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Preformatted Panel givs Problem with Page-View with several Columns, since Confluence 5.8.x
Asked by Roman Joss:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Panel Preformatted with Specific Colours - Example of a User Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=428803677)*

We use the preformatted Panel now for more than 2 years. Mainly to disply the conent-macro. Since Update to Confluence Version 5.8.13 all pages with this macro and messed up.

Together with the Content-macro and the use of pagelayout, the page ist nos usable anymore. With the standard panel-macro, there are not Problems. Please see Attachements.

When i set a html-code after the formated Panel with '\</div\>', the page is displayd as requested.

I have tried to enhance the preformatted-macro with above html-tag, but no results.

Does anyone hava had this isse and found a solution?

Many Thanks  
Roman

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Answers:
author: Roman Joss
body: We updated Confluence to Version 5.9.12 last October, since then the Problem does not exist any more.


Tags: panel
After Restarting Confluence, All of Korean Language displayed with '?'
Asked by Sangjun Jeon:

Hi. I am Korean.

First, it seems that there is a problem with Korean Language compatibilty with Confluence.

<br />

But most of pages written in Korean looks fine but some times it looks with only the letter '?'.

Today I restarted Confluence. And then all of korean shows '?'.

Please help.

All of language encoding set as UTF-8 in DB and confluence settings.


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Do you have proper localisation add-on?

comments: author: Sangjun Jeon
body: Hi. Good to see you again. How are you doing.

: )

There is no proper korean-related add-on.  


author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Try to reset confluence again and check used Languages.

P.S.

My second daughter begin to turn over (5 month)


Tags: confluence-administration
Edit Space shortcut
Asked by Nate Vasquez:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Configuring a Sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=590259521)*

Can I easily edit the Space Shortcut link? Or do I need to delete it and add a new one (although that seems a bit odd).


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Sadly, delete and remake.

comments: author: Chuck Lu
body: it's not convenient


author: V?clav Martin
body: too bad it is still the only option...
Are HipChat emoticons available in Confluence 5.9?
Asked by Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Symbols, Emoticons and Special Characters](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=136870)*

Are HipChat emoticons available in Confluence 5.9?


Answers:
author: Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_
body: Actually, it seems to be working now. Maybe some browser cache sadness after I enabled. Anyway, works as expected - same as HipChat. (feelsgoodman)


author: Jonathan Soo
body: Hi Ross,

Yes, HipChat Emoticons is a bundled plugins for Confluence 5.9

Regards,

Jonathan

comments: author: Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_
body: I have enabled them in Confluence Server 5.9.4 - but what is the usage after enabling? They do not seem accessible same as in HipChat. (feelsbadman)


Tags: special-character
Transfer ownership and change name of JIRA instance
Asked by Ken Southerland:

We have an account on atlassian.net that we reference as XXXX.atlassian.net. Company YYYY has split from XXXX but XXXX doesn't need the cloud instance. How can we rename XXXX to YYYY and change ownership and billing to a different user. Alternatively we have to create the YYYY instance and then transfer **all** of the tickets (and the workflow, etc) over to the new instance which sounds painful. Cheers.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can't rename Cloud instances.

You need to buy YYYY, export from XXXX and import it all into YYYY


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why can't anyone save their profile changes?
Asked by Marla Landolt:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Your User Profile](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139549)*

Noone can save changes to their own profile. Where is the the save profile permission setting found?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That usually happens when you have a user directory that does not allow changes. What are you using? And does it allow changes?


Tags: documentation

profile
How does remove an individual's viewing right to an otherwise public accessible page?
Asked by Greg Della-Croce:

We have a page that is generally open to the whole of our Confluence public. However there are one or two people abusing this privilege and posting "none helpful or abusive" comments. The owner of the page has asked that we prevent these people from being able to continuing viewing the page.

However, I have experimented around and not found a way to eliminate them while allow the general public access to the page. Could someone give me an idea of how to do this?

Thanks

Greg DC


Answers:
author: Greg Della-Croce
body: In our system we control the creation of user profiles via the LDAP. So these people will not be able to get around the block that way. But thanks for your input.


author: Timothy
body: What's to stop them from creating another user account and spamming more? Confluence wont solve this for you. You'll need one level higher like blacklisting IP.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence: iFrame not displaying website
Asked by Jeremiah Landi:

Hello,

I have added the iFrame HTML macro to my page. When I try to add a website it just shows a white box. I have tried adding:

* <http://www.purple.com>
* <http://www.google.com>

But it always displays a white empty box (in preview and live on page). Any ideas?

I can add internal links just fine.


Answers:
author: Nelson Carranza
body: Hi Jeremiah,

Have you add the url to the whitelist?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-the-whitelist-381255821.html>

Regards

Nelson

comments: author: Dominik Wittassek
body: Tags in this document are wrong.  
I can't configure the whitelist in Confluence Cloud, there is no option.


author: SimonP
body: Did you ever find a solution? Im getting google sites loading but one of our own not loading?


author: J-O-R-G-E
body: I am also on the same boat. I have Bitbucket on whitelist but it does not load on iframe

\<div\>

\<iframe\> ...

...

\</div\>


author: andrea06590
body: if you still want a solution I have one using a JS script I found on another article ;)

\<script\>

$(document).ready(function() {

$.ajax({

method: 'GET',

url: '**<https://URL.com/roadmap.html>**',

dataType: 'text',

success: function(data) {

var iframe = document.getElementById('result');

iframe = iframe.contentWindow \|\| ( iframe.contentDocument.document \|\| iframe.contentDocument);

iframe.document.open();

iframe.document.write(data);

iframe.document.close();

}

});

});

\</script\>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

iframe
Changing export to PDF to landscape
Asked by Guylaine B?lisle:

I need to export the information from confluence to create a user manual.,

However, the export in PDF truncate a part of the documentation images.

Is there a way to change the export to be landscape?


Answers:
author: richardofrugeley
body: Does changing the PDF stylesheet mean that all pages in the Space print in landscape? Or can it be done on a page-by-page basis?

comments: author: Milo Test
body: It would affect the entire space.


author: Guylaine B?lisle
body: Thanks Milo,

I tried couple more things and finally I got it to work by looking at other answers :smile: It probably did not like it because my computer is set up for french ... forgot about it.

So I used

@page {  
size: 297mm 210mm;  
margin-top: 1cm;  
margin-bottom: 3cm;  
}


author: Guylaine B?lisle
body: Thanks a lot Milo,

NOt being an expert with CSS, I copied the code into the stylesheet for PDF, but the format is still in portrait. Is there something I am missing ?

Thank you for your help.


author: Milo Test
body: Change the PDF Stylesheet:

```
{size: 11in 8.5in;margin-top: 1in;margin-bottom: .5in;margin-left: .5in;margin-right: .5in;}
```


Tags: pdf

pdf-export
How do I change the PDF to be landscape instead of portrait?
Asked by Guylaine B?lisle:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [_PDF_Layout_HowTo](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764555)*

How do I change the PDF to be landscape instead of portrait?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Duplicate of <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/35757932>


Tags: confluence-cloud
How to connect Confluence to external database to read from the database?
Asked by Karen Cheung:

Is there a way/plugin to connect to an external database (SQL Server) with company data?

I would like to connect with and read from the database.


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi,

There are plugins that can do that on the marketplace. Here is a popular one:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.sql/server/overview>

comments: author: Karen Cheung
body: Thanks Alex, I also found this one:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.pocketquery/server/overview>

I'll look into both!


author: Jonas Andersson
body: Just adding a data source can be done in the server.xml if you don't want to pay a license for it, and are prepared to restart the server when adding or removing data sources.

```
&lt;Resource name="jdbc/DATASOURCE_NAME_GOES_HERE"    auth="Container"    type="javax.sql.DataSource"    driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"    url="jdbc:mysql://DB_SERVER_NAME_HERE:3306/DB_NAME_HERE?autoReconnect=true"    username="USERNAME_HERE"    password="PASSWORD_HERE"    maxActive="25"    maxIdle="5"    maxWait="10000"/&gt;
```


Tags: confluence-administration

database

ms-sql
Anchor Link to another Page won't work consistently
Asked by Jennifer Ping:

I'm using Confluence 5.8.8. I am not using the TOC macro. I am using the anchor macros. My problem is they're all created the same way, but some work and some don't. Some don't go to the anchor, just to the top of the page. I've removed and replaced the text and anchors with the same result. Is there a way to fix this?


Answers:
author: Jennifer Ping
body: I actually discovered the answer to this, but haven't seen it documented anywhere. When the anchor is on a page that opens with no scrollbar or the scrollbar hits the bottom and the anchor is in view, the link just goes to the page.

comments: author: Steffen Heller
body: That sounds like the correct standard behaviour. What would you expect to happen instead when the anchor is already in view and there is no more space to scroll down?


author: Milo Test
body: Capitalization is strictly enforced. You can drop spaces (e.g. anchor name = anchorname), but the capitalization must be exact (e.g. Anchor name ? anchor name).

Unfortunately, if you use the wrong capitalization, the link will still be blue because the page name is true, even if the anchor doesn't exist (or Confluence thinks it doesn't exist because of mis-capitalization).


Tags: anchor
How can I edit jira issue in confluence?
Asked by Valery Oster:

Hallo guys,

I have problem with User Macro:

I have to make a user macro, the macro gets a JIRA issue key and it build a table, that user can edit.

is that possible?

thanks


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Well, technically it is possible to develop.

But taking into account all the features JIRA has... to develop something like this would be very complex (consider permissions, different workflows and transitions to name a few)

comments: author: Valery Oster
body: ok, thanks


Tags: confluence-administration
How we can create a static website using confluence?
Asked by Akash Gaonkar:

Requirements for static websites?

1. Video streaming
2. Audio Streaming
3. One page parallax
4. group discussion
5. Contact form
6. Uploading PDF, which can be accessed by audience.


Answers:
author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Akash,

One question: is Confluence must-have?

Maybe you should use another CMS like Wordpress, Typo3 or something else..

For WP there are a thousands of Templates you can use for Prallax design - even for free.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Mario

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's a good question, it's likely that Confluence is not a good fit for this

1. It's not a file share (especially on Cloud, where you'll find you hit the maximum storage quickly if you're uploading lots of video)
2. As 1
3. Yes it does that, but you'll need to work on it.
4. It's a wiki at it's heart, not a forum. You can add "Questions" from Atlassian or "Community forums" from Adaptavist (yes, advert for my lot, I know, but it's a valid option)
5. There's a simple "help" type one, but it's not a contact handling system. I'd use JIRA for that
6. Again, not really a file share.


author: Akash Gaonkar
body: Thank You [Mario G?nter](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=mario%20g%C3%BCnter) And [Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\]](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/users?username=nic%20brough).


author: Akash Gaonkar
body: I have one more query, using confluence can i make a wiki page which can be accessible all over world without login panel on the front page.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, make sure it's accessible over the internet and you've enabled "anonymous" access. You'll have the option for logging in in the menu at the top right, but the page will be displayed to all visitors without any login.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Failed to establish application link between JIRA On demand and Confluence server.
Asked by Gugan N:

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Hi Guys,

I have installed confluence server in AWS and Bought JIRA in ONDEMAND.

I was connecting both through the embedded Database

I have given all the details pertain to that connection.

But the connection is getting failed.

Can you please let me know what might be the problem and how to go ahead and connect it with JIRA ??

I tried the other way around also.

"***Please try installing Confluence with internal user managing, create just an admin user internally. After you get your new Confluence up and running, you can go to Confluence Admin-\>User Directories, and add your JIRA as a directory repository over there "***

Here also, I am facing the authentication error issue where I don't know what is the application name and password?

I have given the admin name as Application name and password as Admin password. But its failing.Please help me  
Regards  
Gugan N

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Answers:
author: J. Caldwell
body: So it looks like what you are trying to do using JIRA as the authentication source, won't work. See here:   

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracloud/linking-to-server-applications-from-your-cloud-instance-744720956.html#notfound>

Look at the first informational warning. You cannot use your Atlassian Cloud JIRA instance as the authentication source for your internally hosted Confluence instance.

As for the second problem, if you are trying to get Confluence to setup(where this is a new blank instance), it is likely that you already configured some things and you'll need to enter the admin username/password that you setup for your Confluence instance. If this is an existing instance(populated with data), and you need to get the password recovered, you'll need to do the following thing (make sure you select for the right version):

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-158390.html>

After you get both instances going, then you should be able to follow the steps in the first link about setting up an application link.

<br />


Tags: confluence-administration
How do i create project signoff text boxes?
Asked by Sean O'Connell:

Hello,

I'm looking to create boxes within a new page that can have text entered in to them and committed. I want this to be editable by users without having to edit the whole page (as I don't want them messing with the formatting or having access to edit the form other than to enter text).

Normally I would have created a form, but Cloud doesn't allow for creation in any meaningful way (a major issue IMO) or even a text box in which they can input their information.

Most frustrating is that I can't even give the ma box to insert their usernames and the date on which they sign off on the project.

HELP!


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: You can use the HTML macro for Confluence Cloud to add HTML and JavaScript form elements or the Scaffolding or Adaptivist Forms macros.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Confluence is a wiki, not a form based tracking tool. Without addons (which are not available on Cloud) you can't turn into that. I'd recommend that you use JIRA for your authorisations - the tight linking between JIRA and Confluence on the Cloud would make it relatively easy.


Tags: cloud

forms
Does the sticky table headings work when the table is wrapped in the Table Filter macro?
Asked by John Alton:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Tables](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=136463)*

Does the sticky table headings functionality work when the table is wrapped in the Table Filter macro?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: John, Milo,

The sticky table headings functionality works when the table is wrapped in the Table Filter macro. You can see it on this [page](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/tblfilter/Table+Filtration+in+Page+Edit+Mode). But sticky table headings have some [limitations](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/tables-724764903.html#Tables-stickytableheadersStickytableheadingsinviewmode), that's why it doesn't work on the [live demo page](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/tblfilter/Table+Filter+and+Charts+Demo), which contains page layouts.

Also if you set Table Filter parameter **Fit Table to Screen Area**, the sticky table headings functionality won't work.

comments: author: Sherryl Radbil
body: Hi Andrey,

Your answer solved my problem but the link to the "limitations" is no longer valid. Do you have a link to the page in its new location?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi Sherryl,

Here it is: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/tables-136463.html#Tables-stickytableheadersStickytableheadersinviewmode>


author: Nicole Beames
body: **JIRA NO:** [![](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/viewavatar?size=xsmall&avatarId=51505&avatarType=issuetype)CONF-30371](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-30371?src=confmacro) - Freeze rows in Confluence table RESOLVED

**Wiki Confluence**   
**Browser** : Mac Browser  
**Instance** : Cloud

I have to use a large table in the wiki (confluence), for the table to be functional i need to scroll up / down AND

There is a bug - the sticky columns and sticky rows won't work together.

Im able to get the sticky row working on its own - when you add a sticky column and row, neither work.

sticky columns don't work at all, on its own or with a sticky row.

Please note: If you have a large table, the chances are you need to stick both the header column and the header row. (they may have merged cells in the headers)

<br />

If this can't be fixed I have to move my work to google docs as this is a major issue for our team overseas that we have to work closely with.

Ive also tried the plug in - this does not work on Cloud Instance.

The JIRA no. states the issues is resolved but a few people are still experiencing issues??

PLEASE HELP!!! :smile:


author: Milo Test
body: None of the tables on their [live demo page](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/tblfilter/Table+Filter+and+Charts+Demo) have sticky headers, so it may not.

Then again, it works in a table customizing user macro I use as well as other macros, so maybe it can.

You can try it for free, so give it a go.

comments: author: John Alton
body: Thanks, Milo.


Tags: table
Can I restrict Confluence in such a way that a group can only access 1 space - without having to restrict every other space?
Asked by Jeff Foss:

Because Confluence is so easily searchable, most of our spaces and pages do not have restrictions - we want everybody (developers, product owners, BAs, stakeholders etc) to be able to dig and find what they need.

However, we now have a group of vendors in Confluence - and I only want them to have access to the space that contains documentation on their project. In other words, I don't want them to have access to our entire universe of unrelated and sometimes externally sensitive documentation.

Do I need to go through EVERY OTHER SPACE in our Confluence instance and restrict them all to the rest of company, leaving off the one vendor group? This would take forever!

Isn't there a way to restrict Confluence access so that a group can only access 1 space, page etc?


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: Actually, unless you allow anonymous access, ALL of your spaces have restrictions.

The easiest thing for you in this situation is to put the vendors into their own group and only add that group to spaces to which they should have access. You may need to lock down specific pages in those spaces, but that is better than sitewide.


author: Jeff Foss
body: @Milo Grika any thoughts? Thanks again for the help here.


author: Jeff Foss
body: Thanks Milo! Here's where I'm struggling: By creating a vendor group, I am essentially including them as part of "Everyone" - right?

Screen Shot 2016-01-22 at 11.19.03 AM.png

Since most of our documentation is open to the proverbial "Everyone," it seems like I wouldn't be able to through the spaces I want them to access and add them as you suggest (because the vendor group is included by default as part of "Everyone"). Rather, I'd have to do the reverse: go through all the spaces I *don't* want them to access and grant access to all users *except* the vendor group. Am I missing something?

Another option would be to create a massive all-company internal group and restrict every single space to this group only (leaving the vendor group out) - but this too seems like a messy and time-consuming workaround.

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comments: author: Milo Test
body: That is exactly what I am saying. One idea might be to move all the semi-public pages to their own Space so you only have to deal with Space permissions.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud