youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Having userbase autowatch a certain space/page/blog
Asked by Chris Kraus:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Watch Pages, Spaces and Blogs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139579)*

We have a space/page/blog that we would want all of our users to autowatch as soon as they join the system Is this possible and if so - how? In addition, how can we easily get all existing users to watch the page/space/blog?


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: Since you are running Confluence Cloud, this sort of thing is a little more difficult. First of all, Confluence Cloud now allows you to impersonate a user, so if there are not that many people in your organization you could go one by one and add the watches by acting as their user account.

As far as autowatches (for new users) go, I can think of a possible solution, it's just that it doesn't exist yet. You would have to create a Connect Add-on that would call the JSON-RPC API in order to add a space/page/blog watch, and then you could add it to your home page (or to the new dashboard, which is now customizable since yesterday). Then, whenever a user visited that page, they would automatically be added as a watcher to whichever space/page/blog that you desire. This would also take care of having to impersonate users, since all they would have to do is visit the landing page of your Confluence instance and they would be automatically added.

Perhaps there is some feature I am not aware of, but as far as I know that would be one way that it would be possible. Maybe if I get a chance I will write something.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

page

watch
Tfs documents to Confluence
Asked by Pradeesh:

Hello All,

I have almost 100 + folders and 1000 + documents in TFS Documents, How to Move these documents to confluence. I tried by Mapping Network drive ( WebDAV ) , and provided the URL, but it is not working.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Pradeesh
body: Hi Mario,

Thanks for your reply. In our organization, our confluence system is HTTPS. so WebDAV is disabled. What other feasible way to move.

comments: author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Pradeesh, we're using Confluence in HTTPS, too - and WebDAV works just fine. Maybe you have to add your confluence url to trusted sites of your Internet Explorer? Cheers, Mario


author: Pradeesh
body: Hi Mario, Thanks for your reply. It seems the configuration / setup are different in our organization that makes the WebDAV not to work. Is there any other way to view the confluence in windows explorer, so that I can copy / paste N number of files in one time.


author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Pradeesh,

WebDAV should just work fine. You could try do disable strict pathchecking:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-148044.html#ConfiguringaWebDAVclientforConfluence-disablestrictpathchecking>

and be sure you have enabled WebDAV at your system-plugins (dropdown):

enabled_webdav.png

Hope this helps.

Cheers,   
Mario  
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I cannot add a variable to a template, it doesn't work in Google Chrome Version 46.0.2490.86 m....Should I do anything diffirent to make it work?
Asked by Mijail Hernandez:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Create a Template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=296093779)*

When I type the variable name and press Return, it disappears and no variable placeholder is kept, just a $ sign as a normal text.

I have seen, it was reported as a bug on Oct 7, 2015, as

[Adding Variable to Templates does not work with Google Chrome](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Adding+Variable+to+Templates+does+not+work+with+Google+Chrome) {#toc-hId-1869727721}
====================================================================================================================================================================================================

Meanwhile, is there any trick to make it work in Chrome? Or is using another navigator the only available solution?


Answers:
author: Joel Chuah
body: If the recommendation from Atlassian is to use an alternate browser as a workaround, I don't think there is much you can do. Not to mention no customization on cloud. There is a comment in the bug filed that seem promising if you insist on using Chrome. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-35911>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation
Sidebar in one space flashes and disappears
Asked by Susan Vineyard:

I edited some of the default pages in a space, and now the sidebar to that space flashes for about a second and disappears. I tried taking it out of documentation theme and putting it back into it. I have not done anything to the stylesheet. I have made sure that Show the page tree in the sidebar is checked. What could have I done to cause this and what can I do to fix it, please? The sidebar still works in all other spaces.

(One thing I did was to try to add the show children display macro to the page. It doesn't work.)

Thank you,

Susan


Answers:
author: Susan Vineyard
body: I had our admin try that and we're still having the same problem. Is there anything else we can try before i have to move everything to a new space or something? Thanks for any advice.

Susan


author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Susan,

Looks something is going wrong with the sidebar plugin. Can you please try clearing the plugins cache as instructed here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+clear+Confluence+plugins+cache>

I'm confident that this should fix this issue.

Regards,  
LM


Tags: confluence-administration
labelled blog post content not appearing where it should
Asked by Jennifer Weber:

Hello! We've been happily using blog posts and labels on Confluence 5.5.6 to let our teams post announcements to the main home page and also their department's home page. Everything has been working fine until recently, when it seems like some labels will not put the content where it needs to go. I have two posts with the exact same labels, one from two weeks ago and one from today, and the one from today is not populating correctly.

Not sure where to begin. Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thank you!


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Jennifer,

It could be the case that the Confluence index is out of sync for some reason. Can you try [rebuilding it](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-index-administration-148844.html#ContentIndexAdministration-Rebuildingthesearchindex) and see if it helps?

Regards,

Bruno
Accidental Deleted space
Asked by Amelia Tidona:

How do I restore an accidentally deleted space?


Answers:
author: Scott Selberg
body: Good question - I just did this last Friday. The answer is potentially ugly. I have my instance of confluence set to create an automatic backup every night. (I used the naming pattern to be the day of the week, like Mon, Tues) so it only keeps 7 backups. I think confluence makes backups by default, but it names them by the date so you can build up a lot of backups as they never get removed.)

Now, Confluence cannot restore just a space from the backup. So, my suggestion is to restore the backup to a development instance of confluence, backup just the space to recover, and then import the space backup.

I did a full confluence site backup which worked, but I lost some data and had to reinstall all of my plugins. Ugly.

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Can I include a checkbox list in Confluence template and filter on its values?
Asked by Hayley Marsden:

I have a Confluence page template, one of the questions on the template is about which business KPI this is in relation to.

I would like the user to tick the relevant KPIs in a list e.g.
> What business KPI(s) does this align with?
>
> * KPI 1
> * KPI 2
> * KPI 3
> * etc.

I would then like to be able to list all of the pages which relate to KPI 2 (or 1, etc.).

Is there a way to do this as part of a Confluence template?


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Hayley,

Not sure if I understood clearly what you're trying to achieve, but regarding the question of listing all pages that relate to that KPI, you could use labels for those pages, and then filter them using the [Content by Label Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/content-by-label-macro-145566.html). You could label a page, for example, as KPI1 and then the Content by Label Macro, will only list those pages with this specific label. This macro can also be added to the template you'll create.

Regards,  
LM


Tags: checkbox

cloud

confluence-cloud

template
Table borders missing after I insert macro {Code Block}
Asked by Vasily Bokov:

Before

image2015-11-16 18:21:25.png

Press Edit. Insert code block and click Save:  
image2015-11-16 18:23:3.png

As you can see:

1. Width of table is changed
2. Table's border now is missing

image2015-11-16 18:24:2.png  
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Answers:
author: Petur Bj?rn Thorsteinsson
body: I have the same problem, Confuence 5.9.8
Is Confluence vulnerable to the "Apache Commons Collections Java library insecurely deserializes data" issue?
Asked by roman_baeriswyl:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Security Overview and Advisories](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=134526)*

There's a severe security issue in the ACC library. I wanted to ask if Confluence is also vulnerable to this issue and if so, if there will be a fix for this soon.

Thanks for your help


Answers:
author: roman_baeriswyl
body: To answer my own question: Yes it is, and the update to Confluence 5.9.3 updates the ACC library and therefore fixes this vulnerability.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
How can I link a file on a disc (C:)?
Asked by Menachem Diamant:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Working with Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658736834)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: How are you publishing the file?

comments: author: Mario G?nter
body: I am confused. What is the answer?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm not sure why it was marked correct either. Unless the poster realised that they have to make the file available over a url before they can link to it.
labels
Asked by Rafal Niznik:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Working with Spaces](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=411108751)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, labels can be used. As per the documentation you mention in your question.


Tags: documentation
When I edit group permissions in a Confluence space, the edits do not save after clicking Save All
Asked by mcc24mm1:

I'm trying to edit the groups in the permissions in a confluence space.

I removed the group, "confluence-users" from the project. I then added a new group. I tried editing each radio item to add the ability for the new group to 'Add Pages,' 'Add Blog,' 'Add Comments,' etc. After checking these off, I clicked, "Save All." I then went to a different tab and went back to the permissions page. The changes that I implemented did not save; it only saved the group's ability to 'View All.'

How do I get the other options to save when I check them off?


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Mike,

By any chance does this new group have any space on it? If so, there's this bug where the workaround is to use Firefox or IE to save the changes: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-38103>

Hope this helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Live Search in Confluence does not return all of the results
Asked by Vishal Kurup:

I have a knowledge base within my self-hosted Confluence instance and have a few pages defined within this KB. When I search for a keyword within the LiveSearch macro, I find that certain pages with that keyword are returned, while others are not - In the case of the latter, the keyword is both in the title and the description.

My guess is there is something I am missing when I create these pages.

Below is an example of some of my pages - If I search for Shibboleth or Staff, those page entries are returned just fine. But items like DCL etc return nothing.

I have already double checked both the Space and Page level restrictions and there aren't any.

Screenshot 2015-11-13 19.47.52.png

Any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong?

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Answers:
author: James Strangeway
body: Does it have anything to do with the dashes? - DCL or is it not working with other examples without dashes?
i want to increase my license
Asked by Cynthia Sharp:

I want to increase my JIRA-Agile to 100 users, Confluence to 100 users, andd Zephyr to 50 users.

It is almost impossible to find


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Please go to <https://my.atlassian.com> to upgrade your licenses. Note that your addon licenses must match the product license.

If that doesn't help, please submit a ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com> .


author: Guilherme V.
body: Hey Cynthia,

As Adrien, commented, you can open a ticket in [https://support.atlassian.com](https://support.atlassian.com/) to the Customer Advocates.

Cheers,


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence - localhost:8090
Asked by Charlie of Atlassian:

Hi everyone!

I am trying to access confluence on localhost:8090 and chrome is returning this error message: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

I've already installed JIRA on localhost:8080 and is working fine!

Can someone help me?

<br />


Answers:
author: Zhang YiPei
body: Do you get the answer of this question, i have this problem,too.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It looks like they probably found the firewall and opened the right ports.


author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi,

It's possible that you have a context path. You can confirm that on the server.xml file from your Install-Directory/conf folder.

If you do have context path configured, you should probably access Confluence through localhost:8090/confluence.

Regards,  
LM

comments: author: Gabriel Henton
body: I have the same problem and this gives me the same error message.


author: Gabriele Albani
body: Me too.

I had changed the value of the attribute in the path `Context` element to `/confluence` , in the file server.xml, but I have the same problem.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The context is a red-herring if you're getting "connection refused". You should get a blank screen if Confluence is running.

Connection refused means the firewall or proxy is refusing to talk to you. If you have no proxy, it's your firewall settings.


author: Gabriele Albani
body: Nothing of these...![photo_2017-11-13_21-03-28.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9305iB3BE62E9F27749FE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "photo_2017-11-13_21-03-28.jpg")![photo_2017-11-13_21-03-55.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9307i06167566B0E07AB1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "photo_2017-11-13_21-03-55.jpg")![photo_2017-11-13_21-04-02.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9306iADBC51A583A9B249/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "photo_2017-11-13_21-04-02.jpg")


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid that tells me nothing about your firewall, if that's what you're trying to show me. Plus it could be a firewall in the network, not the server.


author: tanujk
body: I cant believe none of the threads have a solution and the developer is not responding. In my case the local firewall is off. So now what dump the product and move on to something else?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What "developer"? And the threads do have the solution - enable access through the firewall.


author: Charlie of Atlassian
body: I opened on the firewall.


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Probably you do not have the port open? I would start by checking the firewall settings.


Tags: confluence-administration
Migration from media wki to Confluence 5.8.6
Asked by jyothsna kommireddi:

How can we migrate from media wiki to confluence.I understand that UWC will not work and this is a massmigration.


Answers:
author: Bruno Raymundo
body: Hi Jyothsna,

I understand this is a mass migration and the following could not be suitable, but it's an option:

[HTML To Confluence Converter](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/HTML+To+Confluence+Converter)

Regards,

Bruno
Confluence Cloud change font size of div in PDF Export
Asked by Wade Koehn:

I have some content wrapped in a div macro that I am trying to set to a smaller font size. (8pt) I have already added this to the PDF Export Stylesheet to control the font of the whole document and it works correctly:

```
body,p,li,td,table,tr,.bodytext,.stepfield {    font-size: 11pt;}
```

But I cannot get this to work at all:

```
div.smalltext {    font-size: 8pt;}
```

This does work however:

```
div.smalltext {    display: none;}
```

so I think I am selecting it correctly there must just be something with the font I do not understand?

What is even stranger is that it is affecting the display in Confluence as if I had added it to the stylesheet for this space and not the PDF stylesheet...??????? The content inside of my div.smalltext is displaying in my browser at a smaller font size but when I export it goes back to the standard size font.

Since I cannot post more than one comment or question per day I will add to my original question:

I tried:

```
div.smalltext {    font-size: 80%;}
```

and also using em. The only way I can get it to work is by changing my previous code:

```
body,p,li,td,table,tr,.bodytext,.stepfield {    font-size: 11pt;}
```

to *n* % or *n*em. Then the div.smalltext works correctly. I think I understand what you mean by fixed size and surrounding text but I tried setting the div.smalltext font-size value from 8pt all the way to 20pt and the size of the text still did not change...


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: The use of *n* pt will result in a fixed size, so if the text around it is already equivalent to the size, you won't see a difference. It is better web practice to use *n* em or *n* % to better predict what the **visual** difference will be.

Try those designations to see what the results are.

comments: author: Wade Koehn
body: I could only post one question a day so I edited my original post to include more info.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How would I insert a form/button into a confluence page which invokes a remote JIRA API?
Asked by Matthew Daize:

I am trying to provide our users the ability to invoke the REST API of my JIRA instance from a confluence page. Eg. Kick off an issue creation by a button placed within a confluence page.

I would like the user to be prompted with a form on invoking the button, or provide input fields on the page as well.

What might be the best way of doing this?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Matthew Daize
body: High-level, it seems that one would have to create a jQuery based form and using the HTML widget but that is quite lame...

Time to start experimenting!


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I've been looking and poking at this for my own purposes. If I find anything good and clean I will let you know. I'm personally interested in the best way to run a Curl or equivalent within Confluence.Have you considered using an Issue Collector? This is a built-in method of JIRA that can be embedded in Confluence Server pages. I gave a pretty extensive answer over here... <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/31654942/answers/31673943>


author: Matthew Daize
body: Any suggestions?

Will I need to write a custom shell script to handle the webhook via HTTP request? or is there some other solution?

Thanks!


Tags: confluence-administration
Rollover Page link to show child pages
Asked by Johnny Maw:

I'm looking for a way to show the child pages bucketed under a page, by rolling over a link to the page. The user story would be something like "as a whomever, I would like the ability to mouse over picture links in our wiki to better understand if the information I am looking for is contained in a child page, without have to follow the link."


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You could do it manually with the Rollover macro. I say manually, because you would need to change the macro data every time you add a subpage.

Either use a screenshot of the list of subpages (either from the sidebar or with the Pagetree macro temporarily), or type out the list of subpages. Follow my instructions here:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/30947827>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I set the due date on a task in Confluence?
Asked by Wolfgang Zeiml:


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: You can use // when writing the task and a calendar appears. It's the due date for the task.

image2015-11-13 14:3:43.png  
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comments: author: Kelly Cone
body: So, someone else made tasks, and I'm looking at a task report... I'd like to assign due dates to those tasks after they've been written...

How does one add a due date to a task with no date in a task report?  

If the answer is -\> Track down the page the task was originally authored in, edit the page, edit the task, type // to bring up the calendar, and then pick a date... - That has got to be the worst answer there could possibly be other than "you can't". So, I'm hoping I'm just inept and there is a way to do basic task management!

Please inform me I'm a noob and enlighten me!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud