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I want to change the colour scheme from that chosen when creating my space
Asked by Patrick Stanton:

When I first created the space DD (Design Documents) I chose Green for the hyperlinks colour.

I have since found out some of the Developers are Red Green colourblind.

I want to change the hyperlinks to Blue in this space (as they are in the rest of Confluence.

I do not have the admin rights (as using on-demand) and cannot get access to that group.

Please could you make the colour change for me for links - thanks.


Answers:
author: Patrick Stanton
body: Thanks this is resolved - it cannot be done on ondemand and must be done via a request. (I cannot see a resolved link however to close this question?)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: We are a community of users, not support. While we can talk about how to help you, we don't have any access to your OnDemand system.

I thought, as an admin, you'd be able to change that yourself, but I'm not sure and if you do need the system-admins to change it, then you'll need to contact OnDemand support.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
"Archive" a Space
Asked by Dave_Harrington:

We have several Spaces that are no longer actively used. We'd like them not to appear on the Dashboard - but, we don't want to delete them and their contents.

Is there a way to accomplish this type of "archiving"?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Dave,  

Editting my comment:  

It seems that we had a feature request for this in our bug tracker: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3921>

<br />

It was fixed recently in Confluence 4.3 which added the functionality to the application:  

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Archiving+a+Space  

Additionally there is a plugin which can add the functionality as well:  

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving  

I hope this helps you :)  

Regards,  

Rodrigo

comments: author: Dave_Harrington
body: So, if I understand the issue in the bug tracker - Atlassian considers it "fixed" because a 3rd party plugin provides the functionality...

Which, I take it, means Atlassian is not going to make this core functionality of the application?

That's disappointing, given the cost of the plugin, which is not insignificant.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Dave,  

I've just edited my comment with my findings. The feature was added to the application in version 4.3. So that might be interesting to you :)


author: Dave_Harrington
body: Ah, yes! Much more interesting... I'm headed to the documentation now... Thanks!


Tags: dashboard

space
required security token
Asked by Patrick J Bonk:

When adding a new page a user is getting this message and I wonder if we dont have a time-out somewhere not set correctly??

"Your request could not be processed because a required security token was not present in the request. You may need to re-submit the form or reload the page."


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi Patrick,

Can you start by asking that user to either flush their browser caches or try with a different browser because most likely this will be browser related. However, I also found this bug report related to the Confluence Linking plugin that appears to have exactly the same symptoms you are describing but I would expect this would affect all users: <https://greenhouse.customware.net/jira/browse/LINK-214>

If neither of these solutions resolve your issue then please open a ticket with [Support](https://support.atlassian.com/), remembering to include a copy of your logs, and we will investigate this issue to see if we can find more pointers to what might be causing this behaviour.

All the best,  
John


author: Gbowe
body: We have the same problem only over VPN. I did increase the timeout with no positive impact.


author: BernardoA
body: I guess if you try increasing the timeout value to 180, then restart the instance may work.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Adjust+the+Session+Timeout+for+Confluence>


Tags: security

token
Red box around emoticon
Asked by Rune Stilling:

Hi there

I suddenly have a red box/frame/line around emoticons. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of them?

I'm running Confluence 3.4.9

Regards,

Rune


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Can you utilize a developer tool (firebug) to inspect the element and see if there is css applied to the image as a border?

Chrome has this built in natively, firefox you'll need to install the dev tool firebug.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Rune,  

Are you talking about the error box macro? [https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Error+Box+Macro+-+Example+of+a+User+Macro
If](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Error+Box+Macro+-+Example+of+a+User+Macro%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EIf) this is the case, you can simply delete the macro and the box will disappear.  

I hope this helps. :)  

Regards,  

Rodrigo

comments: author: Rune Stilling
body: Hi Rodrigo

No its not. I have tried to upload an image of the issue:

![](../../upfiles/redbox.png)


Tags: border

emoji
Confluence: What is the 'confluence user' password in a Linux install?
Asked by Giles Parnell:

Hi

I have Confluence 5.1 installed with root access on Ubuntu 12.04. Reading the documentation it states that an additional user will be created called 'confluence' when installing. I'd like to know what the password is for this user.

**Reason** : I'm trying to confirm that my backups are being successfully written to the standard location: */var/atlassian/applilcation-data/confluence/backups.*When browsing this location, i don't have access- as i don't know the confluence user password.

When i sudo in as root- there are 0 files in the backups location. I can confirm through the confluence admin console that the standatrd location is being written to.

**Problem:** Think i've now made the problem more complex for myself: In trying to view the contents of this backups directory, i searched around online for what the password of this user could be. I couldn't find anything so changed it in the Ubuntu user management console. Now in trying to run a backup manually- i get a permission denied problem as the password has changed. I have subsequently changed the confluence user password back to 'not being required' in the Ubuntu user management confluence (Is this correct?)... but am a little nervious to restart confluence in case it won't start up again.

**Question:**

1. Where are my backups being written to and why can't i see them in */var/atlassian/applilcation-data/confluence/backups-*even when i sudo in as root?

2. Having clearly erroneously changed the confluence user password- what should i be changing this back to- to ensure i don't have any permission problems when i restart confluence?

Any help would be appreciated

Giles


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Hi Giles,

If I were you, I would just create a new user that you create the password for, chown the atlassian-confluence-xxx directory recursively and do the same for the confluence.home directory. You'll then need to alter your daemon or service that runs confluence, if you have one.

As for the backups, ensure that they are enabled in the Confluence scheduled jobs. They are disabled by default because of the performance hit they can instill for the application. Ensure they are scheduled for an off-peak time.

You really should have a production backup strategy in place instead of the xml backups. They are not production-worthy backups I would rely on.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Production+Backup+Strategy>

Hope this helps!

comments: author: Richard Crampton
body: Hi ryan,I dont suppose you happen to know what the password is for the generated user account 'Atlassian Confluence' ? I want to log onto this account to test confluence as currently I need to chmod the user directory because confluence will not start properly as my default user does not have access to the confluence-init.properties file


Tags: confluence-administration
Running confluence with NTLM-Proxy side-on-side with an http_export varaible?
Asked by TechnicalS:

Hi everybody!

Currently confluens ist installed in a local Network without internetaccess. For the future, a connection to the world should be establisched over a ntlm proxy.

So i set up JAVA_OPTS in the setenv.sh wit the -Dproxy... options.

But there was no connection made to the UPM. ( Any other ideas to test the access to net Internet within confluence??)

(1)So, i found an bashrc entry on the SLES11-system hosting confluence:

http_export=\<proxy with username and domain\>

https_export=\<proxy with username and domain\>

My Question:

Does confluence use this http_export/https_export or do i need to setup the same proxy-users as in (1) within the JAVA_OPTS ?


Answers:
author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi there,

I believe you got the java properties from this [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Web+Proxy+Support+for+Confluence), right? So, in case the proxy integration was correctly set, there are more a few things you can check regarding UPM connection. I'd suggest that you consult this other [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Problems+Connecting+to+the+Atlassian+Marketplace)to cover other possible problems.

Cheers


Tags: linux

ntlm

proxy
[SOLVED] close issue
Asked by Cristian Calaf:

Hello.

I want that issue type could be closed by the reporter and by a project role.

I add the next options to the "close" steep:

- Only the reporter of the issue can execute this transition.

- Only users in project role bosses can execute this transition.

But now only can close the issue the reporter.

I tred to resolve my problem configuring permission scheme, but It doesn't work because within will be affected all issue types of the project, and I don't want this.

I'm using JIRA 5.1.7 on ubuntu server x32

Could someone help me.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: \> But now only can close the issue the reporter.

Check who is in the role of bosses in the project

Check that the two conditions are joined with OR, rather than AND - if they're an And (which is the default), then the user would have to be the reporter AND in the role of bosses.

comments: author: Cristian Calaf
body: thanks.

The condition was "and", now I change it and works perfectly.


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Christian,

You can close this issue by accepting the answers that help you resolved it. If there are none, please post your Answer here to share the knowledge.

Thanks,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


author: Florin Manaila
body: You will need to create a separate workflow for this specific issue type and only add the conditions in this workflow, or you can use a plugin like JJupin or Script runner to check the permissions only for the issueType you want.


Tags: close
it is posible to get the password in a confluence macro ?
Asked by jmsantam:

I wonder if its posible to get the password by a macro in confluence

something similart to :

```
$action.remoteUser

I Suposse that is not possible for security reasons, I dont find the way.
```


Answers:
author: fsim
body: Hey there,

Sorry, this is not possible as we don't have getPassword() in either the RemoteUser class nor the UserAccessor class. Passwords are also stored hashed in the DB, and yes, this can be a security issue.

Foogie


Tags: macro

password
Identicifation marks for new or changed entrys
Asked by Bj?rn Eitmann:

Hi \*

Is there a plugin for marking new or changed entrys (wiki-sites) with new or a "\*"

BR

Bj?rn


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Confluence do not have an indicator such as \* for new or changes entries but you can make use of [Page History and Page Comparison Views](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+History+and+Page+Comparison+Views) to track the history of changes to each page.


author: MatthewC
body: Hi Bj?rn,  
What do you mean? You want a (\*) next to spaces that have new content ? Or you want a list of all updated content?
Do configuration changes show up in the Confluence log files anywhere?
Asked by Sami Moran:

I've searched in the documentation, but I can't seem to find what kinds of things are actually placed in the logs.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: RianA
body: For information like JVM parameter number of spaces, OS information and the database would be inside the log. However if you would like to see any modification on the file, you could get it from System Information when you start up Confluence.

comments: author: Sami Moran
body: Thanks, Rian. Very helpful!


author: RianA
body: Sure most welcome! You could get more information about Confluence log here:  
\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Confluence+Logs>


author: SarahA
body: Hallo Sami

Nice question! There's a page in the Confluence administration UI that shows the configuration changes made since Confluence was installed. Here's the documentation:https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Tracking+Customisations+Made+to+your+Confluence+Installation

I hope this helps.

Cheers, Sarah

comments: author: Sami Moran
body: Thanks for the link, Sarah!

That's not quite the information I was looking for, though. I'm clearly not using the right terminology in my search, or in my question. :-(

What I'm looking for specifically is a log of changes to the Confluence configuration --- that is to say, configuration settings, not modifications such as adding a new user macro or some custom Java or Velocity code --- primarily at the system level. Specifically, I'd like to be able to track when and by whom: plug-ins were installed/enabled/disabled; the security configuration was changed; someone tweaked the overall search configuration, etc.

It would be nice if I could track when and by whom: someone added a new user group or a new user, or revises permissions for either; someone applied a different theme to a space; etc. These things are considerably less important, though.

Wikis are so great at tracking page histories, I just expected for system changes to be tracked at the same level of detail. If they are, I certainly haven't been able to find out where ....

Thanks for your help!

Sami


author: SarahA
body: Hallo again Sami

Ah, I see. A partial answer is that you can track what's happened to plugins, via the Universal Plugin Manager's audit log:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Viewing+the+Add-on+Audit+Log>

For things like adding user groups, etc, I guess you'd need to do a database query.

That's as much as I know. :)

Cheers, Sarah


author: Sami Moran
body: Thanks, Sarah! Very helpful.
How to monitor Confluence
Asked by Bron:

Hi Guys,

I will be upgrading my Confluence and will be using Tomcat 6.0. I am going to have Tomcat monitored by Netcool. Is this sufficient for Confluence?. Do I need another way of monitoring my Confluence e.g if confluence goes down - will Tomcat know?

Thanks in advance :)


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi there,

I'm not familar with Netcool so I'm not able to tell you wheter it's suitable for your needs or not, but from looking at it I would assume it has most of your bases covered. The most important thing for you is that you have some kind of monitoring of the Java activity in your instance so you can monitor memory consumption, garbage collection throughput etc, but Netcool appears to have all that functionality so I believe it would cover your needs.

However, monitoring is only monitoring and I don't know whether Netcool has any functionality to trigger events such as a Tomcat restart when the instance goes down, so you might need to develop some custom scripts that are triggered by alarms from the monitoring system for recovery purposes.

All the best,  
John


Tags: monitor

tomcat
How can I remove or delete a version of a page in confluence?
Asked by Jeannette Lamb:

We are using confluence version 4.1. The documentation says that if I am a space administrator I should be able to remove a specific version of a page. When I go to the page history, I see no option for removing a version, only restoring a version. I have space admin rights.

Am I missing something?


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi there,

I'm sorry to say that you can only delete versions of pages from Confluence 5.0 onwards, before then the fucntionality isn't available so it is expected that you wouldn't see the option to delete the versions. However, you can check out the improvement request that this issue was being tracked in here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-996>

All the best  
John


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

I think, deleting a version of a page is a new feature of Confluence 5.

Cheers

Thomas


author: CelsoA
body: Hi Jnet,

The feature to remove one version of a page was not implemented on Confluence 4.1

You are able to do it only with Confluence 5.x

Regards.


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Hi, as I see what you have to do it's to check the version you want to delete and then press on Tools and then Erase, that way you can erase more than one in one click, the restoring version you only can do to one version, that's why the option it's in the line.

Hope this helps.

comments: author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Wrong answer. Deleting.
Active Directory User
Asked by Yves Liesy:

I've created a user directory via Active directory. Previously, I have created on the server a group "Confluence" so that only those users will be enabled in Confluence. However, in Confluence are all users displayed that are created on the server.  
How can I ensure that only the users can be displayed or logged in from the Confluence group on my server in Confluence itself.  

Screenshot of my AD settings:

![](../../upfiles/confluence_ad.JPG)

"seitcomusers" ( typing failure in the screenshort, sorry for that) = the base directory on the server

"confluence" = the group that should be selected ( the only group that should be selected), problem: Confluence selects each group listet in the homedirectory.  


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Yves,

I believe you are trying to restrict the users that are allowed to autenticate to confluence.

In order to do this you are going to need ot write an LDAP search filter. We have a document on how to do this which I will link below.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/How+to+write+LDAP+search+filters>

You want to set up the filter in the "Group Filter" portion of your LDAP Connector. It is going to be one of those items with the arrow to expand the section. When writing your filter it is important to use the FQDN (Full Qualified Domain Name) for the group you are filtering for.


author: fsim
body: Hey Yves,

The Additional Group DN field does not take an actual group entity. It takes a tree path. So for example, **if** your users are located in ou=users,ou=seitcomusers,dc=seitcom,dc=internal , and your groups are located in ou=groups,ou=seitcomusers,dc=seitcom,dc=internal , then your Additional User DN should be set to ou=users while your Additional Group DN should be set to ou=groups.

+1 to what Daniel said earlier. You can only restrict users via a **User Object Filter**, under the User Schema Settings in the directory configuration.

Foogie


author: BernardoA
body: Hello.

According to my understanding I hitnk you can check in Confluence Admin \> Global Permission, so in this way you can know which users belong to that group.

comments: author: Yves Liesy
body: Unfortunately no, every registered user from my homedirectory can log in at Confluence. I got a group in Confluence itself that displays those users who are licensed or have rights to login to Confluence, but every other user from the AD can log in too.
How to get current space category in confluence refinedwiki Original Theme Header
Asked by Christoph L?tjen:

We are using Confluence for our technical documentation and refinedwiki Original Theme Plugin to customize the design. Documentation is available in two languages (German, English). Spaces are organized as follows:  

Category: "German"  

Space: "Product 1 - DE"  
Space: "Product 2 - DE"  

Category: "English"  

Space: "Product 1 - EN"  
Space: "Product 2 - EN"  

In the site header, I'd like to place links to Product 1 Home, Product 2 Home, ... in current language. (I try to modify the site header using the textbox provided by OriginalTheme \> Manage custom design.)  

That means:  

If the current page is in a space that has category "German":  

Link: "Product 1" =\> Space "Product 1 - DE" - Home  

Else  

Link: "Product 1" =\> Space "Product 1 - EN" - Home  

I understand that I can use Velocity functions so a simple if should do the job if I could get information about the current space.  

How can I access the category of current space?  


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: hi there!

I'm not sure if that would be possible. I believe that the best would be to contact the refinedwiki team and ask them the possibility to customize the plugin this way. If you could paste here their answers would be great :)

Rodrigo


author: Christoph L?tjen
body: Hi Rodrigo,

thanks for your reply. Here's the answer from refinedwiki team.

```
#if ($sitemeshPage.getProperty("page.spacekey"))    #set($spaceInfoBean = OriginalThemeHelper.getSpaceInfoBean($sitemeshPage.getProperty("page.spacekey")))    $spaceInfoBean.categoryNameKey#end
```

This is not an official API so I assume it might change in future releases.

PS: Thumbs up for refinedwiki support team. Fast an qualified answer. Great ;-)

<br />

comments: author: Thomas Krause
body: Yeah! After 4..5 hours of searching how to get the current space key (and the category key) in top.vm of RWT I've found this. Thx!
Task synchronisation Outlook
Asked by Yves Liesy:

Is it possible and if so how, to export tasks from Confluence via exchange to Outlook?  
I'm looking for a solution if a user is adressed via @user in Confluence, that the task assigned to him will be transferred to outlook.


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello Yves,

Natively in Confluence we don't have this kind of feature yet, but you could try to perform some kind of customization with your Confluence to achieve this goal. In this case, I would suggest you to contact one of our Atlassian experts, that are a kind of certified partner able to provide more assistance when there's a need to customize the instance itself to add a kind of feature like this one that you need, this would be the recommended approach here. You can contact them by the following:

<http://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts>

Hope this helps.

Kind Regards,

LJ.


author: Michael Bunke
body: Hi there,

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

kind regard \& happy new year

mb