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case-sensitive find in Confluence Editor
Asked by Christopher Yeleighton:

I am editing a large page and I need to find all occurrences of " K " one by one. How can I do that without stumbling over " k " every now and then?


Answers:
author: MoroSystems Support
body: Hello Christopher,

as a workaround I would use Firefox browser and its built in search function (just get focus out of the Confluence editor and press ctrl + F) which allows to turn on matching case. Then it is easy to jump from " K " to another with F3 key.

Regards,  
Milos


Tags: developer
Confluence is not exporting all selectecd pages into a PDF file, how can I fix it?
Asked by Joao Flavio Mendonca:

I am trying to export 5 pages to PDF, but only the main page appears at the exported PDF document, all other pages are missing...

I am using PDF Stylesheet, but this is not the problem sinc I alreday tested this export withou the Stysheet and I had the same problem.

This export process is the Space export process.

Thanks for helping

Joao Flavio


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: I understand you are using the custom space export to PDF and the child pages are not being exported. I just tried reproducing the issue on my Cloud test instance and the child pages did export with the parent when I selected them.

* Please let me know what version of Confluence server you or using, or whether you are using Confluence Cloud. (I can try reproducing the issue if I know which Confluence version to try it on.)

A [similar issue](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-52756) was previously reported for Confluence Cloud, but a private comment on the ticket indicates it is fixed. I look forward to hearing whether you are still experiencing the issue.

comments: author: Joao Flavio Mendonca
body: Hello Ann,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I found the problem, when I use the attachments macro with the noprint user macro at the previsous page, the next page is not exported or printed.

Here is the code I used for the noprint user-macro:

## @noparams  
\<div class="noprint"\>$body\</div\>

I think it is a system bug.

As a workaround I removed the attachements macro from the noprint and add a code at the PDF stysheet to not print attachment list

plugin_attachments_container{ display: none ; }

and now is working.

:)

Thanks again

Joao Flavio
Edit Confluence Document Locally
Asked by Timofey Sitnikov:

Our company has our own Confluence server. Is it possible to edit confluence document locally? For example, currently I use git and use markdown files so my process is:

- clone the repo

- edit markdown file

- add, commit, and push to publish the changes.

Is it possible to do something like that with confluence?


Answers:
author: WW
body: If you're using git, then you're probably technical enough to create something using the [Confluence REST API](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/latest/), if you're interested in doing that. But, yeah, there's nothing built-in that does that.


author: Ana Retamal
body: Hi Timofey, that's not possible. I've checked our issue tracker and I couldn't find any Feature request for that, if that's something you'd be interested in, you can submit your idea at [jira.atlassian.com](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa) by clicking on the **Create** button.

Regards!

Ana


Tags: confluence-server
Edit-page function(pencil icon) does not work with my chrome
Asked by ando:

The pencil icon on top of the page bearly appears. So that I cannot make any modification on the page. Have anyone experienced the same? Please help if you know how to solve it.

\*This happens on the new UI. This never happend with the previous UI.

\*I have re-loggedin, re-boot my pc, but the issue still remains.

\*This only happens with chrome, it works fine with IE.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Hi Takuo,

I can't say why the pencil icon is not appearing, but if you press the "e" key on the page, it will take you into the edit mode. That might work until you can figure out a solution.

comments: author: ando
body: Thank you very much for your reply. I turned out pressing 'e' works only when the pencil icon is appearing.


author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Interesting... thanks for letting me know.


author: ando
body: I have noticed that happening as well. Sometimes the pencil is there and sometimes it is not. After nav. away from the page and coming back to the page the pencil usually all appears. Also, what zoom are you on? I tend to use higher than 100 so if you are on a higher zoom try switching to 100 to see if that makes it come back.

comments: author: ando
body: Thank you very much for your answer. I am not using zoom. What is the nav.?


Tags: edit

page
Costs upgrade confluence
Asked by Arno van Hemert:

In our organization we use confuence version 5.9. However we want to upgrade to te most recent version (6.3). What are the costs to upgrade to 6.3 (not cloud)?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Time.

Your licence lets you use any version of Confluence released before the end of the licence. If your licence is current, then 6.3 will cost you nothing. If it has expired, you may need to renew to get to the latest version.

So if you have a licence, the cost to upgrade is simply the time your admins and users will need to put into doing the work.

comments: author: Arno van Hemert
body: Hi Nic,

Thank you for your reaction.


Tags: cost

upgrade
Confluence: how do I disable comments on an individual page?
Asked by Robin King:

I want to disable comments on a per-page basis.

I found this page: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-commenting-on-an-individual-page-695107603.html>

HOWEVER: maybe the recent interface update has changed things? I cannot find the gear icon menu button to find Add-ons, and so I cannot enable the HTML module.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Robin,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Actually, [the HTML macro is a restricted function in Cloud,](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/restricted-functions-in-confluence-cloud-734070955.html) which is what I suspect you may be using since you mentioned the new interface. I will report this to the documentation team so they can update the website.

It is not possible to disable comments on a per-page basis, and we do not have plans to implement this in the near future, per this past feature request: [CONFCLOUD-7742](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-7742).

If you are not using Cloud, please let us know, and we can help determine what the issue might be.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Confluence Rest API - How to get a list of pages that have "likes" by specified users
Asked by cbertelli:

Hello,

users approve content on our wiki adding a like.

We would like to retrieve the list of pages approved by the managers using the REST API.


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: It seems that current version of [rest api](https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/REST/latest/) doesn't have such method.

comments: author: cbertelli
body: Thank you.

Is there a way to do such a thing with the Java API? Or maybe a macro from inside Confluence?

What we did by now is substituting them with a label, but it's not a proper solution.


Tags: like
Starting Synchrony on Confluence Data Center on Windows
Asked by Michael Brosnan:

Does anyone use synchrony with Confluence Data Center on windows, and tips on a startup script, running as a service?


Answers:
author: Sharon Tan
body: If you haven't already visited, we do offer a [Configuring Synchrony for Data Center guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-synchrony-for-data-center-858772125.html) that includes syntax to the Synchrony jar file for Windows. You could refer to that along with Step 2 (Set up Synchrony) of [Installing Confluence Data Center](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/installing-confluence-data-center-203603.html), which includes a Synchrony command that would start Synchrony.

Feel free to visit our [supported platforms for Confluence Server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html) as well. Hope this gets you off to a good start!


Tags: synchrony
Get list of pages with number of versions
Asked by Pavel Potcheptsov:

For example:

1. Page One - 100 versions.
2. Page Two - 500 versions.
3. Some Other Page - 3 versions.

It will be also good to have direct links to pages and sort pages in descending order (from high number of versions to low).

1. Page Two - 500 versions - link.
2. Page one - 100 versions - link.
3. etc


Answers:
author: WW
body: You can pull the page version numbers with the [Confluence REST API](https://docs.atlassian.com/ConfluenceServer/rest/8.0.2/#api/content-getContent), if you're up for it, with something like this:

    http://example.com/confluence/rest/api/content?spaceKey=TST&expand=space,version

Just swap out your space key for TST and, of course, the first part of the URI with your Confluence instance.

You can even put the URI into a browser to get the results. Some browsers, like Firefox, will automatically parse the Json that's returned. Otherwise, you'd need to parse the data or search on "version" to get the results.

To display this in a Confluence page, you'd need to do some heavier coding, though.


author: Ana Retamal
body: Hi Pavel, currently it's not possible to obtain that information. Page history is not cached, so it would need to retrieve this data from the database everytime you call for it. You can [submit a Feature request](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa) for this, but at the moment this operation wouldn't be recommended as it would cause a high load for the database.

Regards,

Ana


Tags: confluence-server
Can I restore data to confluence having the same database in sql file.
Asked by Radek Szmytkowskiasdas:

I have unfortunately only a database of phpmyadmin. Can I restore data from it to a new installation?  
In addition, I have a problem with phpmyadmin upload old database and new database and I have a problem with encoding, but it is utf-8.  


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Is "database of phpmyadmin" a full dump of a database?

If so, then yes, you can restore it into a new database and then hook up a new Confluence to it. You'll need a copy of the attachments separately of course.

I can't help you with encoding, you've not said what is wrong.

comments: author: Radek Szmytkowskiasdas
body: Yes it is "full dump" database.

when i use this <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-data-from-other-backups-148627.html>

and install old datebase is a fatal error and description: This installation of Confluence has failed one or more bootstrap configuration checks. Please check the logs for details.

Exception: Detected tables with non-default collation. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/TABrFw>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When you restore the dump, you need to restore it into a database with the correct collation set and/or fix the collation. Please see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/how-to-fix-the-collation-and-character-set-of-a-mysql-database-744326173.html>


Tags: mysql

restore
How to prompt for page within Include Page macro?
Asked by Shawn Wilson:

This is my first user macro. I want it to include the Include Page macro. I got this example from the Confluence documentation:

```
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="include">  <ac:parameter ac:name="">    <ac:link>      <ri:page ri:content-title="My chocolate page" ri:space-key="DOC"/>    </ac:link>  </ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro>
```

This would work fine if I wanted the user macro would always connect to the same page, but I want mine to open a dialog and prompt for "Page to Include", the way the Include Page macro normally does.

I can't find the instructions to do that. I thought if I deleted the "ri" tag, it would prompt me, but that doesn't seem to work.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: If you need to prompt for a page to include, then you have to include parameters in your user macro:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/user-macro-template-syntax-223906130.html>

and then you'll have to parse the result yourself. Here is a small example that should work:

```
## @param PageToInclude:title=Page to Include|type=confluence-content|required=true|desc=To specify a page in a different space, use SPACEKEY:Page Title.

#if ( $paramPageToInclude.indexOf(":") == -1 )
  #set ( $spaceKey = $space.key )
  #set ( $contentTitle = $paramPageToInclude)
#else
  #foreach ( $part in $paramPageToInclude.split(":") )
    #set ( $spaceKey = $part )
    #break
  #end
  #foreach ( $part in $paramPageToInclude.split(":") )
    #set ( $contentTitle = $part )
  #end
#end

<ac:structured-macro ac:name="include">
  <ac:parameter ac:name="">
    <ac:link>
      <ri:page ri:content-title="$contentTitle" ri:space-key="$spaceKey"/>
    </ac:link>
  </ac:parameter>
</ac:structured-macro>
```

comments: author: Shawn Wilson
body: This works!


author: tiagomacul
body: Did you try using JS?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-javascript-in-confluence-313458839.html>

comments: author: Shawn Wilson
body: I suspected there was a reason I should learn JavaScript...


Tags: developer

user-macro
we have some issue inconfluence the users are unable to logining all users but we can login as admin
Asked by raghu:

the data base team is done some changes in db then admin can access but the users are not able to login ?

may be syncranisation issue ...we are using ldap and crowd synk with jira


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your database team should not be touching the data in a confluence database, it breaks things.

My guess is that the "can log in" group has been broken. As an admin, have a look in global permissions to see who can use Confluence and then check the group has users in it.
Embed confluence dashboard into a confluence page
Asked by Manohar Goli (Dnfcs):

Is there a apossibility to configure confluence dashboard to show user centric gadgets such as recently worked on, created, updated, Fav etc and embed that dashboard in a page and create a link on landing page which would be my default dahsboard for confluence site.

We want to use confluence dahsboard features but not set it as default landing page for our confluence site as we have cutomized a home page to server larger purpose.

Cheers

Manohar Goli


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Manohar,

You can create a page in Confluence that uses gadgets such as [Favorite Pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/favorite-pages-macro-148581.html) and [Recently Updated](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/recently-updated-macro-139519.html), and if you don't want to set the page as [the default page of Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-site-home-page-138140.html), you could still set it as [the default page of a specific space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/set-up-a-space-home-page-829076213.html).

Please feel free to take your time to review that information and if anything doesn't match your needs or if you have any questions, please let us know.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Accidentally clicked the 'Back' button in the middle of editing an article, entire page now gone
Asked by James Gill:

I was editing a Confluence Article that had about 90 Revisions on it when I accidently hit the 'Back' button on my web browser. Now when I go back to the page all I see is a spinny 'loading' Icon, which never disappears.

Edit: As of writing this article, now the page appears completely blank with no ability to edit, move, copy, clone, view history, etc. This page represents a TON of work that is now completely gone, where do I go for real, Atlassian support to get this resolved instead of Community Based support?


Answers:
author: LarryBrock
body: For "real, Atlassian support to get this resolved instead of Comunity Based support?", you may want to visit <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>

comments: author: James Gill
body: Well, looks like the site is back so this appears to have been a service related issue. Thanks for the Contact info!


author: James Gill
body: Now getting an error 500 when I attempt to access the page...![Screen Shot 2017-08-28 at 4.17.44 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/5302i0E63A23D4E10A269/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-08-28 at 4.17.44 PM.png")

Perhaps a larget issue is at play?
When installing confluence on another server it fails to open the browser after installing files.
Asked by Paul Manuele:

After running the installer the browser pops up with this and I can't finish configuring the install. Please advise what I should do next. Thanks

**/"/"System Error** A system error has occurred --- our apologies! For immediate troubleshooting, consult our **knowledge base** for a solution. If you would like to receive support from Atlassian's support team, ask your **Confluence administrator** to create a support issue on Atlassian's support system with the following information: 1. a description of your problem and what you were doing at the time it occurred 2. a copy of the error and system information found below 3. a copy of the application logs (if possible). Your Confluence administrator can use the **support request form** to create a support ticket which will include this information. We will respond as promptly as possible. Thank you! **Return to site homepage...** The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved from the container. Therefore very limited information is available in this error report. The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved due to the following error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: The error "java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set" implies the system requirements are not being met. The application is failing to start at all.

You should provide the log file when asking for help with these sorts of issues.
Invalid Server ID message when using ID provided by Atlassian
Asked by UserName GoesHere:

I am trying to install Confluence in our local network, but my.atlassian.com is refusing to recognize the server ID that is given by the installation Wizard running on our local network. I have carefully checked and repeatedly rechecked the server ID to confirm that both source and destination match each other. This error on Atlassian's part is roadblocking our attempts to install Confluence.


Answers:
author: Andrew Golokha
body: Hi Jim. We've updated our support offering for Server Starter licenses on July 10, 2017. Support is provided exclusively through our online community and all responses are public: <https://www.atlassian.com/blog/announcements/support-for-server-starter-10-user-licenses>

Thanks for sharing your concern. We will revisit the message you see in support contact form when entering your Server Starter SEN to make it more clear that all questions and answers are public. As I see your initial screenshot has already been removed by moderators.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It looks like the server id you are typing into the licence site is not the one your server is giving you (C and L in the last character). Could you try copying and pasting like it suggests?

comments: author: UserName GoesHere
body: Can you please redact all personally identifying information from the image. i thought this was confidential help ticket inside atlassian only.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, it's a community site.

I'm afraid you'll need an admin to "redact" things. Best I can do is delete. Although it's only the server-id that I'd be worried about in any way.


author: UserName GoesHere
body: Then delete. I would like to delete the question. This is TERRIBLE SERVICE FROM ATLASSIAN TO MISLEAD CUSTOMERS INTO THINKING THAT THEY ARE GETTING CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT ONLY TO BE LED INTO A PUBLIC FORUM.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It does tell you on the links that lead you here that it's an open forum and not a support call system, as does the introduction. Although I may well be thinking of the pages I use a lot, and I don't know where you came from.
How to set dashboard for anonymous users
Asked by sn:

hi all,

confluence 5.10 server users.

we want to have anonymous users access to our Confluence. I tested this with some psaces and i noticed that when i hit the base url, the dashboard with updates ( for public spaces only) is shown as landing page.

how can i edit this ? i donot want users going through base url( which has login details) and landing on dashboard.

when a url specific to public space is used, only then they should be able to see anything.

is this possible ?

thanks


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: We don't have a way within Confluence to direct users to a certain page depending on the URL they use (public space in your example) to access Confluence.

Please consider changing the landing page from the dashboard to one that you would not mind being accessed by both your internal and external customers. Here are the instructions for changing the landing page in Confluence 5.10.x: [Configuring the Site Home Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf510/configuring-the-site-home-page-829078011.html)

comments: author: sn
body: thanks ann
PDF Export - Larger Images missing right border
Asked by AccountName:AIB:

Hi,

I have multiple images within a PDF Export. Smaller images have no issues but larger images do. Due to the nature of the task at hand, larger images have to displayed e.g. 600 to 900px size.

However, the larger images are all missing their right-border in the PDF export. I understand this could be a PDF Stylesheet setting but I can't seem to find the appropriate one.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help.


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@AccountName:AIB](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/570867)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml-139475.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html>

Cheers


Tags: export

pdf