept getting the "Check your message for inappropriate language" message. After editting the response several times, I almost gave up. In one last attempt to post my reply, I removed a link to the plugin home page, and the post worked. The link I removed wasto <https://comalatech.jira.com/wiki/display/META/Confluence+Metadata+Plugin>

I certainly didn't like all the spam in the old system, but I'm unlikely to try 7 times again to post a short answer to somebody.


Answers:
author: Monique vdB
body: Thanks for this Doug -- I think our interceptor is a little too trigger-happy and we will adjust so hopefully this won't happen to you again. Thanks for taking the time to power through.


Tags: feedback
How to only allow admins to create spaces?
Asked by Ruth Norton:

We have a fresh new wiki install, I'd like to keep it clean. I've come up with an Outline and want to restrict the creation of:

- Top level spaces

- Top level pages within spaces

Is there any way to do this?


Answers:
author: Steffi Frank
body: Sorry, miss-understood the question...


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's a specific global permission for "create space". You can leave it with admins.

The pages within a space though, no. It's the same as any other page. But your space admins can control which page is home.
Can I prevent users from updating attachments?
Asked by Tuelle:

Hi,

I am working in a regulated environment where I have to prevent unnoticed changes to Confluence pages. If I use an attached image in a page and the page has been officially approved, it must not be possible to change the content of the page by updating the attachment.

Can I prevent updates to attachments through the permission scheme?

Or can I write a Java plugin that hooks into the upload process and cancels it if an attachment with the same name is already present? If yes, how?

Thanks

Thorsten


Answers:
author: Hermance NDounga
body: Hey Tuelle,

Why don't you just remove edit permissions when a page is done? And only leave the view permission for everyone?

comments: author: Tuelle
body: Hi,

I still want some people to have the edit option for the page content. I am writing a macro for an approval process in a regulated environment. When a certain version of the attachment is approved and displayed in the page as approved, it may not be possible to replace the attachment while pretending to remain approved. So I need a unique attachment identifier for each attachment and version.


Tags: attachment

developer
Can I prevent users from updating attachments?
Asked by Tuelle:

Hi,

I am working in a regulated environment where I have to prevent unnoticed changes to Confluence pages. If I use an attached image in a page and the page has been officially approved, it must not be possible to change the content of the page by updating the attachment.

Can I prevent updates to attachments through the permission scheme?

Or can I write a Java plugin that hooks into the upload process and cancels it if an attachment with the same name is already present? If yes, how?

Thanks

Thorsten


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: You may prevent updates to attachments on approved pages by using [page restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html) on the pages to restrict editing altogether, including the addition or deletion of attachments.

You may use [space permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) to prevent deleting of attachments but as long as they have the Add attachments space permission, users may add updated versions of existing attachments.


Tags: attachment

developer