youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How can I collaborate on a draft blog post?
Asked by Tim H_:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724764891)*

Specifically, I want to be able to restrict a blog post while editing, then remove the restrictions when the blog post is ready to go. However, my concern is that readers will not get a notification for the new blog post if they aren't able to see the initial version of it. Is there a way to convert a draft blog post into a new, final blog post?


Answers:
author: Sarah Heimeier
body: Hi Tim,

When you restrict your blog post while creating and editing it, once you change the restrictions on the blog post when you are finished drafting it (and publish the restriction changes), users will be notified of it being a new post.

I hope this helps!

comments: author: Sarah Brody Webb
body: Hi Sarah,

I am trying this approach but unfortunately the watchers don't seem to receive a notification when I change the restrictions. Could it be because I changed them to view only, rather than removing restrictions altogether?

And on a related note, is there a way to have the blog post date be the published date, rather than the creation date? We collaborate on a post for a couple of days with restrictions and then would like the date to reflect the publish date. Is that possible?

Thanks for your help,

Sarah


author: Manuela Schwendener
body: [@Tim H_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/664526)Did you find a solution for this?


author: Manuela Schwendener
body: -


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

restriction
How to search within a page.
Asked by Warren LaFountain:

Hello

I'm developing a space and one of the pages has become too large to fit on one screen. It scrolls down approx three screen heights at present. With live search, if I look for an item that is lower on the page it only links to the page rather then the scrolling to the proper location. I hope I've explained the situation clearly.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this?


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: A few easy possibilities

Insert a Table of Contents at the top of the page (it is a standard selection on the Insert menu in the edit mode) and then set the text format as Heading1, 2 ... for each section - that gives you an automatic hyperlink TOC

Insert an Anchor at the specific spot on the page which you can then link to elsewhere

Use the Expand macro to "declutter" the page


Tags: confluence-app

questions-for-confluence
How to open pages in a new window?
Asked by David Stein:

Is there a way so my links open pages in a new window or tab?


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi,

We do this on our instance but only with links leading to external sites. Just copy and paste the code below into the "At end of the BODY" Custom HTML section in the admin area. I gave two examples depending on what you you want to do.

\<script\>

AJS.toInit(function() {

AJS.$("a").attr("target", "_blank"); \<-- if you want all links to open in a separate tab

AJS.$(".external-link").attr("target", "_blank"); \<-- if you only want links to external sites to open in a separate tab

});

\</script\>

comments: author: Debra Hicks
body: Then 1st one works great to open links to other Wiki Pages and the 2nd worked for external sites. Thanks!

I would be really greatful if you could come up with one to open links to attachments on a new tab :)


author: TomC
body: To piggyback on what Alex said, see Atlassian's Confluence documentation on [How to Force Links to Open in a New Window](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-force-links-to-open-in-a-new-window-213518072.html).

You also may want to consider voting on the feature request mentioned on that page to add this as a native feature: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11194>

Meanwhile, some Confluence plugins offer this functionality via built-in macros. For example, Brikit's Theme Press (disclosure: we are a Brikit customer which is why I know this) offers a *Open Links in New Window* macro (one of many included macros in that plugin - [see the full list](http://help.brikit.com/display/PRESS/Theme+Press+Macros)).

comments: author: David Stein
body: Thank you for the info\~ I voted, and saw Adam's message from April, so it looks as though they are still working on it?


author: TomC
body: David, Yep, that appears to be the case as it is marked as 'In Progress' but it appears to be on the way. That's a good thing!


author: Debra Hicks
body: I found another way to do it since my company won't add even a free plug-in.

This one looks great: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/spacedirectory/view.action>

\*\*\*

Edit the space stylesheet:

Space Admin \> Stylesheet

add the following:

a {  
target-name:new;  
target-new:tab;  
}


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
i would like to get count of blogs, pages, comments, questions, answers and points for each user in confluence? To know the users who are active in confluence.
Asked by Avinash Pandugayala:

i would like to get count of blogs, pages, comments, questions, answers and points for each user in confluence? To know the users who are active in confluence.


Answers:
author: Sarah Heimeier
body: Hi Avinash,

If you want to disable inactive users from Confluence, it is possible to find out who is inactive by running SQL queries against your database.

To do this you can follow the steps detailed here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+identify+inactive+users+in+Confluence>

You can get information about users who:

* Are inactive
* Not logged in since a specific date
* List users by last login date
* List users by previous login date
* Active users who haven't created content

I hope this helps!


Tags: confluence-administration
executing sql query from anonymous page
Asked by artafon:

Hi.

Could you help me please, I need to execute sql query from page for anonymous users. Is it real?


Answers:
author: Carla Roocks (Scandio)
body: Hi Artashes,

Thank you for using PocketQuery! Providing access for anonymous users is possible, if you choose to do so.

If anonymous users can access a page, they can use the embedded PocketQuery macros just like any confluence user. There is only one limitation: for technical reasons the option "Load macro dynamically" has to be disabled. And, naturally, you want to choose carefully which information is save to be publicly available like that.

I hope this answers your question. Let me know if you need further help!

Regards,

Carla

comments: author: artafon
body: Clara, Hi.

Yes, you are right. It was "Load macro dynamically". I unchecked option and it woks.

Thx very much.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to convert Confluence table to text?
Asked by vitaliy zapolskyy:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Working with Tables](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=411108559)*

there is a table with irregular structure (some cells merged) and text and images inside. It was neat and slim at some point of time but now when more data added it looks too heavy, requires to scroll more and more. I need to represent this data without table.

Is there a quick way to convert table to text?


Answers:
author: Matthias Born
body: Hi Vitaliy,

have you tried simple copy/paste to a text editor?

I think that can work.   
A test showed, the columns content is separated via tab stops.

Search/replace with a separator like ; created a nice and simple text with blanks for empty cells:

```
asdfasdf; ;asdfadsf;asdfasfd;asfasdf;asdfg;asdfasdfasdfasdf; ; ; ; ; ;  ; ;asdfasdf; ; ;  ; ; ; ; ;asdasdf;
```

comments: author: vitaliy zapolskyy
body: Hi Matthias

thank you for reply and suggestion.

Yes, I tried plain text copy, but this leaves me without any images and text attributes.

Currently I copy to WinWord, then use Convert to Text and paste back. Sometimes it works, sometimes resulting text has inconsistent headers.

When Confluence had markup I was able to remove "\|"

Would be nice to know if it can be done in Confluence now using native features


Tags: table
Email notification despite page restriction?
Asked by Andreas Ljungstr?m:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139414)*

If a user is subscribed as Watcher to an entire space and I create a restriction (no view, no editing rights) for that user on a certain page in the space he's watching, am I right that he will NOT get any email notifications from that page?


Answers:
author: TomC
body: Hi Andreas,

Yes, that's correct. A user who is page-restricted from viewing s page will not receive email notifications from that page or any of its children, nor will searches they attempt be able to locate the page or even make them aware of its existence.

comments: author: Andreas Ljungstr?m
body: Perfect, that's what I was hoping for.


Tags: confluence-administration

restriction
Edit button disappear
Asked by Fran?ois:

Hi everyone,

After my last upgrade to 5.9.12 i have a strange bug that cause the edit button to disappear when i go to a page.

I checked the rights an everythings seems ok.

I checkek the css and something put display: none for that button, but what can cause that?

Thanks for your help.

Fran?ois


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: Did you try to clear the plugins cache after upgrading?

1. Shutdown Confluence
2. Delete the following folders
   1. \<confluence-home\>/bundled-plugins
   2. \<confluence-home\>/plugins-cache
   3. \<confluence-home\>/plugins-osgi-cache
   4. \<confluence-home\>/plugins-temp

<!-- -->

1. Start Confluence

Can you also check if all add-ons are enabled in the **Manage Add-ons** page?

comments: author: Fran?ois
body: Thanks for your answer.

Actually someone just added some javascript that makes the button disapear...


Tags: bug

button

confluence-administration

upgrade
I embedded a video in Confluence. It works fine with Chrome, but using FireFox or IE, the video does not appear
Asked by Abraham Toribio:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Embedding Multimedia Content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658737039)*

I embedded a video in Confluence. It works fine with Chrome, but using FireFox or IE, the video does not appear.


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: Yes - there are a couple of feature improvement requests for handling videos

It depends on your Browser type, version and the plugins that have been installed as well as the file type as WMV, MP4, AVI ..... even if you use the Multimedia Macro ..

so what I do is create three pages!! One for each type of file type so that the other Users can hopefully find one that works for their PC set up

I wish it worked as easy as Youtube but it just doesn't.


Tags: content

multimedia
Exporting list of issues from Jira into CSV file result blank
Asked by Natalia Bolatti:

Hello! Does anyone know if there is a bug related to the export from JIRA into a CSV file? I've been trying to export my list of issues and the result is just a blank page.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: My guess is that you're trying to open an excel export in excel and save it to CSV?

If so, then my first assumption would be that you've run into a known bug in excel - <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39432356>

(It's arguable that the behaviour is a bug, but "not telling the user I'm going to lose their data and waste their time" definitely is)

comments: author: Natalia Bolatti
body: I'm exporting a filter to Excel and when I want to open it is blank. Excel version is 14.0.7166.5000. <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39432356> I don't think it solves the issue


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, with the file you save, try opening it with a text editor - does it look like it contains your data? And it looks broadly correct as xml (if you have an xml aware editor, those will often check and highlight errors)

If the file is valid, then it's a problem with Excel.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Multimedia macro not recognizing attached .mp4 file.
Asked by Erin Brusnahan:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Multimedia Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=792499140)*

Trying to embed a video in a Confluence page. I attach the video to the page, then insert the Multimedia macro. When I click the Name field, the drop-down list is empty. The video size is 6.736MB. Running Confluence 5.9.6 in Chrome.

Any ideas?


Answers:
author: hiddai sharabi
body: I'm running into this same issue also

comments: author: hiddai sharabi
body: I found the solution in old Atlassian thread

The strange bug here is: put a colon in your page title and the system can't find the \*.mp4 file.

I change all my page titles to "-" instead of ":" and it works like lion :-)


author: Rebecca Abernathy
body: I'm running into this same issue. Have you found an answer or workaround?


Tags: multimedia
Link to Tab in Macro Tool Box for Cloud
Asked by Sarah Eshelman:

How do I link to a different tab? I have my Glossary in a second tab, and I want to link to it whenever a term comes up in the main tab.


Answers:
author: Tim
body: Hi Sarah,

There isn't a way currently to link to a specific tab within another tab. We also had a deeper look to see if we could change the tabs to support it but haven't had any luck yet due to technical limitations.

An alternate approach could be to have a separate page as a glossary and use [Anchors](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/anchors-724764900.html) so your links can jump to the specific term on that page.

Hope that helps!

Tim


Tags: addon-com.addonengine.macrotoolboxforcloud

cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I link my account with a cloud account?
Asked by Adam Bovill:

I just setup a confluence service for our team to try out. I connected google apps, but am not able to sign in via google apps as it gives me this error:
> Your Google Apps account email is already in use by another Atlassian Cloud account. Please contact your administrators or log in with your Atlassian Cloud username and password.

How do I fix this?


Answers:
author: Geoff Crain
body: Hi Adam,

We link Google users with "Atlassian users" by email address. It sounds like there is already a user on your site with the email address you're trying to log in with, and the integration isn't figuring out that that is the one you want.

We are close to shipping improvements on this, but it currently needs your "username" to be the same as the local part of your email address. You can update the username at yourinstance.atlassian.net/admin/users.

If you're still having issues, please raise a ticket at support.atlassian.com.

Cheers

Geoff


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Are the displayd children automatically updated when there is e.g. an new supbage?
Asked by Manfred Fuchs:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Children Display Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=590259312)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: The macro renders every time you load the page, so it will always show current children as of when you requested the page.


author: Manfred Fuchs
body: Thanks for your information!   
It looked to me, as ist was diffrent. I will observe the behavior...


Tags: display

macro
Confluence - where are user icons and space logos saved?
Asked by Adolfo Casari:

I am moving Confluence (5.8) to a new server, with a new Base URL.

I am copying attachments anf thumbnails folders, but user icons and space logos are missing in the new server.

Where Confluence keep these files? In the DB or at some folders?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: Hey Adolfo,

By default, attachments, extensions, and configuration files are stored in the [Confluence Home](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html)[Directory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html) that is configured when Confluence is first installed.

The **`resources`** directory stores any space logos used in your Confluence instance. Space logos are stored in directories named with the spacekey.

comments: author: Adolfo Casari
body: Thanks, I have version 5.8 and there is no resources folder in the HOME directory.

They seem to be stored in a folder nonspaced, under attachments.


author: Sam
body: I would be interested in hearing where these files are stored, as well for Confluence 7.6.
New users find the behavior of the "close" button in the confluence editor confusing. Can I change it easily?
Asked by Tim Penner:

The problem is that you don't know what has happened when the editor closes unless you've done this before. That's bad for a product I'm trying to push on people who are used to every other editor in the world that warns them that they are abandoning changes.

What it should do is give you something like the dialog you get when you edit a page for which have abandoned changes. "You've made changes to this page. What would you like to do? 1) Save your page as a draft that others can't see. (You can return later to continue editing.) 2) Save your changes for others to see. 3) Abandon your changes"

Doesn't this make a little more sense for a product that is intended to be readily adopted by inexperienced users?


Answers:
author: Tim Penner
body: I'm glad someone finally agrees with me. It's easy to pick out such problems as needing to be fixed: you have to explain them away with instructions.

One more point: it's hard to imagine an easier fix. All the code to do this is pretty much already there. Just call it.


author: Franziska Braun
body: I am also interested in how I can change this, if anyone has any ideas.


Tags: confluence-administration
Warum gibt es keine offizielle Dokumentation in deutscher Sprache?
Asked by Herr Krause:


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: Es gibt einen Guide von //SEIBERT/MEDIA:

<https://infos.seibert-media.net/display/dch4/Deutsche+Confluence-Hilfe+4.x>

Dieser wird auch von Atlassian offiziell als anderssprachige Dokumentation angegeben:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-documentation-in-other-languages-227416055.html>
How to get page tree in Confluence space
Asked by Hisamitsu Koga:

I want to know page tree in Confluence space. Is there any way to get / list page tree in Confluence space?


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: There is a [page tree macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-tree-macro-163414255.html) you could insert into your space homepage.

comments: author: Hisamitsu Koga
body: I see. Thank you for your prompt answer.
How content can be exported if we choose to no longer subscribe to confluence?
Asked by Linda Lee:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd take a **full** backup before letting the subscription expire - you can recreate a whole Confluence from that. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/create-a-site-backup-724765526.html>

The other option is a batch of space exports of the spaces you want to keep - these can be imported into other Confluences as well. Bit more fiddly, but better if you only want to keep some of the data and/or you want to merge it into an existing Confluence


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Navigation menu options for Confluence?
Asked by Geoff Wilson:

We currently are using the [Universal Navigation Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.nielsjaeckel.universal-navigation.plugin/server/overview) to provide an extraordinarily simple-to-create navigation menu bar across the top of Confluence. However, the app developer @Niels J?ckel hasn't updated it for the 5.10.X versions of confluence (or anything above 5.8.18). We're now trying to upgrade Confluence, but we really need a navigation bar and thus need another suitable (ideally, free) solution. Any recommendations?

This is our current use case to give you an example of what his UNP plugin could do.

UniversalNavigationPlugin_example.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Navigation-menu-options-for-Confluence/qaq-p/12773?attachment-id=6689){#link_11869ad096dac5}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/2174/1/UniversalNavigationPlugin_example.png){#display_11869ad096dac5_0}


Answers:
author: Tim Conradi
body: Hi Geoff,

i am a Product Owner at //SEIBERT/MEDIA and responsible for the [Navigation Menu Editor.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.seibertmedia.confluence.plugin.menuEditor/server/overview) It seems like it could fit your needs. Feel free to give it a try and contact us if you have any specific wishes or feedback.  

Cheers

comments: author: Geoff Wilson
body: Thanks. Will consider. Price seems high for what we were able to do with the free UNP, despite it not having a web form to customize it, but at least this plugin of yours does seem to be updated along with confluence.   

<br />

A question on licenses, if we buy it for one Confluence version now, do you need to pay for it again for future versions compatible w/ the most recent Confluence versions once the support year on this license has passed?


author: Martin Seibert
body: Every license comes with 12 months of support and updates. We try to have compatible versions of all of our plugins at the latest 14 days after the release. So you should be save to rely on us to update the plugin. Does that help?


Tags: confluence-administration

navigation

questions-for-confluence
Why is only the first html macro showing on a confluence page? The second won't display.
Asked by Jennifer Katrine Wills:

Why is only the first html macro showing on a confluence page? The second will not display. Cannot figure out why its overwriting the second html macro. I even tried adding a section below and moving the second html macro into that and still won't display.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Tim
body: Hi Jennifer,

Any chance you know which add-on you're using for the HTML macro?

1. Macro Toolbox for Cloud  
   <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.addonengine.macrotoolboxforcloud/cloud/overview>
2. HTML Macro for Confluence Cloud<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.confluence.html.HtmlMacro/cloud/overview>


author: Darren Pegg
body: Can you create a third with the same data from the 1st macro?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud