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How can I change the tree icons (open/close) icons for the Confluence "Documentation Theme" to + and -
Asked by Steve Palm:

In Conflunce 5.x, how can I change the icons for the Tree menu in the Documentation theme back to the + and - icons instead of the right and down arrows. I am having a hard time with the look of the tree menu icons and want to move back to the traditional plus and minus instead. It looks like this was in your older versions of Confluence but it changed in v5 I think.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Steve,  

I recommend to use some analyzing tool such as Firebug and verify the icons you want to change. It will show to you the icon location. probably is the batch.css file.  

If I'm right, all icons are together in the same file, what changes is the coordinates of each icon in confluence. That's how confluence "knows" which icon change.  

I hope this helps or give you some insight on the next steps. ;)  

Best,  

Rodrigo


author: Steve Palm
body: That's what I was thinking but I have not been able to find where those images are located. Do you know the path/folder location for Windows?


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Locate the images in your confluence installation folder and replace them by the old ones?

comments: author: Steve Palm
body: I am still having trouble with this. I have looked into the code but the css is confusing and does not point to a path on our server where I could manually switch out those images.

In older versions of Confluence you used to use the + and -- for your page hierarchy but it was changed in a new version. Here is a link to a company using an older version of Confluence and it uses the + and -- for page navigation the way we would like it to be.

<http://wiki.kayako.com/display/DOCS/Home>

Any help would be appreciated.
Apply heading level to expand macro title
Asked by Cheryl Schmelzer:

How can I apply a heading level to the expand macro title so that it will appear in a table of contents. I am using the documentation theme in Confluence 5.1.1. Thank you.


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

You should try this trick -

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Expand+Macro?focusedCommentId=301663173#comment-301663173>

Overall - that page also has a bunch of questions/comments similar to yours - and in general, no, I do not believe you can use one of the headers formats. But above is a workaround.

Hope that works.

Ellen

comments: author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Well, we try..

Great to hear about new position and looks like good new challenges too. Great for you! :) Congrats!


author: Shawn Wilson
body: That link doesn't have any comments (anymore). Where can I find the workaround?


author: Ben Larson
body: I'm interested in this subject too. Can't find any workaround either. Please advise.


author: Eliot Cole
body: Also interested! :)


author: Joshua Raine
body: Was interested too, so I checked out the page in the Wayback machine: <https://web.archive.org/web/20150911155405/https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/expand-macro-223222352.html>

I'm assuming it's the comment by Dhyana Scarano on 8 Jun 2011. Given comments on that one, it looks like the workaround might have been broken since v4, but sadly the content of the code used isn't available in the WBM.

I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who's had luck with other approaches.


author: Murad Khan
body: Hello, I am interested in having my Expand macro headings appear in a table of contents as well, but cannot click the link that has the solution. Any help?


author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: Thank you, Ellen. I should have known that you (or someone from AppFusions) would get back to me. It appears that your organization in very active out here. I'll check out the link to see if it will help me. BTW - I am in a new position in a new company. Just starting up a Confluence instance.


Tags: expand
I am trying to create a space from java this is my . i always get nullpointerexception any suggestion or code
Asked by joseph emok:

super.execute();

Space newSpace = new Space();

/\*newSpace.setName(getNewKey());

UUID id = new UUID(1,1000);

newSpace.setKey(getNewName()+id);

try{

newSpace= spaceManager.createSpace(newSpace);

}catch(Exception e){

System.out.print(e.getMessage());

}

UUID id = new UUID(1,1000);

newSpace.setKey(getNewName()+id);

setNewKey(getNewName()+id);

int i=0;

for(Space sp: spaceManager.getAllSpaces()){

if(i++==2) newSpace=sp;

}

setSpace(newSpace);\*/


Answers:
author: Timothy
body: What line is the NPE?


Tags: api

space
Hercules for own installations
Asked by Andy Grace:

Hi

Did anything come of the plan to release Hercules for us to install and use to search against our own Jira and Confluence instances?

If not is there something similar available?

Our actual requirement is slightly different in that we don't want to parse a log file for the search we just want to use the Summary of a newly created Jira issue to search in Confluence and Jira

Andy


Answers:
author: LucasA
body: Hello andy,

As I know, there is not a similar plugin for JIRA. However, since I believe that it's a really good idea, I've raised am improvement request for it: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-33024](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-33024.).

Please vote on it and add you own comments. It could raise the issue visibility.

Cheers,

Lucas Lima


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Sounds like an interesting plugin use case!


Tags: app
Is google analytics really necessary for Confluence?
Asked by Alex Escalante:

This is a question extended past a previous question: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/138365/not-clear-what-atlassian-urls-ports-are-being-accessed](/questions/138365/not-clear-what-atlassian-urls-ports-are-being-accessed)

We've come to notice that Google Analytics is accessed on most pages where one would wonder why it's needed (i.e - creating a new page, accessing a blog, etc). Is it really necessary to have google analytics to be used for Confluence to work? Is there any way we can have it disabled in the plugins list? We are not using the direct Google Analytics plugin, by the way.

Thanks for your time!


Answers:
author: fsim
body: Hey Alex,

Some of our customers that have Google Analytics loaded on page creation, etc. have the Google Analytics script loaded via Confluence Admin \>\> Custom HTML or in one of the layouts in Confluence Admin \>\> Layouts (but Custom HTML is more common). To disable it, simply remove the GA script from the layout/customHTML.

I'm not sure what GA is used for, but for regular Confluence usage: Not Required

Foogie

comments: author: Alex Escalante
body: Yup ... it was exactly in the Custom HTML. Thank you!


author: Mick Davidson
body: Alex,

No GA isn't necessary to run Confluence, it's completley seperate from it. So someone has had to add this to your system for it to be there.

It's a very useful tool though as you can track a whole variety of behaviours, including what people are searching for and what terms they use to find info.

If you want to get the most out of it, get some proper training on it. It can provide almost limitless amounts of info, all of which can be presented in a variety of different but similar ways. It does have help and a forum, but I wouldn't rely on either of these; forum answers are few and far between, and the help is often out of date.

My advice is to get some training from an expert and you'll be fine.

Cheers.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Google Analytics tracking in terms of page usage is not bundled with Confluence last I knew.. so if you are seeing this on pages, etc, someone set it up on your instance. Perhaps your admin set this up? Maybe you have the [Google Analytics for Confluence](https://www.appfusions.com/display/GANLC/Home) plugin installed.

==

WRT the reference on the other thread, that is abt GA tracking on plugins for Marketplace I believe. That would be different.

You pose a good question for Atlassian on that one - in terms of Marketplace tracking with that access?
Rename a space key
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

is it possible to rename a space id?

Any solution, feature is interested here.

Thanks in advance,

Rumi


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: As @Nic suggested moving pages is an option. You can also use the copy space plugin and that retains most of space configuration and is a faster workaround. Haven't tried it in the later version but worth a try.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. You can create a new key and move all the pages from your old key though.


Tags: confluence-administration
List of who has viewed a page
Asked by Jason Turner:

I would like to see who has viewed a specifc confluence page. Ideally I would like to list those user on the page.

Is this possible with one of the existing macro's perhaps a combination of "page properties" and "page properties reports". Keep in mind I am using OnDemand :( thus limited.

Regards


Answers:
author: Dave
body: Hi Jason,

This wouldn't be possible in OnDemand at all; it would require custom development to implement.

Thanks,

-dave


author: Evangelos Mantadakis
body: Hi [@Jason Turner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/671463),

We have released [QC Documents for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218839/qc-documents-for-confluence-cloud) plugin and you can use the **{qc-viewers-table-macro} .** Using this macro you will be able to get a list with all the users that viewed the current page.

The plugin is available for the Confluence Cloud.

More information is available [here](https://pdfanalytics.wordpress.com/qc-documents-for-confluence-cloud-macros-markup-syntax/) .


author: John Fenger
body: if your using hosted you should use:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ch.bitvoodoo.confluence.plugins.viewtracker/server/overview>

It shows your view count right on the page, you don't have to go to another place to see it.

I honestly don't know why Atlassian doesn't support this in the cloud. Its pretty much the most used macro in my company, we were actually going to switch to cloud, but can't due to this. W/out the view feedback most people felt like their pages were stale/dead its been huge for us in user adoption.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: @Jason

If you moved to non-OnDemand - this plugin provides this information.

[MixPanel Engagement Analytics for Confluence](https://www.appfusions.com/display/CONFENGAGE/Home)

Can help you with that migration and hosting options (w/ 24x7 Atlassian-skilled support) if this is a critical thing for you.

Ellen  
info@appfusions.com


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
gliffy cancelation
Asked by soda24:

I'm actually paying for gliffy but i don't want to use it anymore.

Is enought to "disable" the plugin under confluence configuration or i have to do anything else?


Answers:
author: Marian Finch
body: Disabling Gliffy via **cog icon** ![](https://extranet.atlassian.com/download/attachments/2035616019/CogIcon.png?version=1&modificationDate=1349230910866)**\> Confluence Admin** **\>****Add-ons \>** **Manage Add-ons**will only disable the functionality of the add-on but will not remove it from your monthly bill. If you are paying for Gliffy with your Confluence OnDemand subscription and no longer wish to use it you will need to follow the steps below to cancel.

Have the registered technical or billing contact log into their \[My [Atlassian\](http://my.atlassian.com](http://Atlassian%5D%28http://my.atlassian.com)) account:  

1. Login to \[My Atlassian\](https://my.atlassian.com/).  

2. Select the "Configure Products \& Users" button under the expanded license panel for your Atlassian OnDemand subscription, on the right side of the screen.  

3. Use the configuration page to deactivate Gliffy.  

4. Select "Apply Changes" to confirm.

If you have any additional questions please feel free to email [sales@atlassian.com](mailto:sales@atlassian.com) and ask for Marian :)

<br />

Thanks!

Marian Finch \|\| Product Advocate  


author: soda24
body: Thank you very much for your answer


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there a way to track the use of mentions in Confluence?
Asked by ITops123:

I'd like to know how often people are using the @mention function in Confluence. Since using this function fires an email, I would imagine that you can track this is in some way.

Any ideas? I'm happy to query the database if someone tells me what table to query.


Answers:
author: Chung Park Chan
body: Try running the query below and see if it helps.

```
SELECT * FROM `&lt;database_name&gt;`.`ao_9412a1_aonotification` WHERE ACTION='mentions.user';
```

From my tests, it doesn't return results for @mention for yourself, though.


Tags: confluence-administration

mention
Upgrade XML space export of 3.x Confluence space to 4.x instance - how?
Asked by Patrick Wilson:

We have some content that resides in a 3.x instance of Confluence. We would like to take space exports from 3.x and import the content into our 4.x instance.

How do we up-migrate content from an older (wiki markup) instance to the current storage format at the space level?


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: You'll probably want to spin up a second 3.x instance as(using the "Developer" license key) and import the space export into it. Then upgrade that instance to the 4.x version and then export from there into the 4.x instance.

The storage method changed dramatically between Confluence 3 and 4 so I don't think that you can edit the entity XML file. I believe that you might be able to import wiki markup by using the <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CCLI/CLI+Plugin+for+Confluence> - but I suspect that you'll have a lot of extra overhead with that approach.

comments: author: Patrick Wilson
body: Thanks for that idea. It would work if this was a one-time deal, but we do have the need to do this every so often - 4-7 times a year, maybe. I'm not sure how practical it is for us to maintain a separate instance for the purpose of upgrading the occasional space.

I have been working with the CLI plugin, particularly the convertToStorageFormat parameter, but am having trouble getting from the page level to the space level. Was hoping to write up some CLI commands, potentially, to do this for us.

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-convertToStorageFormat>


author: Felipevsw
body: Quoting the documentation:  
"Confluence prevents the import of space backups which aren't from the same major version. The reason for this is that any schema change between the export and imported version of Confluence will cause the import to fail, leaving you with an incomplete import. Even worse, the failure can be database-dependent, so it may work fine on one particular database but your backup will fail to import later."

So, prior to export the data, both instances must be on the same version. You must upgrade the 3.x Confluence to the version 3.5.17 first, then upgrade it to the same version 4.x that the other instance has. More infor can be found here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF40/Upgrading+Confluence>

comments: author: Patrick Wilson
body: Thanks for that information, but in this case, we want to keep the two instances on different versions for some time. However, we occasionally have the need to get one space from the 3.x instance to 4.x.

Is there any other path? Maybe using CLI? Or editing the entity XML file?


Tags: content

upgrade
Is there a formatting macro to enter menu item sequences?
Asked by Tobias Rapp:

Is there a formatting macro existing for Confluence pages to improve documentation of menu item sequences embedded in text. For example:

"The application configuration can be changed by going to Edit -\> Preferences ... in the menu."


Answers:
author: Tobias Rapp
body: I have used the [Creating a New Confluence Macro](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Creating+a+New+Confluence+Macro) tutorial and created a small plug-in.


Tags: format

macro

page
Confluence nonformatted text
Asked by Jakub Ry?ka:

Hi, I want to intersperse some description with examples of code. So I want the code to be in fixed length font. When I select some chunk of text and click on the preformatted, whole line get's in this fixed size font. How do I change only the exact part?


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: Jakub,

You can also use, in Edit mode, Insert/other macros and then choose the "Insert code block" macro.

When you open that you can choose the format options from the "Syntax highliting" drop down menu.

There's loads of options there.

I think that might give you what you want. Cheers.

comments: author: Jakub Ry?ka
body: That's not bad, but it looks like it takes a whole line, not counting the border. What I want is to intersperse short code snippets with text description. On stackoverflow, I would use backticks for that.


author: Petch
body: Which version of Confluence are you using, and which browser?

comments: author: Jakub Ry?ka
body: I added an image with an edit to the answer, but it didn't show in the non-edit mode, you can look at it, I guess you have edit privileges.


author: Jakub Ry?ka
body: 4.3.3, firefox 20


author: Petch
body: You can select the text and pick "Monospace" from the formatter dropdown in the toolbar. The is under the "more" item after bold, italic, underline, and colour.

You can also use a wiki shortcut by typing {{monospace}}. The final } will convert the content to monospace.

comments: author: Jakub Ry?ka
body: Ok, I did try the {{thing, but when the converting thing happens?


author: Jakub Ry?ka
body: I have no monospace option there. Nor typing {{abc def}} will result in monospace neither


Tags: editor
Configure layout for a page
Asked by minesh patel:

Hello,

I have a confluence site with many different layouts. I have created a space (the homepage) and added a page to the space.

What I want to do is have the two pages each have a different layout. I know this can be done.

I don't know what to do. Please can someone help me out? Thanks.


Answers:
author: minesh patel
body: Sorry, I have a site with multiple themes installed on it.

This site has many different spaces with different themes (or layouts) - the homepage of the space has one theme **(MAINUCF)** and the other pages in that space have a different theme (or layout) **WORKSPACE**

I have created another space, and I want to do the same for it (have the two different themes). But, I don't know how.

Hope this helps. Thanks


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: When you "Edit" a page, you can select a Layout. Is that what you are asking for?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Page+Layouts+and+Columns+and+Sections>


author: Jobin Kuruvilla
body: When you "Edit" a page, you can select a Layout. Is that what you are asking for?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Page+Layouts+and+Columns+and+Sections>


author: m
body: Minesh,

It depends on what you mean by layout. Are you looking for multiple columns or are you looking to use serif font in on page and sans serif in the other?

Also, which version of Confluence you are running --- or if you are in OnDemand.

Mary

comments: author: minesh patel
body: Sorry, I have a site with multiple themes installed on it.

This site has many different spaces with different themes (or layouts) - the homepage of the space has one theme **(MAINUCF)** and the other pages in that space have a different theme (or layout) **WORKSPACE**

I have created another space, and I want to do the same for it (have the two different themes). But, I don't know how.

Hope this helps. Thanks
When will Confluence Ondemand support displaying Google Drawings
Asked by Curtis S:

Hello,

When will it be possible to use a Confluence macro to display a Google Drawing on a Confluence page?

I found this bug, but it's related to JIRA (not Confluence): [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-4390](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-4390.).

Thanks,

Curtis


Answers:
author: Felipevsw
body: The integration with Google Apps is currently broken, as described on the Widget Connector macro documentation: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Widget+Connector+Macro#WidgetConnectorMacro-GoogleDocs>

After an Google Apps update. This bug is tracking it: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24927>

comments: author: Curtis S
body: Hi Felipe et al,

Do you know of any work-around for this? By that I mean, do you know of any other way to insert a Google Doc into a Confluence page and have it automatically updated when the Google Doc changes?

Thanks,

Curtis


author: Felipevsw
body: Hi, Curtis

Not really, since, to update the document, Confluence needs to login to the Google account, and this is the main issue here.

comments: author: Curtis S
body: Thanks for your quick reply Felipe.

It looks like CONF-24927 was opened back on March 14, 2012. I'm surprised it has been over a year since the issue was first reported. This is a key part of Confluence functionality to be broken for more than 1 year. It's also not assigned to anyone, does not have a Fix Version indicated, and marked as Minor. Any idea how we can get more traction on this? Or, if Atlassian has a plan to fix this in a different way by rolling-out a new product?


author: Curtis S
body: To the 108+ followers of this question, please go to this issue and vote on it: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24927>

We need this fixed asap and your votes will help!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Change URL for Confluence Logo
Asked by Bob Walters:

How can I change the URL for my Site Confluence Logo to always go to the Site Homepage instead of the Space Homepage?


Answers:
author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Hi Bob, what version are you using? In v5.1 I see that's exactly the action when I press the Confluence Logo.

comments: author: Bob Walters
body: I am using 5.1 as well. What I see is that if I am in a Space, it takes me to the Home Page for that space. If I am at the Dashboard, or something like an Administrative page, it will take me to the Home page for the Site (as defined in the General Configuration).

I can see where to change the logo on both the site level or the space level, but I don't see an option to associate a URL or action with it.


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: That's weird, no matter where I am it always takes me to Dashboard...

And it's the same behaviour someone described in the last comments here:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+a+Space's+Logo


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Maybe has something to do with this:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Site+Home+Page>

Check the 'Accessing the Dashboard with a site homepage set' section
Our Confluence WIKI server stopped sync'in AD group...
Asked by Derek Darlington:

Just recently our 3.5.x version of Confluence stopped sync'in groups with our AD serve causing access isses to the Wiki content. After reboots and config checking we are able to sync new users but no group attributs. Anyone else ran into this type of issue or has any insight?


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Did anything change in your AD config? Sometimes bind users or groups change location or pw etc. I think to answer a question like that you need to supply a lot of information which you may not want to share publicly.


Tags: confluence-administration