youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Format page title
Asked by Armon Tiongco:

Hello. Is there a way to format the default Page title using Custom HTML? By default, it displays the logo and all. I want to remove the logo, change the font size (to make it bigger) and implement a color scheme. Is this possible?

Im trying to have the same idea with the Atlassian Documentation.


Answers:
author: David Pinn
body: The stylesheet can be altered for a particular space, or for the Confluence site globally. Look at Confluence Admin -\> Stylesheet. You can add your own CSS styles there to alter the way that pages appear.

The part of the Confluence page that displays the page title is coded like this:

```
&lt;h1 id="title-heading" class="pagetitle with-breadcrumbs"&gt;  ...  &lt;span id="title-text" class="with-breadcrumbs"&gt;    &lt;a href="/display/BAESYS/Trade+Form"&gt;Trade Form&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
```

...so to make the title appear larger, you could add this to the global Stylesheet:

```
#title-text a { font-size: 150% }
```

[Color schemes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+Colour+Schemes) are likewise modifiable at the space level or the global level.


author: Armon Tiongco
body: Thanks everyone. I also found a custom macro you can create to edit it.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Page+Title+Style>


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: If you want to make your Documentation theme look like Atlassian's as this to **Confluence Admin \| Look \& Feel \| At the end of the HEAD**

```
&lt;link  type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/658119/tmp/confluence-space-link.css" &gt;
```

It should fix up the title like this:

![](http://i.minus.com/iblXsrB4qo7qTV.png)

Some background:  
https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/171818/confluence-page-tree-title


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence authentication failure ( Crowd )
Asked by Bill Bernhardt:

Trying to login to Confluence, using Crowd authentication, gives this error "Sorry, an error occurred trying to log you in. Please try again" What log can I check for clues?


Answers:
author: MatthewC
body: The logs is the first place to start, both on Confluence \& Crowd. I'd also recommend increasing the logging level on Crowd to get some more information out.

If you are sure your password is right, the most common error is not having the Confluence IP address as an allowable address in Crowd


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I check page deletion history of a space
Asked by ashan:

Hello, if I delete a page or an attachment in confluence, how can I know who deleted it? Is there a way to check history please?


Answers:
author: Raju KC
body: Not possible yet: refer

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-4792>


author: Andrii Tkachenko [BeastieHut]
body: Hello!

You can try to use <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1220751> plugin to track pages deletion by spaces - in admin menu and in space tools.

Thank you


author: Gee L
body: Why is this feature still not available?? This is a critical function! What if the project is very important.

Hmm...


author: ashan
body: Ok that explains and answers my question. Thank you ck.

comments: author: Raju KC
body: Accept my answer, then.


author: ashan
body: I actually want to check who deleted the page. I already restored it but I'm wondering how it got deleted in the first place and if there are any security threats etc.


author: Raju KC
body: See if this can help you:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Deleted+Page>


Tags: delete

history
Access administration console in 3.5 Confluence
Asked by Jaap Van der Heijden:

How can I get access to the Confluence **administration console?**

I am the technical contact for tthe Confluence licence. Sofar I only facilitated the moving of the service to another server. Now I have to add some users, and I cannot find the   
administration console.

We use 3.5

Jaap


Answers:
author: Jaap Van der Heijden
body: Is resolved, Thanks for the answers, I now have admin access rights and can see the console


author: Jaap Van der Heijden
body: Thanks for the answers, I now have admin access rights and can see the console.


author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: As it seems you are on standalone based on the version, you could better consider Christian suggestion (Global Permission) and let us know how it goes.

In OnDemand, the current version is: 5.1 as in here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Application+Versions>


author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: Hey,

are you using Conluence OnDemand? If not, you have to have the "Confluence administrator" global permission:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Global+Permissions+Overview>

Cheers Christian


author: Alex Suslin
body: Log in to confluence, after that on the upper menu Browse-\>Confluence Admin. You will see that option if you have enough rights to do that (I mean you account is an administrator account for confluence instance)


Tags: confluence-administration
A confluence search returns the same page twice
Asked by francis:

We do a normal confluence search, and it returns the same page twice. We can check as both result have the same page id.

We did rebuild the index, but these pages are still showing as duplicate results.


Answers:
author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Kindly try to rebuild from scratch: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch>

You could also run the below query in your DB, replace "Home" by the the page name:

SELECT \* FROM CONTENT WHERE TITLE = 'Home' AND PREVVER IS NULL;

Hope that helps !!!

comments: author: francis
body: What should the effect be when running the SQL, I assume the query will only bring up one entry?

Both entries in the search result have the same page id...


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence image properties bar - missing!
Asked by BethAnn Burton:

Hi,

I'm Using IE 9 with Confluence 4.X and all of a sudden, I can't access the image properties to create thumbnails. Is there some Admin setting that controls this behaviour - I might have accidentally clicked something. Or is this a browser thing?

Thanks in advance for any light!


Answers:
author: BethAnn Burton
body: Chrome has issues with the Confluence 4.X versions - its been documented. Firefox has issues, too. I cleared my IE cache and everything seems to be working normally.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Yes, IE9 is causing some funki-isms in web apps these days. Do you have FireFox or Chrome - and do you see the same problems there?


author: BethAnn Burton
body: I think this might be an IE thing, the properties bar seems to work in Firefox.


Tags: thumbnail
Can you respond to a Confluence e-mail and create a comment in that page?
Asked by Adam White:

Does Confluence have the same functionality as JIRA where you can respond to an update on a page from e-mail and have it show up as a comment within Confluence?


Answers:
author: nriley
body: This is not currently implemented in Confluence, more information can be found here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5002>


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I maintain a URL using Apache mod_rewrite through the Confluence authentication process?
Asked by d:

I'm trying to implement some very simple URL's in Confluence to take users to common information. So for example, have the URL <http://conf5/phones> take the user to a page in a given space that contains information about our company phone system. Using mod_rewrite, I mostly have things the way I want, here is the relevant part of the Apache config:

```
RewriteEngine On    RewriteRule ^/phones$ /display/ds/Phones [PT]    ProxyRequests Off    ProxyPreserveHost On    &lt;Proxy *&gt;        Order deny,allow        Allow from all    &lt;/Proxy&gt;    ProxyPass / http://conf5:8090/    ProxyPassReverse / http://conf5:8090/    ProxyHTMLURLMap / /confluence/
```

With this configuration, if a user is authenticated and they enter the URL <http://conf5/phones>, they are taken to the correct page and the browser bar is unchanged. However, if the user is not authenticated, they are taken to the login page, and then following the login, although they are taken to the correct page, I lose the simple URL and it changes back to the \*actual\* URL <http://conf5/display/ds/Phones>.

This brings me to my question, how can I preserve the rewritten URL through the authentication process so the user always sees <http://conf5/phones> in their browser bar?


Answers:
author: twong_atlassian
body: The login filter user uses the param os_destination to redirect you to the place you originally came from. I suppose you could get the behavior you want by setting a mod_rewrite to 301 the reqeust back to your conf5/display/ds/Phones if you detect that the referrer was the login page and that the reqeust goes to display/ds/Phones.

It's kind of brute force :(

comments: author: d
body: Thanks, I had since noticed the os_destination in the browser bar:

```
login.action?os_destination=%2Fdisplay%2Fds%2FPhones
```

I've been thinking that perhaps a combination of mod_rewrite and the Confluence UrlRewriteFilter might do what I need, or perhaps just using the UrlRewriteFilter by itself. However, I'm running into Apache giving me 'too many redirects' errors when using both together, and the UrlRewriteFilter is giving me an exception when I use it by itself with the rule type set to 'passthrough'.

Do you have an idea of how one would write a rewrite rule that detects the referrer as the login page? I would be curious to try that and see if it ends up in a too many redirects situation or not.


author: twong_atlassian
body: RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} yourdomain.com/login.action

<br />

RewriteRule blah blah blah.

Untested, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

<br />

<br />


author: d
body: I played around with the RewriteCond but haven't been able to get it to trigger a match. I added the following to my Apache config:

```
RewriteLog logs/rewrite_logRewriteLogLevel 9RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} /login\.action [NC]RewriteRule ^/phones$ /display/ds/Phones [PT,L]
```

Using Safari with the Web Inspector turned on, it shows the referer page and seems like it should match following the login, but it doesn't.


Tags: confluence-administration
Header doesn't increase in size / render correctly
Asked by Tim_Brigham:

I have a couple pages that I've tried adding headers to on Confluence 4.1.x to 5.1.3.

When I select the Header 1 from the menu bar (or use h1. ) my text is made bold but not actually converted into a header.

Those entries also don't show in a {table of contents} macro.

How can I correct it?


Answers:
author: Valentin Kulichenko
body: I periodically face the same problem. And there is no difference whether I change formatting of highlighted text or simply use 'h1. ...'.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks!


author: hsuhailah
body: Does it makes any difference if you highlighted the text and choose from the drop down menu - heading 1?
Standalone JIRA, Standalone Confluence, Apache all on same server.
Asked by Trevor Hunt:

Are there any issues from a configuration standpoint running standalone JIRA/Confluence installs and Apache all on the same server?

Thanks,

Trevor


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Nope. Make sure they are on different ports. And make sure you have enough memory etc!


Tags: apache

confluence-administration

jira-administration
Retrieve part of space via XML-RPC
Asked by Nils Kneuper:

We are currently getting an html extract of a space using the function

```
String exportSpace(String token, String spaceKey, String exportType)
```

as described in <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Remote+Confluence+Methods#RemoteConfluenceMethods-Spaces>.

Using the confluence 4.3 webinterface it is also possible to create a custom extract of a space e.g. only based on the tree below a specific page. We would like to use this feature via an XML-RPC call. Is this possible somehow? Or do we have to create a separate space, have the content in there and extract it?

Looking forward to your replies.


Answers:
author: Nils Kneuper
body: Thanks for the info. Our administrators are currently working on the upgrade to 5.1. I guess exporting parts of a space via RPC calls is also not available in this version of confluence. Is this correct? And thanks for the answer.


author: UdayK
body: Current 4.3.2 RPC methods will not give any option to copy only the part of space.


Tags: confluence-administration
Whitespace between fields in "Details" section of "View" screen
Asked by Terryl:

I have a view screen where I have hidden the "Affects Version/s" and "Component/s" fields. By default these two fields are right next to each other having the "Priority" field right above them and the "Labels" field right below them. When those two fields are hidden as I have done I would expect the "Labels" field to move up so it is directly below the "Priority" field, but that is not the case. Is there anything I can do to get rid of this whitespace?

![](http://s24.postimg.org/e53z2emzp/Untitled.png)


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Makes sense to create an improvement request with Atlassian.

comments: author: Terryl
body: Created <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-33430>


Tags: jira

whitespace
People directory is "blank" ala CONF-11467
Asked by Michael Pureka:

We are experiencing a pretty textbook case of [CONF-11467](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11467)

but the fix provided there doesn't seem to do the job; We ran this SQL:

```
/*Create set of users not in the cwd_user table but still have a USERINFO entry*/create table missing_users (USERNAME nvarchar(255));insert into missing_users select distinct(USERNAME) from CONTENT where USERNAME not in (select user_name from cwd_user);/*Create list of userinfo pages and attachmentids associated to missing users*/create table userinfo_pages (CONTENTID numeric(19,0));insert into userinfo_pages select CONTENTID from CONTENT where CONTENTTYPE='USERINFO' and USERNAME in (select USERNAME from missing_users);create table ui_attachmentids (ATTACHMENTID numeric(19,0));insert into ui_attachmentids select ATTACHMENTID from ATTACHMENTS where PAGEID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages);/*Delete content causing FK errors*/delete from BODYCONTENT where CONTENTID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages); delete from IMAGEDETAILS where ATTACHMENTID in (select ATTACHMENTID from ui_attachmentids);delete from ATTACHMENTS where PREVVER in (select ATTACHMENTID from ui_attachmentids);delete from ATTACHMENTS where PAGEID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages);update CONTENT set PREVVER=null where CONTENTID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages);delete from LINKS where CONTENTID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages);delete from CONTENT where CONTENTID in (select CONTENTID from userinfo_pages);                     /*Drop Tables*/drop table userinfo_pages;drop table missing_users;drop table ui_attachmentids;
```

But it didn't seem to repair the problem - there was no noticable change in the behavior of the directory. Did we miss something? Is there another step that needed to happen beyond running this in MYSQL?  

We are confluence version 3.5.13, running on MYSQL if that matters. Thanks in advance!

Edit: Er, sorry. Can't figure out how to get this text to NOT be part of the code block. =/


Answers:
author: nriley
body: Fixed the formatting issue :)
Page Editor only using a third of available space
Asked by Bristow:

As you can see in the picture below, for some reason the editor has limited it self to be done for only 1/3 of the page as we now have a scroll bar present. If you go to preview or save the page then it does display as it should.

The user is currently using Google Chrome Version 27.0.1453.110 m, while we are using Confluence 4.3.7.

Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

![Confluence](http://i41.tinypic.com/2s198ao.jpg)


Answers:
author: Bristow
body: Turns out I'm crap at searching the forum, the link below is to the fix. Rather than another post of the issue.

Known issue for Chrome 27.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28415>


author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/178160/why-is-the-editing-view-scroll-bar-in-chrome-not-extending-the-full-length-of-page](/questions/178160/why-is-the-editing-view-scroll-bar-in-chrome-not-extending-the-full-length-of-page)


Tags: chrome

editor
Why is the editing view Scroll bar in chrome not extending the full length of page?
Asked by Shelley Cook:

(I am new to Confluence and two weeks ago I just took over as webmaster of a school district's intranet based on it, so be gentle on me...)

We are having a problem with editing pages across confluence. The scroll bar on the right side does not extend the full length of the browser window, which cramps the view of ediable space and makes it very difficult to edit or train people to edit pages in context.

The issue arises when using chrome, but also can be intermittently activated in subpages in IE9 by pressing CTL+home.

Has anyone seen this issue before and, if so, have you found a cause and solution to the problem?

![Page editing error](http://judsonisd.org/images/confluencepageerror.jpg)


Answers:
author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: It's probybly this bug:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28415>

comments: author: Shelley Cook
body: Thank you!!


author: MJ
body: Hi Shelley, I have converted your last addition to a comment opposed to it being an answer, so your question remains having the "Unanswered" state.


author: Shelley Cook
body: The issue is also visible in incognito mode in chrome.


Tags: chrome
Changing usernames in Confluence
Asked by Philipp Diemert:

Hi Community,

due to a username change for all users in our company environment, we plan to update the usernames in Confluence.

I've tried it with this documentation: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+Usernames>

Unfortunately it was not working.

The documentation seems to be incomplete or no longer valid with the current Confluence version.

I also followed the comments, there are many suggestions on which tables have to be updated.

Do you have some tips for updating the tables (and which tables) or any other experiences which could be helpful?

We are running Confluence 4.3.7 on a mySQL DB (mySQL Server 5.6)

Unforntunately this process is not supported by Atlassian so you are my last hope. ;)

Thanks,

Philipp :)


Answers:
author: C. Faysal
body: Hi Philipp,

i used to do the same and it worked perfect.

did you recieved any errors or similar after running those querries?

i assume you performed a full reindexing after you made the changes and restarted confluence
Why does the Copy Tree functionality not allow permalinks to work?
Asked by Hanlie Ippel:

We have installed Scroll versions trial - specifically since we would like to have duplicates page titles in one space. Using Copy Page Tree to copy a range of pages updates both the permalink and the page title with the suffic/prefix supplied. This is problematic - since we really want to have the same page names.


Answers:
author: Michelle Benes
body: There is a workaround for this.

Instead of linking to a page by looking it up, paste the link in the "Web Link" field.
Searching capability for a defined area
Asked by Leanne:

Hi, in the Browse section of Confluence on the Dashboard you can search the People Directory. Given people populate and update their profile (does this feed in to Profile) and one of the fileds in Profile is Department, it would be great if this field was also searchable, especially for larger organisations who are looking for a staff member that works in a specific department. I have had a number of requests for this. Given the fields are there in Profile for people to update is it something that maybe can be done?

Thanks....Leanne


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Hi Leanne

Maybe you want to check out Enterprise Directory and Org Chart -I think it meets what you are looking for, and a little more.

<http://www.appfusions.com/display/EDIRC/Home>

Get eval license from [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com)

Cheers,

Ellen

comments: author: Leanne
body: Thanks Ellen, this looks like exactly what we need, I have passed on to our IT dept.

Thanks,

Leanne
Can you post a blog post (or other document) into multiple spaces at the same time?
Asked by Zee M Kane:

Is there a way to post a blog post post or other item into multiple spaces at the same time?


Answers:
author: Paul Greig
body: Hi Zee,

Another alternative maybe to use the Blog Posts macro. This allows you to show a selection of blogs from a selection of spaces. The macro can display titles, excerpts or the entire blog posts. You can also filter on labels associated to each blog post.

Using the macro with the correct configuration would allow you to have any blog post appear in a separate space automatically.

Cheers,

Paul


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Since you are in OnDemand adding plugins will not be possible. You may use Bob's Confluence CLI and try to automate this using some scripts.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.cli>


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Not out of the box.

This could be done via a custom plugin - would have to discuss or understand the UX desired a bit more - but would be kind of cool. [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) if you need some help.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Create Space or Page from SQL data?
Asked by Justin Morgan:

Is it possible to create a Space or Page from SQL data? Would be willing to use any available plugins. Ideally, an addition of a row in SQL would trigger the creation of the Space or Page. Would anyone be willing to point me in the right direction?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) has a [runFromSql](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-runFromSql) that can do actions based on an SQL query. Actions like [storePage](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-storePage) or [addSpace](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-addSpace). That provides a base automation enablement, but there are lots of things to consider. Do you have control over the table columns or does a column have an insert timestamp? What about if a row is updated? Triggering from the database could be possible, but it is more likely you would drive the automation from timed queries of the database. You need some sort of job scheduler - my favorite is Bamboo :). If you use Bamboo for this type of thing, then there is [CLI Plugin for Bamboo](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/BCLIP) to make it easier. Or you can do some other scripting.

comments: author: Justin Morgan
body: Bob, thank you for the quick response. Your plugins are a big inspiration for this question and make me feel like what I am trying to achieve is possible. We do have control over the table columns and I believe the column has an insert timestamp. If a row is updated I would probably have to create another "update" script that goes and updates the Space or Page. If I was to trigger from the database, are there any of your plugins that I would be able to call from an MSSQL job? Most of them seem to be called from within Confluence, but I have a very limited understanding of it all. I had not heard of Bamboo, so thank you for that. It seems a bit complicated for what I would use it for, but it looks like you may be able to create something simple without too much trouble.

If you have any other suggestions I would love to hear them. Either way, looks like I have quite a bit of reading and testing to do!


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-administration

sql