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Create from Template - Hide the ability for a user to pick a template
Asked by Martin James:

If we insert the Create from Template macro into the page, our users can still selecting their own template. The purpose of us using this macro is for them to use the template we need them to use.

Can we have the ability to hide ![template.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21527i708092BA325BE396/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "template.png") ?


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Martin,

The app HideElements for Confluence could be a solution for our needs: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211757/hideelements-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211757/hideelements-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Regards,  
Stephan
Can we use Confluence whilst Scheduled Jobs are running?
Asked by Martin James:

I'm planning to upgrade a Confluence add-on early morning. I noticed we have 5 Scheduled Jobs running at this time.

Would my plugin upgrade mess things up? I will need to make some configuration changes to the plugin settings too.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: The only scheduled job I would be concerned about is the automated XML back-up as it is resource intensive. The rest should be able to run in the background while you update the plugin. You may temporarily disable the backup at Confluence Admin\>Scheduled jobs\>Back Up Confluence\>Disable:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-08 at 12.44.26 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21559i6CDF837FC4092A1D/image-dimensions/702x158?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-05-08 at 12.44.26 PM.png")

comments: author: Martin James
body: Thanks for this.

I'm glad I checked :)
Could you please provide me the list of new features in v6.8 compared to version 5.10.1 ?
Asked by ASHIK:

Hi

I have my current confluence version 5.10.1 and am planning to upgrade it to v6.8.

Could you please provide the list of features that is new in v6.8 as compared to 5.10.1 ?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@ASHIK](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1349471),

you can find all the changes in the release notes:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf68/confluence-release-notes-947171487.html>

Look at every single major version between your current version and 6.8 to get the features.
What solution or add-on can I use to create email templates that our staff can use?
Asked by Admin Hanson:

Hi, everyone!

We're a Mortgage company that uses Confluence Cloud as a knowledge base. Our staff uses it to troubleshoot problems and a place for How-To documents.

Recently, we decided we would like to use Confluence as a place to create Email Templates that our staff would send to clients.

Process:

Open page \> Change details \> copy content \> paste on email \> send

Since it will be a template, each email we send would have content that stays the same (introduction), and specific content that change (like their name, pending requirements, loan amount, etc).

One template that we use is a Request for Documentation email. See picture below (sensitive data erased).

Unfortunately (due to our lack of tech skills), we just place **XXX---XXX** on areas that need data to be entered

![asdasd.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21520i48E4934CD0F90C60/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "asdasd.PNG")

We feel that this is such an unsustainable method especially for our templates that are long and require multiple data to be entered. If we keep using this method, our staff tends to miss some **data entry points.**

We want the **data entry points** to be *super visible* and *editable* if possible.

Where our staff views the page, enters the data needed, copies the result and pastes it into an email.

I'm not sure which Macro, Add-on, or solution can make this work.

++Is there a solution for this? or are we asking too much?++

I would appreciate any help you can give. **Thank you for reading this far** .   

P.S I looked into add-ons like Forms for Confluence, Easy Forms, Forms Inline Editor. Are these solutions or completely different?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I think this plugin was designed for your use case: [DocuSign for Confluence eSignatures](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215497/docusign-for-confluence-esignatures?hosting=server&tab=overview). I suggest giving it a free trial.

comments: author: Admin Hanson
body: Thanks Ann! I will give it a try.


Tags: atl-adm

cloud

confluence-cloud
Where to find the higher versions of Table of Content Plugin?
Asked by Abhishek Bharadwaj:

We are having the Table of Content Plugin v2.6.10. But as it is not compatible with Confluence 6.1.4, we came to know that higher versions of Table of Content Plugin are compatible (\>2.6.10). can you please help us to find the higher version of that plugin.

Plugin Name: Table of Content Plugin

Plugin Key: org.randombits.confluence.toc


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: See the marketplace listing. It's very rare that a marketplace vendor will have a separate listing, as most of them sell through the marketplace. If there are no updated versions, then it means the vendor has stopped selling the product.

For this one, see <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/196/table-of-contents-plugin/version-history>

comments: author: Abhishek Bharadwaj
body: Hi [@Nic Brough -Adaptavist-](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781454) thanks for the reply,

I have seen the higher version of the same plugin, but not aware of the vendor.\\

Abhishek


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: If you've seen a higher version, then either the vendor has stopped publishing on the marketplace, or it's another App by another vendor. You should have a read of the pages that you found it on, as all we have is the marketplace entry.
Sidebar
Asked by Darina Plekhova:

Good day.

Is there a possibility to change the color of a confluence sidebar and the layout of it (add icons into the sidebar etc.)?

I am aiming to meet the company identity more and make people recognize the company by landing to our startpage/spaces.

We are using server.


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Darina Plekhova](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1312074),

there are different possibilities to change the Look \& Feel of Confluence as mentioned [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-147534.html).

The first two points are a good start for a costumization without a certain theme.
> **Ways to customize the look and feel of your site:**

* Add your own site logo. See Changing the Site Logo.

* Change the **color scheme** of the user interface. See Customizing Color Schemes.

The icons would be created as Spacelogos for example.

Hope I could help you.

comments: author: Darina Plekhova
body: Hi [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720)

Thank you so much for your reply. I followed your instructions and unfortunately did not find what was needed. The only changeable options were elements around the sidebar.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21599iB22D0565044A9418/image-dimensions/279x390?v=v2 "image.png")

And still nothing about the sidebar.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21601iFFC44E25CF3CC17E/image-dimensions/206x461?v=v2 "image.png")


author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Darina Plekhova](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1312074)

sorry to hear that - I really thought sidebar would be part of the color scheme.

As far as I can see you can only costumize the sidebar with Stylesheets -\> see [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf62/styling-confluence-with-css-902074905.html#StylingConfluencewithCSS-CSSResources). But that's something I haven't tried out myself.

Another idea would be a costumizable theme plugin you can find in Atlassian [marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=theme).

We costumized our Confluence with a third party theme - specially programmed for us with some bigger changes.

Maybe another community member has an idea for the sidebar costumizatio.

Wish you all the best and hope you find a solution


author: Darina Plekhova
body: Thanks a lot, [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720)!


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to turn off &quot;you may interested&quot; pop up?
Asked by Gary:

Every time I open home page, there's a popup titled as "you may interested", which I don't require. but just cannot find the setting to turn it off, please can you advise.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Gary,

I do not see such a pop-up on my Cloud or Server test instance so I suspect your instance has been customized. Do you have a Confluence/Sysadmin you could ask about it?

Please let us know what version of Confluence Server or if you are using our Confluence Cloud platform. Cloud instances have URLS that contain "atlassian.net".

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Gary
body: Hi Ann

thanks for the answer, the pop-up looks as below, I don't have any idea whether it comes from some plugin or not ...

![confluence.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21692i7DF5E95854CA6EC7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence.PNG")


author: Gary
body: Just checked with IT, it's version 6.0.4 server, not cloud


author: AnnWorley
body: I installed Confluence 6.0.4 and logged in with an admin and an unprivileged user and never saw the pop-up. I searched the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com) for a plugin that would provide it but did not find it. To help narrow down the origin of the pop-up, please go to Confluence Admin\> Add-ons

![Screen Shot 2018-05-10 at 3.42.56 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21746i41EA3FB61592FF79/image-dimensions/456x212?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-05-10 at 3.42.56 PM.png")

and check user installed plugins. If you don't feel like typing all the add-on names just post a screen shot of the user installed plugins:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-10 at 3.42.39 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21747i2867A70775FBD35A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-10 at 3.42.39 PM.png")
calendars are constantly removed
Asked by vrgl2:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/after-upgrading-to-team-calendars-5-3-calendars-don-t-appear-in-related-space-785451428.html>

For some space i need to manually trigger the resolution:
> " Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/files/785451428/785451425/1/1444784211497/Cog.png) \> **General configuration** \> **Team Calendars** \> **Rebuild Space Calendars** and click **Rebuild** . "

Some calendars are constantly being removed.

Is there a way to permanently fix this?

The above mentioned article also states:
> You may also notice the following errors in the log:
>
>     EmbeddedCalendarsToSpaceMigrationTask.upgrade failed

Where can I find this log entries?

team calendars version: 5.5.4

confluence version: 6.7.2


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: The upgrade logs are in the **atlassian-confluence.log** files in the **logs** subdirectory of the [Confluence Home](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html) folder. If the *EmbeddedCalendarsToSpaceMigrationTask* did not run you may be able to run it in the UI:

1. Open this URL in your browser: \<Confluence Address\>/admin/force-upgrade.action
2. Select EmbeddedCalendarsToSpaceMigrationTask  
   in the "Upgrade task to run" dropdown list.
3. Choose Force Upgrade.

I look forward to hearing how it goes.

comments: author: vrgl2
body: Thanks for the help!


Tags: confluence-server

server

team-calendars-for-confluence
How change Navigation Pane layout to show more information
Asked by Kim Abbott:

We recently upgraded to 6.5.2 from a much older version/theme. Now when I'm in my space, I can't see much in relation to the pages under out space. It only shows 3 levels at any given time so I have no idea where I'm at in the space, let alone in relation to other components in the space. I get lost continually now and have to memorize where everything is instead of being able to "see" where stuff is. I can't seem to find any place where to configure this to show the whole tree and not just the current one-up and one-down display.  

Also, I've seen in the help where it says I should be able to make changes to my sidebar and remove unnecessary items, except I don't have the pencil icon it refers to.

Can someone please tell me how to get back to the prior tree view? This new layout is totally unusable.


Answers:
author: Kim Abbott
body: Also, in cruising around (essentially wasting my time because I couldn't find anything that I needed) I came across this display. But where is the Tree Browser to go with the heading? I don't see any tree...

![Wiki Tree.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21493iA4E83FA723A94761/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Wiki Tree.png")


Tags: navigation

side-bar
JIRA Issue/Filter Macro - any way to see the epic name when searching for issues?
Asked by Lauren Steltzer:

When I search in the JIRA issue/filter macro for issues to link, it shows the Summary of the epic, not the name. I have named my epics carefully. The summary is more descriptive, less specific, and I'm having trouble identifying which exact epic is which from the summary. Is there a way to display the epic name instead of the summary in the search results? Or should I just change my summaries to match the names?


Answers:
author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: Hey Lauren,   

You'll want to modify the macro to pull in the specific columns you want. Check this documentation out for an example:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html>

comments: author: Lauren Steltzer
body: Thanks for the response. I read that page and maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that seemed to be about what columns to display in the PRD. I'm trying to figure out how to see the Epic name when I'm searching... ;-)


author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: Ahhhhh, I see what you are asking for. I understand. I'm not sure about that. I don't think there is a way you can change that it pulls in the summary without changing the code itself.


author: Kian Stack Mumo Systems
body: I guess you could just pull in all epics, set the column to show the epic name and then use that to find the key of the one you're interested in. You could then change the macro to look for that key. Not super smooth but it would get you the right epics.


author: Lauren Steltzer
body: Thanks. I ended up changing the summary to match the epic name, that's working. Though I feel like I'm working against the system... ;-)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

issue
Confluence CSS Default Classes/IDs
Asked by Zack_Fair:

Where can I find a list of default CSS IDs or classes in Confluence? For example #title-page is the ID selector for the page titles.


Answers:
author: Zack_Fair
body: I was unable to find any articles listing all the selector names for Confluence page elements. I was able to determine a solution:

1. Open the browsers developer tools (F12 for most browsers)
2. Use the element picker in the developer tools
3. Hover your cursor on over the page elements and it will display the class/ID used for that element.


author: Elena_Lurye
body: Hi Zack,  

I understand that your question is from last year.. But I was looking for the same thing and found something here - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-elements-in-confluence-using-css-or-javascript-313458894.html>


author: Jonathan Smith
body: I found the following Atlassian page helpful when trying to hide elements:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-elements-in-confluence-using-css-or-javascript-313458894.html>

I was told to hide the 'like button'...

comments: author: Zack_Fair
body: Pretty useful link...still feels like there should be more and why isn't this somewhere in the documentation?


Tags: css
How to Open to new tab for an https://link from the confluence page
Asked by Karthik Chembu:

Currently i have admin rights with my space provided. But as we are working on a page when it click needs to go to an <https://someinternallink.com>. Couldn't find answer across do the needful.


Answers:
author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Usually mouse-wheel clicking opens a link in a new tab.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: During user training, I have shown people to just right click the link and open in new tab. I would like "open in new tab" to be a check box in the link setup someday..

comments: author: Karthik Chembu
body: Where we can setup for that check box in open in new tab.. which i am looking for it..


author: Jonathan Smith
body: It would be a product enhancement request. There isn't one out of the box.


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi,

Check [the similar question](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-open-pages-in-a-new-window/qaq-p/167360) and the provided answer by [@Alex Yasurek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/783206)

comments: author: Karthik Chembu
body: [@Alex Yasurek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/783206) - below answer didn't help me out as i don't have access for stylesheet in my space.. another solution you have pls...

----Bel0w didn't work out to me...

I found another way to do it since my company won't add even a free plug-in.

This one looks great: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/spacedirectory/view.action>

\*\*\*

Edit the space stylesheet:

Space Admin \> Stylesheet

add the following:

a {  
target-name:new;  
target-new:tab;  
}


author: Karthik Chembu
body: Even though i pasted in the stylesheet with below code it is not working anythign wrong ?

Space Admin \> Stylesheet

add the following:

a {  
target-name:new;  
target-new:tab;  
}
Cannot add different event types to confluence calendar
Asked by Jules Leduc:

Hi Community,

I am trying to create a team calendar in Confluence. I have created custom event types. However when I go to add an event to the calendar, the only event type available to me is "Events".

I do not see neither the other default event types nor my own custom event types.

The dropdown menu for selecting the event type is grey and does not display any other selections besides "Events".

This is happening regardless if I double click the date to add event or if I select add event from the ... menu.

I checked permissions and restrictions and it says I have no view nor edit restrictions setup for this calendar.

Any suggestions on how I can get this working properly?


Answers:
author: Jules Leduc
body: Solved. I was not creating the calendar in the correct workspace.

comments: author: Robert Foster
body: Can you elaborate on this - experiencing identical issue.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Have one user autowatch all newly created Spaces?
Asked by Charlie Taveras:

It would be useful to be able to automatically watch all newly created Spaces without having to impersonate the user and watch it manually.

The goal is for this user to receive all notifications for all edits to all Spaces.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It looks like the "Subscribe to daily updates" option should accomplish most of what you need, unless changes to attachments or over 30 edits are a requirement, [Email Notifications](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/email-notifications-145162.html):
> Receive daily email reports showing changes to content in all spaces that you have permission to view.
>
> Note: Daily email reports do not include information about attachments on a page or blog post that are added, edited or deleted. Up to 30 updates will be included, sorted by popularity.
>
> Pages and blog posts that are added, edited or deleted.  
> Comments on a page or blog post that are added, edited or deleted.  
> Updates by users who have changed their personal profile.
How can I get rid of these sidebars?
Asked by Wiley Sanders:

The sidebars in Confluence waste an enormous amount of screen space. How can I make them narrower or get rid of them completely?

![Screen Shot 2018-05-07 at 10.05.51.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21476i0F7FE6EFD7635685/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-07 at 10.05.51.png")


Answers:
author: Scott Theus
body: Hi Wiley, if you hover your mouse over the leftmost edge of the sidebar the cursor should change to a horizontal arrow. That will allow you to click/drag the sidebar to make it smaller or hide it completely.

-Scott

comments: author: Wiley Sanders
body: Hm I get no such arrow on hover.... let me reload.....


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
SQL Server 2016
Asked by Confluence Hanscom:

Can confluence work with SQL server 2016? I see the supported platforms list only goes as far as 2014.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: It works but it is't supported as we can't properly test against it. It's kind of "at your own risk" at the moment.

Please see [Add support for Microsoft SQL Server 2016](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-40933):
> Whilst we absolutely see the need to support MS SQL 2016 and are confident that it works today, we have challenges establishing the automated build tests to ensure that it remains fully supported. Due to this we are unable to announce it as an officially supported platform at this time. We hope to rectify this in the near future in order to add MS SQL 2016 to our officially supported platforms.

comments: author: Ernie Jennings
body: Is there any updated information about this? [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040)
With the Excel Macro: How do I display ONLY the populated cells in excel spreadsheet?
Asked by Julie Tholen:

The workbook as three pages. I have used to three Excel macros, on to display each page. When I display two of the pages, I don't see the grid lines, on the third display, I see the grid lines.

All three pages are formatted the exact same way in the Excel file. In the macro, I have deselected the show grid line option.

Also, editing the rows and columns doesn't seem to work all the time.

Finally, even though I saved the workbook, page by page at 170% it shows up in the macros so small it can be read easily.

what sort of mess have I gotten into, and how do I get out?


Answers:
author: Julie Tholen
body: so here is what I did and it worked perfectly for one spreadsheet, and good enough for the other two.

In the Excel Workbook, sheet-by-sheet, I adjusted the font size to 10pt; I went into PageView and adjusted \& set the print area; I deselected the gridlines, labels \& formula bar. And of course SAVED.

In the Excel Macro, I selected each sheet by name, deselected the gridline options and saved.

I got larger display in two of the three sheets, but good readability, no gridlines and all my rows and columns.

WHY is this macro so much more clugey to work with than the PowerPoint one?

comments: author: Rufus John
body: Thanks Julie for sharing your solution to a problem so many face. Can understand how painstaking it is to go deep into macro/plugin issues but then the relief that comes when you come up with a solution on your own.